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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, 2019-2021, principal investigator: Hensel K.).
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Publications & Citations

Book chapters:	3	Invited lectures/seminars:	28
Journal papers:	63	WoS/SCOPUS citations:	1638
Other publications:	235	Other citations:	211

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

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, 749–773 (2020).
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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 (3), 034002 (2019).
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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), 627-643 (2019).
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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)

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).
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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).
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Tarabová B., Hammer M. U., Jablonowski H., von Woedtke T., Reuter S., Janda M., Hensel K., Machala Z., Lukeš P.: Selectivity of detection methods for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in plasma treated aqueous solutions , 8th International Conference on Plasma Medicine ICPM-8, Incheon (South Korea), June 14-19 (2020).
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