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Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava

Prof. Zdenko MACHALA, D.Sc.

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Degrees

2022	Full professor in physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
2021	D.Sc. (Doctor of Science, DrSc.) in physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
2008	Associate professor in physics (Doc.), Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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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
	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.). Electrical discharges in a contact with catalysts, and plasma catalysis for flue gas cleaning (APVV-20-0566, 2021-2025, principal investigator: Hensel, K.). Mass transfer from gas plasma to water microdroplets, from better understanding to optimization of plasma activated water generation. (1/0596/22, 2022-2025, principal investigator: Janda, M. ).
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Publications & Citations

Book chapters:	3	Invited lectures/seminars:	33
Journal papers:	76	WoS/SCOPUS citations:	2153
Other publications:	292	Other citations:	226

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

Kwiatkowski M., Terebun P., Kučerová K., Tarabová B., Kovaľová Z., Lavrikova A., Machala Z., Hensel K., Pawłat J.: Evaluation of selected properties of dielectric barrier discharge plasma jet, Materials 16 (3), 1167, 14 pp (2023).
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Pastorek M., Suchoňová M., Konečná B., Pásztor S., Petrus J., Ivašková N., Celec P., Gardlík R., Machala Z., Tóthová Ľ.: The Effect of Air Plasma Activated Liquid on Uropathogenic Bacteria, Plasma Chem. Plasma Process., 42, 561–574 (2022) (2022).
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Menthéour R., Machala Z.: Coupled Antibacterial Effects of Plasma-Activated Water and Pulsed Electric Field, Frontiers in Physics 10 (895813), 1 (2022).
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Invited lectures and seminars

Machala Z., Hassan M. E., Mentheour R., Jankovič R., Štípala P., Hensel K., Janda M., Transport of cold plasma reactive species into water and bio-relevant effects of plasma-activated water, 24th Symposium on Applications of Plasma Processes and 13th EU-Japan Joint Symposium on Plasma Processing SAPP XXIV, Štrbské Pleso (Slovakia), Jan 27- Feb 1, p. 21 (2023)

Janda M, Hassan M.E., Mentheour R., Jankovič R., Hensel K., Machala Z., Plasma-liquid Interactions: Transport of Reactive Species and Effects of Plasma-Activated Water, Gordon Research Conference: Plasma Processing Science, Andover, NH, USA, July 24-29, p. x (2022)

Machala Z., Cimerman R., Janda M., Vazquez T., Hensel K., UV-vis a FTIR spektroskopia ako diagnostika procesov aplikácií studenej plazmy pre čistenie ovzdušia, dekontamináciu vody a v bi, Shimadzu Deň užívateľov 2022, Oščadnica (Slovakia), June 16-17, p. x (2022)

Contributions on international conferences and symposia

Zarzeczny D., Kwiatkowski M., Terebun P., Pawłat J., Starek-Wójcicka A., Chudzik B., Machala Z., Hensel K.: Plasma treatment for conditioning of juice, 2nd Training School “Cold plasmas to fight microorganisms, viruses & toxins for medical and agricultural applications”, Bari (Italy), February 13-16, P-22, p. 50 (2023).
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Machala Z., Hassan M. E., Mentheour R., Jankovič R., Štípala P., Hensel K., Janda M.: Transport of cold plasma reactive species into water and bio-relevant effects of plasma-activated water, 24th Symposium on Applications of Plasma Processes and 13th EU-Japan Joint Symposium on Plasma Processing SAPP XXIV, Štrbské Pleso (Slovakia), Jan 27- Feb 1, p. 21 (2023).
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Field T.A., Asimakoulas L., Harkin C., Janda M., Hensel K., Machala Z.: Spark Chemistry: Can We Control The Energy of the Electrons?, 24th Symposium on Applications of Plasma Processes and 13th EU-Japan Joint Symposium on Plasma Processing SAPP XXIV, Štrbské Pleso (Slovakia), Jan 27- Feb 1, p. 51 (2023).
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