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.). |
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Publications & Citations
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Book chapters: |
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Invited lectures/seminars: |
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Journal papers: |
49
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SCI/SCOPUS citations: |
781
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Other publications: |
196
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Other citations: |
146
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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
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 (x), e1800030 (2018).
abstract citations: 0 | 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 download 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 (42), 425207 (2017).
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Invited lectures and seminars
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Z. Machala, B. Tarabová, Z. Kovaľová, K. Kučerová, M. Janda, P. Polčic, and K. Hensel, 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, March 4-8, p. 06pA15I (2018) |
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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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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., Tarabová B., Kovaľová Z., Kučerová K., Janda M., Hensel K., Tampieri F., Marotta E., Paradisi C., Brun P., Martines E., Plasma activated water: plasma-induced gas-phase and liquid-phase chemistry and applications in biomedicine and food processing, 7th Central European Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, CESPC, Sv. Martin na Muri (Croatia), September 3-7, p. 26 (2017) |
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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Kovaľová Z., Kučerová K., Janda M., Hensel K., Water activated by non-thermal air plasma discharges for bio-decontamination and bio-medical effects, 8th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and Its Applications for Nitrides and Nanomaterials (ISPlasma) + 9th International Conference on Plasma-Nano Technology & Science (IC-PLANTS), Nagoya (Japan), March 6-10 (2016) |
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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Kučerová K., Kovaľová Z., Žilková A. , Janda M., and Hensel K., Cold air Plasma Activated Water for bio-decontamination, food pasteurization, and seed germination, Workshop on Application of Advanced Plasma Technologies in CE Agriculture, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 17-21 (2016) |
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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Hensel K., Kučerová K., Kovaľová Z., Janda M., Lukeš P., Plasma activated water: effects for biomedical and agriculture/food applications and challenges of RONS detection, International Conference on Applications of Plasma Technologies - ICAPT-6, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Dec 11-18, p. 39-40 (2016) |
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Kovaľová Z., Tarabová B., 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 (2015) |
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Machala Z., Identification of RONS in water induced by air plasmas and their biomedical effects, 5th International Conference on Plasma Medicine ICPM-5, Nara (Japan), May 18-23 (2014) |
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Machala Z. and Akishev Yu., Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security, NATO Workshop on CBRN defence, Science for Peace and Security Programme, Brussels, Belgium, October 22-24 (2013) |
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Machala Z. and Graves D., Bio-medical applications of atmospheric air plasmas: new possibilities for infection control in the developing world, DARPA workshop “The Optical Properties of Plasma”, Notre Dame University, IN, USA, June 26-27 (2013) |
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Machala Z., Bio-decontamination of water, biofilms, and surfaces by atmospheric air plasmas, and related water chemistry, COST Action MP1101 "Biomedical applications of Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas, " Scientific Kick-Off Meeting, Bari, Italy, February 16-17 (2012) |
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Machala Z., New possibilities of plasma applications in bio-medicine, The Innolec Lectureship, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, December 19 (2011) |
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Machala Z., Plasma applications in biology and medicine, NANOcontact seminar, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, September 23 (2011) |
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Machala Z., Tarabová B., Pelach M., Hensel K., Janda M., Špetlíková E., Lukeš P., Plasma agents in water and surface decontamination, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security, Jasná, Slovakia, March 15-18 (2011) |
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Machala Z., Bio-decontamination by DC discharges at atmospheric pressure: identification of microbial inactivation mechanisms, 29th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases XXV ICPIG, Cancun (Mexico), July 12-17 (2009) |
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Machala Z. and Hensel K., Bio-medical and environmental applications of plasma and discharges, Week of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia, November 13-16 (2007) |
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Machala Z.,, DC Electrical Discharges in Air for Chemical and Biological Decontamination, Security Through NATO Science Programme Workshop, Bratislava, Slovakia, October 5-6 (2006) |
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Machala Z., E. Marode, C.O. Laux, C.H. Kruger, Nonequilibrium air plasmas at atmospheric pressure by DC glow discharges, Laboratoire EM2C Seminar Series, Ecole Centrale Paris, France, September 29 (2004) |
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Machala Z. and Kruger C.H., Nonthermal Air Plasmas Produced by DC Discharges at Atmospheric Pressure, Thermosciences Division Seminar Series, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, October 8 (2003) |
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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, p. pp (2018).
abstract citations: 0 | Z. Machala, B. Tarabová, Z. Kovaľová, K. Kučerová, M. Janda, P. Polčic, and K. Hensel: 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, March 4-8, p. 06pA15I (2018).
abstract citations: 0 | 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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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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