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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.). Electric discharges in capillaries and catalytic monoliths assisted by a surface discharge, their properties and effects on exhaust gas (1/0822/21, 2021-2024, principal investigator: Hensel, K.).
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Publications & Citations

Book chapters:	3	Invited lectures/seminars:	28
Journal papers:	65	WoS/SCOPUS citations:	1721
Other publications:	235	Other citations:	215

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

Hassan M.E., Janda M., Machala Z.: Transport of Gaseous Hydrogen Peroxide and Ozone into Bulk Water vs. Electrosprayed Aerosol, Water 13 (2), 182 (2021).
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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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Ndiffo Yemeli G.B., Švubová R., Kostolani D., Kyzek S., Machala Z.: The effect of water activated by nonthermal air plasma on the growth of farm plants: Case of maize and barley, Plasma Process Polym. X, e2000205 (2020).
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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Machala Z., Elektrické výboje s vodou a ich biomedicínske aplikácie, 23. Konferencia Slovenských Fyzikov, Smolenice, 5-8.9., p. 10 (2018)

Machala Z., Air Discharges and Plasma Activated Water for Applications in Bio-decontamination, Agriculture and Food Processing, Material Research Society Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Symposium BM06, Boston, USA, Nov 25-30, p. BM06.08.01 (2018)

Machala Z., Hamaguchi S., Fridman G., Preface: Sixth International Conference on Plasma Medicine (ICPM-6), Plasma Medicine 7 (2), v-vi (2017)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Machala Z., Plasma applications in biology and medicine, NANOcontact seminar, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, September 23 (2011)

Machala Z., New possibilities of plasma applications in bio-medicine, The Innolec Lectureship, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, December 19 (2011)

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)

Machala Z. and Hensel K., Bio-medical and environmental applications of plasma and discharges, Week of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia, November 13-16 (2007)

Machala Z.,, DC Electrical Discharges in Air for Chemical and Biological Decontamination, Security Through NATO Science Programme Workshop, Bratislava, Slovakia, October 5-6 (2006)

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)

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.: 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 February, p. x (2020).
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Janda M., Hensel K., Machala Z.: Transient spark driving circuit optimization for enhanced generation of nitrogen oxides, 30th Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases SPIG 2020, Šabac (Serbia), August 24-28 (2020).
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Sersenová D., Gbelcová H., Repiská V., Machala Z.: Účinok plazmou aktivovaných kvapalín na ľudské rakovinové a normálne kožné bunky, Preveda - Interaktívna Konferencia Mladých Vedcov, online, June 19, p. (2020).
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