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Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava

Assoc. Prof. Zdenko MACHALA, PhD.

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associate professor
F2-88
+421-2-60295-618
machala@fmph.uniba.sk

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 2014	Board member - International Society for Plasma Medicine
from 2014	International scientific committee member - International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG)
2013	M.R. Stefanik Award for the greatest contribution to the bilateral Slovak-French science and technology bilateral collaboration
2013	Fellowship of Slovak-American foundation: 1-year research stay at UC Berkeley, USA
from 2013	member of management committee COST TD1208 Plasmas in Liquids
from 2013	International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS), board member
from 2012	member of management committee COST MP1101 Bioplasma
2011	member of 'Habilitation de recherche' committee, Université de Poitiers, France
2011	Editor of NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology: Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2012
2010-11	Chairman and co-director of NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security'
from 2010	International Society for Plasma Medicine, member
2009	Slovak Vice-prime minister and Minister of education prize: 'The personality of science and technology under 35 years'
2008	Slovak Physical Society: 1st place award in the competition of scientific works of young physicists
2008	Journaliste-Studio Bratislava: honour 'Scientist of the year 2008', category young scientists
from 2008	Slovak Physical Society (sfs.savba.sk), member
from 2007	International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS), member
2005	Scientific committee: Cinétique des Plasmas: Recherches et Applications colloquium, CORIA, France, invited member
from 2005	International Young Physicist Tournament (www.iypt.org) - committee member
2004	Scholarship of the French government - 1-month invited professor research program in France (Ecole Centrale Paris)
from 2002	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, member
1997-2000	Scholarship of the French government - combined PhD program (these en co-tutelle) in France (University Paris-Sud)
1996, 1997	Laureate of the student scientific conferences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
1994	TEMPUS scholarship - 6-month study/research program in England (Aston University)
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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)
Molecular physics - Molekulová fyzika (1-FYZ-155)
Experimental vademecum - Experimentálne vademecum (3-FFP-001)
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Supervised students
PhD:	Igor JEDLOVSKÝ Zuzana KOVAĽOVÁ, rod. Šipoldová Lenka LEŠTINSKÁ ...
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Research Interests and Projects

Research interests
	Fundamental physics of atmospheric pressure plasmas and electrical discharges.
	Environmental and biological applications of atmospheric electrical discharges.
	Plasma diagnostic techniques.
Research projects
	Investigation of plasma-cell interaction for bio-decontamination and medical applications (APVV-0134-12, 2013-2017, principal investigator: Machala Z.). Optical diagnostic of the interaction of water micro-droplets with electrical discharges used for bio-medical and environmental applications (1/0918/15, 2015-2017, principal investigator: Janda M.).
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Publications & Citations

Book chapters:	2	Invited lectures/seminars:	18
Journal papers:	47	SCI/SCOPUS citations:	611
Other publications:	193	Other citations:	144

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

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

Janda M., Hoder T., Sarani A., Brandenburg R., Machala Z.: Cross-correlation spectroscopy study of the Transient Spark discharge in atmospheric pressure air, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 26 (5), 055010 (2017).
abstract citations: 0

Janda M., Martišovitš V., Buček A., Hensel K., Molnár M., Machala Z.: Influence of repetition frequency on streamer-to-spark breakdown mechanism in transient spark discharge, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys 50, xxxxxx, DOI:10.1088/1361-6463/aa8940 (2017).
abstract citations: 0

Janda M., Martišovitš V., Hensel K., Machala Z.: Generation of antimicrobial NOx by atmospheric air transient spark discharge, Plasma Chem. Plasma Proc. 36, 767-781 (2016).
abstract download citations: 6

Invited lectures and seminars

Kovaľová Z., Tarabová K., Hensel K., and Machala Z.: Decontamination of Bacillus cereus Spores and Streptococci Biofilms on Plastic Surfaces with DC and Pulsed Corona Discharges, Electroporation Workshop 2015: From basics knowledge to industry, co-organized by COST TD1104 EP4Bio2Med and LEA-EBAM, Tousouse, France, 14-15 Apr 2015

Pongrác B., Martišovitš V., Janda M., Tarabová B., Hensel K., and Machala Z., Water electrospray through air corona and spark discharges and induced water chemistry, 20th Symposium on Applications of Plasma Processes SAPP XX and COST TD1208 Workshop on Application of Gaseous Plasma with Liquids, Tatranská Lomnica (Slovakia), January 17-22, p. 13-16, USB (2015)

Janda M., Buček A., Martišovitš V., Hensel K., and Machala Z., Spatiotemporal evolution of the streamer-to-spark transition influenced by memory effect, 20th Symposium on Applications of Plasma Processes SAPP XX and COST TD1208 Workshop on Application of Gaseous Plasma with Liquids, Tatranská Lomnica (Slovakia), January 17-22, p. 50-55, USB (2015)

Contributions on international conferences and symposia

Janda M., Sarani A., Gerling T., Brandenburg R., Machala Z.: Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy Study Of Negative Polarity Transient Spark Discharge Evolution In Ambient Air, 21st Symposium on Application of Plasma Processes, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, January 13-18, p. 208-212 (2017).
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Kučerová K., Polakovič A., Gbelcová H., Janda M., Machala Z., Hensel K., Jijie R., Mihai C.T., Topala I.: Indirect treatment of cancer cells by air spark and corona discharge, 4th International Workshop on Plasma for Cancer Treatment IWPCT-2017, Paris (France), March 27–28, p. 57 (2017).
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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Medvidov M., Kučerová K., Rak D., Sedlák M., Janda M., Hammer M., Hensel K.: Formation of metallic nanoparticles in air plasma activated water, International Conference on Plasmas with Liquids ICPL 2017, Prague (Czech Republic), March 5-9, 10 (2017).
abstract citations: 0