Degrees
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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
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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) |
| 2016 |
chair of the 6th International Conference on Plasma Medicine |
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Board member - International Society for Plasma Medicine |
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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 |
| 2013-17 |
International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS), board member |
| 2013-17 |
COST TD1208 Electrical Discharges in Liquids for Future Applications, management committee member |
| 2012-16 |
COST MP1101 Bioplasma, management committee member |
| 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' |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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
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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.). |
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Publications & Citations
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Book chapters: |
3 |
Invited lectures/seminars: |
23 |
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Journal papers: |
54
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SCI/SCOPUS citations: |
851
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Other publications: |
207
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Other citations: |
158
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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. and Graves D.B.: Frugal Biotech Applications of Low-Temperature Plasma, Trends Biotechnol. 36(6), 579-581 (2018).
abstract download citations: 0 | 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).
abstract download citations: 2 | Janda M., Hensel K., Machala Z.: Kinetic plasma chemistry model of pulsed transient spark discharge in air coupled with nanosecond time-resolved imaging and spectroscopy, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 (33), 334002 (2018).
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Invited lectures and seminars
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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 (2018) |
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Machala Z., Elektrické výboje s vodou a ich biomedicínske aplikácie, 23. Konferencia Slovenských Fyzikov, Smolenice, 5-8.9., p. 10 (2018) |
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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) |
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Contributions on international conferences and symposia
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 | Machala Z., Tarabová B., Kovaľová Z., Kučerová K., Janda M., Polčic P, Hensel K.: Plasma Activated Water: air plasma-induced gas-phase and liquid-phase reactive species for biomedical applications, 10th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and Its Applications for Nitrides and Nanomaterials (ISPlasma), Nagoya (Japan), Japan, March 4-8, 06pA15I (2018).
abstract citations: 0 | Hensel K., Kučerová K., Tarabová B., Janda M., Henselová M., Machala Z.: Atmospheric Air Plasma Discharges and Plasma Activated Water for Plasma Medicine and Agriculture, 7th International Conference on Plasma Medicine ICPM-7, Philadelphia (USA), June 17-22, USB (2018).
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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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