Dr. David Zitoun is associate professor in the department of chemistry at Bar Ilan University (Israel) and a member of the Energy Center at the Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA). DZ is leading a research group of 14 people investigating synthesis of nanomaterials for energy applications; Li-ion batteries, fuel cells and other catalysts. He has held a position of senior lecturer at the University of Montpellier (France) for five years. DZ has a MSc degree of Materials Science from the Ecole Normale Superieure (France) and has graduated as a PhD student with Dr Chaudret (Universite Toulouse 3, France) in Coordination Chemistry. DZ has been awarded a fellowship for a post-doctoral position in Prof. Peidong Yang Nanowire Research Lab at the University of California Berkeley. His work has been highlighted in more than 60 publications, 4 patents and 10 invited conferences. DZ is acting as associate editor of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research (Springer).