Degrees
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Associate Professor (Doc.) in physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia |
2006 |
PhD. in plasma physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia |
2006 |
Dr. rer. nat. (= PhD.) in chemistry, Leopold-Franzens
University in Innsbruck, Austria |
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Professional Experience
since 12/2013:
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associate professor at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and
Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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since 01/2011:
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senior research scientist 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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since 03/2008:
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research scientist at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and
Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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2007-2008:
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post-doctoral research fellowship in Laboratoire EM2C, Ecole Centrale Paris, France, research oriented on advanced optical diagnostic of plasma
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2002-2006:
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combined PhD. program at Division of Environmental Physics, Faculty
of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia and at
Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Leopold-Franzens
University in Innsbruck, Austria; dissertation thesis „Study of Plasma Induced Chemistry in N2/CO2/H2O mixture”
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1998-2002:
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undergraduate and graduate research assistant in Environmental applications and IR spectroscopy group of Institute of Physics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
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2001:
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4-month research/study program (ERASMUS) in the
laboratories of Prof. Bernd M. Rode at the Institute of Chemistry, and Prof. Tillman Märk at the Institute of Ion Physics, Leopold-Franzens
University in Innsbruck, Austria
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Research Interests and Projects
Research interests
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Physics and chemistry of atmospheric pressure plasmas and electrical discharges.
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Environmental and biological applications of atmospheric electrical discharges.
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Plasma diagnostic techniques.
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Research projects
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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. ).Diagnostics of plasma-liquid interface (SK-FR-22-0014, 2023-2025, principal investigator: Janda, M.).Plasma-liquid interactions and the effects/applications of plasma activated water in medicine and agriculture (APVV-22-0247, 2023-2027, principal investigator: Machala, Z.).Environmental Applications of electrical Discharges for Water and aIr Cleaning, and agriculturE (EnvADWICE) (09I03-03-V3, 2024-2026, principal investigator: Machala, Z.). |
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Publications & Citations
Book chapters: |
3 |
Invited lectures/seminars: |
10 |
Journal papers: |
37
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WoS/SCOPUS citations: |
1106
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Other publications: |
165
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Other citations: |
129
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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)
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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
Kooshki S., Pareek P., Janda M., Machala Z.: Selective reactive oxygen and nitrogen species production in plasma-activated water via dielectric barrier discharge reactor: A, Journal of Water Process Engineering 63, 105477 (2024). abstract download citations: 0 | Pareek P., Kooshki S., Tóth P., Janda M.: Tuning composition of plasma activated water generated by transient spark discharge with electrospray, Chemical Engineering Journal 493, 152583, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.152583. (2024). abstract citations: 0 | Janda M., Korytchenko K., Shypul O., Krivosheev S., Yeresko O., Kasimov A.: Optical and electrical investigation of plasma generated by high-energy self-stabilized spark ignition system, Physics of Plasmas 30 (5), 053501, doi: 10.1063/5.0141261 (2023). abstract download citations: 0 | more |
Invited lectures and seminars
Janda M., Pareek P., tóth P., and Machala Z., Tuning plasma-activated water composition generated by transient spark with electrospray, 3rd Workshop on Plasma Applications for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture, Gozd Mortuljek, Slovenia, May 14-16 (2023) |
Janda M., Hensel K., Tóth P., Pareek P., Hassan M. E., Machala Z., The role of HNO2 in the generation of plasma activated water by transient spark discharge, 9th International Conference on Plasma Medicine ICPM-9, Utrecht (The Netherlands), June 27-July 1, p. 2022 (2022) (2022) |
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) - Virtual, August 24-28 (2020) (2020) |
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Contributions on international conferences and symposia
Saeed Kooshki, Pankaj Pareek, Robin Mentheour, Mario Janda, Zdenko Machala: Plasma Activated Water (PAW): Sustainable Technology for Wastewater Treatment. Selective production of Reactive Oxygen and Nitro, XXXV ICPIG, 17, July 9-14,, p. 28 (2024). abstract citations: 0 | Cimerman R., Roubíček J., Diňa D., Janda M., Hensel K.: CO2 conversion by nonthermal plasma: Dielectric barrier discharge vs. transient spark, 18th High Pressure Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry Symposium HAKONE XVII, Abano Terme, Padova (Italy), September 1-6, xxx (2024). abstract citations: 0 | Hensel K., Cimerman R., Kšanová J., Janda M., Machala Z.: Non-thermal plasma regeneration and reuse of pellet catalysts
deactivated by hydrocarbons, 17th International Conference on Electrostatic Precipitation, XVII ICESP, Kyoto (Japan), October 28-31 (2024). abstract citations: 0 | more |
Other Skills
Languages: |
English, German, Russian, French, Czech - fluent spoken and written
Italian, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish – beginning
Slovak - maternity language |
Computers: |
administration of OS Linux and Windows
programming and scripting languages PHP, C/C++, SQL, LaTeX,
HTML, CSS, JavaScript |
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