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) |
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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:
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visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, USA, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
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2011:
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invited professor - 1-month research program, Ecole Centrale Paris, France
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since 2008:
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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:
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Physics of water - Fyzika vody (1-OZE-302)
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Plasma diagnostics - Diagnostika plazmy (2-FFP-111)
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Experimental vademecum - Experimentálne vademecum (3-FFP-001)
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Research Interests and Projects
Research interests
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Fundamental physics of atmospheric pressure plasmas and electrical discharges.
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Biomedical and Environmental applications of cold plasmas.
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Plasma diagnostics: electrical, optical, spectroscopic.
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Research projects
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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, 2019-2021, principal investigator: Hensel K.).Electric discharges in capillaries and catalytic monoliths assisted by a surface discharge, their properties and effects on exhaust gas (1/0822/21, 2021-2024, principal investigator: Hensel, K.). |
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Publications & Citations
Book chapters: |
3 |
Invited lectures/seminars: |
28 |
Journal papers: |
66
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WoS/SCOPUS citations: |
1778
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Other publications: |
235
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Other citations: |
216
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Journal papers
Hassan M.E., Janda M., Machala Z.: Transport of Gaseous Hydrogen Peroxide and Ozone into Bulk Water vs. Electrosprayed Aerosol, Water 13 (2), 182 (2021). abstract download citations: 0 | Polčic P., Machala Z.: Effects of Non-Thermal Plasma on Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22 (5), 2247 (2021). abstract download citations: 0 | Kučerová K., Machala Z., Hensel K.: Transient spark discharge generated in various N2/O2 gas mixtures: Reactive species in the gas and water and their antibacterial effects, Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. 40 (3), 749–773 (2020). abstract download citations: 4 | more |
Invited lectures and seminars
Machala Z., Chemistry of air plasma-water interaction and biomedical/agriculture applications of plasma activated water, ICAPST-20, First International conference on advances in plasma science and technology, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology Coimbatore, India, 12-14 Feb (2020) |
Machala Z., Mentheour R., Sersenová D., Tarabová B., Ndiffo Yemeli G.B., Vukušič T., Pásztor S., Gbelcová H., Konečná B., Tóthová Ľ., Janda M., Hensel K., Tuning the chemistry of air plasma-water interaction and biomedical/agriculture applications of plasma activated water, Plasma Science & Enterpreneurship 2019, Luxembourg (LU), Nov 14-15, p. 15 (2019) |
Machala Z., Tarabová B., Vukušic T., Janda M., Hensel K., Plasma activated water chemical and antibacterial effects correlate with gaseous and aqueous RONS, plasma source, air and water flow conditions, 24th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry ISPC, Napoli (Italy), June 9-14, I-5 (2019) |
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Contributions on international conferences and symposia
Machala Z.: Chemistry of air plasma-water interaction and biomedical/agriculture applications of plasma activated water, ICAPST-20, First International conference on advances in plasma science and technology, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology Coimbatore, India, 12-14 February, p. x (2020). abstract citations: 0 | Janda M., Hensel K., Machala Z.: Transient spark driving circuit optimization for enhanced generation of nitrogen oxides, 30th Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases SPIG 2020, Šabac (Serbia) - Virtual, August 24-28 (2020). abstract citations: 0 | Sersenová D., Gbelcová H., Repiská V., Machala Z.: Účinok plazmou aktivovaných kvapalín na ľudské rakovinové a normálne kožné bunky, Preveda - Interaktívna Konferencia Mladých Vedcov, online, June 19, p. (2020). abstract download citations: 0 | more |
Languages
English, French, Czech - fluent spoken and written
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Russian – advanced
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Italian, German – beginning
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Slovak - maternity language
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