Degrees
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Associate professor in physics (Doc.),
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia |
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PhD. in plasma physics,
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Dr. es science (= PhD.) in gas and plasma physics,
University Paris-Sud XI, France |
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Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies
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President - International Society for Plasma Medicine (ISPM) |
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Assoc. editor of IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences (journal) |
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chair of the 6th International Conference on Plasma Medicine |
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Professional Experience
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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
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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
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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, 2019-2020, principal investigator: Hensel K.). |
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Publications & Citations
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Book chapters: |
3 |
Invited lectures/seminars: |
26 |
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Journal papers: |
62
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WoS/SCOPUS citations: |
1122
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Other publications: |
231
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Other citations: |
186
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Book editor
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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
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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
Machala Z., Tarabová B., Sersenová D., Janda M., Hensel K.: Chemical and antibacterial effects of plasma activated water: correlation with gaseous and aqueous reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, plasma sources and air flow conditions, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 52, 034002 (2019).
abstract download citations: 13 | Pawlat J., Terebun P., Kwiatkowski M., Tarabová B., Kovaľová Z., Kučerová K., Machala Z., Janda M., Hensel K.: Evaluation of oxidative species in gaseous and liquid phase
generated by mini-gliding arc discharge, Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. 39(3), pp. 627-643 (2019).
abstract download citations: 3 | Tarabová B., Lukeš P., Hammer M.U., Jablonowski H., von Woedtke T., Reuter S., Machala Z.: Fluorescent measurement of peroxynitrite/peroxynitrous acid in cold air plasma treated aqueous solutions, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21(17), 8883-8896 (2019).
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Invited lectures and seminars
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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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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Janda M., Hensel K., Plasma activated water: effects for biomedical and agriculture/food applications and challenges of RONS detection, 8th Central European Symposium on Plasma Chemistry CESPC, Gozd Martuljek (Slovenia), May 26-30, K1 (2019) |
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Machala Z., Cold plasmas of electrical discharges in air and plasma activated water for biomedical applications, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS, Dortmund, Germany, 18 Jan (2018) |
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Contributions on international conferences and symposia
Machala Z., Ndiffo Yemeli G. B., Kyzek S., Švubová R., Kučerová K., Hensel K.: Plasma activated water and ammonia solutions tested as fertilizers, 3rd International Workshop on Plasma Agriculture IWOPA3, Greifswald (Germany), April 1-3 (2020) (2020).
abstract citations: 0 | Ndiffo Yemeli G. B., Švubová R., Kostolani D., Machala Z.: Plasma activated water generated by two cold plasma sources: chemical properties and effect on plant growth, 3rd International Workshop on Plasma Agriculture IWOPA3, Greifswald (Germany), April 1-3, p. x (2020).
abstract citations: 0 | 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, p. 25-32 (2019).
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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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