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Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava

Assoc. Prof. Zdenko MACHALA, PhD.

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Degrees

2008	Associate professor in physics (Doc.), Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
2001	PhD. in plasma physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
2000	Dr. es science (= PhD.) in gas and plasma physics, University Paris-Sud XI, France
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Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies

from 2017	President - International Society for Plasma Medicine (ISPM)
from 2016	Assoc. editor of IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences (journal)
2016	chair of the 6th International Conference on Plasma Medicine
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Professional Experience

2013:	visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, USA, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
2011:	invited professor - 1-month research program, Ecole Centrale Paris, France
since 2008:	associate professor at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; research oriented at atmospheric plasmas and electric discharges and their environmental and biological applications
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Teaching Activities

Current courses:
Physics of water - Fyzika vody (1-OZE-302)
Plasma diagnostics - Diagnostika plazmy (2-FFP-111)
Experimental vademecum - Experimentálne vademecum (3-FFP-001)
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Supervised students
PhD:	MostafaE. HASSAN Igor JEDLOVSKÝ Zuzana KOVAĽOVÁ, rod. Šipoldová ...
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Research Interests and Projects

Research interests
	Fundamental physics of atmospheric pressure plasmas and electrical discharges.
	Biomedical and Environmental applications of cold plasmas.
	Plasma diagnostics: electrical, optical, spectroscopic.
Research projects
	Physical and chemical processes at the interface of low-temperature plasma with water, and their use for bio-medical and agricultural applications. (1/0419/18, 2018-2021, principal investigator: Janda M.). Interaction of cold plasma with water, the effects of plasma activated water to biological systems and their uses in medicine and agriculture (APVV-17-0382, 2018-2022, principal investigator: Machala Z.). Effects on atmospheric pressure cold plasmas on bacteria and seeds (SK-PL-18-0090, 2019-2020, principal investigator: Hensel K.).
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Publications & Citations

Book chapters:	3	Invited lectures/seminars:	23
Journal papers:	54	WoS/SCOPUS citations:	884
Other publications:	209	Other citations:	163

Book editor

Machala Z., Hensel K., Akishev Y. (Editors), Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A - Chemistry and Biology, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 487 pp, ISBN 978-94-007-2851-6 (2012)

Book chapters

Janda M., Machala Z., Joshi R. P., Krasnoperov L., Mededovic Thagard S.: Electrical discharges, Chapter 55 in: Encyclopedia of Physicsl Organic Chemistry, Eds.: Wang Z., Wille U., Juaristi E., Wiley, New Jersey, p. 2957-3010 (2017)

Machala Z., Pai D.Z., Janda M. and Laux C.O.: Atmospheric Pressure Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge Plasmas, Chapter 6 in: Low Temperature Plasma Technology: Methods and Applications, Eds.: Paul K. Chu, XinPei Lu, CRC Press; 1 edition (July 25, 2013), ISBN-10: 1466509902; ISBN-13: 978-1466509900, (2013)

Machala Z., Tarabová B., Pelach M., Šipoldová Z., Hensel K., Janda M., and Šikurová L.: Bio-Decontamination of Water and Surfaces by DC Discharges in Atmospheric Air, Chapter 3 in: Plasma for Bio-Decontamination, Medicine and Food Security, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology, Eds.: Z. Machala, K. Hensel, Y. Akishev, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, p. 31-44, ISBN 978-94-007-2851-6, © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. (2012)

Journal papers

Machala Z., Tarabová B., Sersenová D., Janda M., Hensel K.: Plasma activated water chemical and antibacterial effects: Correlation with gaseous and aqueous reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, plasma sources and air flow conditions, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 52, 034002 (2019).
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Machala Z. and Graves D.B.: Frugal Biotech Applications of Low-Temperature Plasma, Trends Biotechnol. 36(6), 579-581 (2018).
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Tarabová B., Lukeš P., Janda M., Hensel K., Šikurová L., Machala Z.: Specificity of detection methods of nitrites and ozone in aqueous solutions activated by air plasma, Plasma Process. Polym. 15, e1800030 (2018).
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Invited lectures and seminars

Machala Z., Tarabová B., Kučerová K., Henselová M., Žilková A., Tampieri F., Marotta E., Paradisi C., Krewing M., Bandow J.E., Hensel K., Cold air plasma and plasma activated water for fruit juice preservation, 2nd International Workshop on Plasma Agriculture, Takayama (Japan), March 9-11 (2018)

Machala Z., Elektrické výboje s vodou a ich biomedicínske aplikácie, 23. Konferencia Slovenských Fyzikov, Smolenice, 5-8.9., p. 10 (2018)

Machala Z., Tarabová B., Kučerová K., Sersenová D., Ndiiffo-Yemeli G. B., Žilková A., Henselová M., Tampieri F., Marotta E., Paradisi C., Hensel K., Water activated by air discharges for applications in biodecontamination, agriculture and food processing, 11th International Symposium on Non-thermal Plasma Technology for Pollution Control and Sustainable Energy ISNTP-11, Montegrotto Terme (Italy), July 1-5, p. 32 (2018)

Contributions on international conferences and symposia

Janda M., Hensel K., Machala Z.: Chemical kinetic model of transient spark: Spark phase and NOx formation, 22nd Symposium on Applications of Plasma Processes and 11th EU-Japan Joint Symposium on Plasma Processing SAPP XXII, Štrbské Pleso (Slovakia), January 18-24, USB (2019).
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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Janda M., Hensel K.: Gaseous and aqueous reactive oxygen and nitrogen species of air plasmas with water, 22nd Symposium on Applications of Plasma Processes and 11th EU-Japan Joint Symposium on Plasma Processing SAPP XXII, Štrbské Pleso (Slovakia), January 18-24, USB (2019).
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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Kučerová K., Henselová M., Žilková A., Tampieri F., Marotta E., Paradisi C., Krewing M., Bandow J.E., Hensel K.: Cold air plasma and plasma activated water for fruit juice preservation, 2nd International Workshop on Plasma Agriculture, Takayama (Japan), March 9-11, USB (2018).
abstract citations: 0