ILTPC Newsletter 01

ISPC 25

Due to the unknown mid-term outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors of International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS) has decided to postpone the 25th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry to be held in Kyoto. The meeting, originally scheduled in May 2021, will be held instead 15-20 May 2022.

Contact: Prof. Sylvain Coulombe sylvain.coulombe@mcgill.ca

International Online Plasma Seminar (IOPS)

The Plasma Technology Group of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, organizes the International Online Plasma Seminar (IOPS) and would like to encourage members of the ILTPC to attend and to actively contribute to it. The IOPS is a free international online lecture series on LTP science. International experts present original research results as the basis for scientific discussion and exchange during 30 - 45 min talks. After the presentations questions from the audience are discussed. Speakers and audience can attend from anywhere in the world at no cost and without traveling. In this way researchers, especially students, can access state-of-the-art scientific presentations in LTP science, which are otherwise only available at conferences, at no cost and without generating CO₂ emissions. During the current Corona pandemic the IOPS provides a unique opportunity for international scientific exchange, while all classical conferences are cancelled.

Current program of IOPS (updated January 6, 2020). Presentations begin at 3 pm CET/9 am EST on Thursdays.

The idea of the IOPS is based on active participation, i.e. the attendees’ research groups are expected to contribute presentations and to ask questions. Speakers can be nominated at any time by contacting Prof. Dr. Julian Schulze (schulze@aept.rub.de). Nominations should include the speaker’s name, affiliation, contact information, and a short description of the work to be presented including a tentative title of the presentation.

The seminar is delivered via Zoom. Join the seminar.

Journal of Plasma Physics Seminar Series

The JPP (Journal of Plasma Physics) is holding a weekly Zoom colloquium at 8:00 AM US Pacific Time on Wednesdays with participation from all over the world. Sign up for notifications of the seminars.

Contact: Prof. William Dorland bdorland@umd.edu

International Student Competition

We would like the ILTP community to join and work out an initiative for an international student competition we are setting up with the chair of Pisa/JRC (September) and Bochum /TUe (November) below. The Pisa workshop is purely focused on Healthcare & Life Sciences (HLS) and NanoBio. The Bochum workshop can address HLS too but also more industrial / environmental / plasma cleaning.

Science & Entrepreneurship Workshops scheduled:

• 3 and 4 September 2020 5th HealthCare & Lifesciences (HLS) and NanoBio, University of Pisa Chairs: Serena Danti, Pascal Colpo and Hugo de Haan
• 2 and 3 November 2020 7th Plasma, RUB Bochum Chairs: Achim von Keudell (RUB), Guus Peemen (TU/e) and Hugo de Haan

Contact: Dr. Hugo de Haan Vision Dynamics Hugo.deHaan@visiondynamics.nl

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Recently, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics - 'Advances in Plasmas for a Sustainable Future’ Programme has published three new special issues:

• Plasmas in electrical-to-chemical energy conversion technologies
• Nitrogen fixation in plasma: From fundamentals to sustainability
• Plasmas in agriculture and the food cycle

Contact: Prof. Xin Tu University of Liverpool xin.tu@liverpool.ac.uk

New eBook on LTP Applications in Medicine

Dr. Mounir Laroussi (Old Dominion University) is the editor of an upcoming ebook titled “Cold Plasma: Characteristics and Applications in Medicine”. The book is expected to be available by late May-early June 2020. It is published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Contact: Prof. Mounir Laroussi Old Dominion University mlarouss@odu.edu

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Postdoctoral Position in Experimental Plasma Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota

This position is to participate in research focused on plasma-liquid interactions, material synthesis and laser diagnostics. We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a recent Ph.D. degree in plasma science, engineering, or closely related field with experience in optical plasma diagnostics and plasma source design. The postdoctoral researcher should have excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability and desire to supervise graduate students and collaborate with a team of multidisciplinary researchers.

Applicants should send a cover letter (including date applicant is available), CV, and reprints of 3 representative publications to Prof. Peter Bruggeman (pbruggem@umn.edu).

Postdoctoral Position in Computational Plasma Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

A postdoctoral research fellow (PDRF) position in computational low temperature plasmas (LTPs) is available in the research group of Prof. Mark J. Kushner at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. The position entails development and application of computer models for low temperature plasmas, plasma chemistry and plasma surface interactions, plasma liquid interactions, and nano-scale modeling of surface evolution for microelectronics fabrication. The PDRF will work on several projects in these areas. The PDRF should have expertise in the fundamental processes of LTPs, plasma chemistry, and plasma surface interactions, and expertise in developing and maintaining parallel computer models for LTPs using high level languages, including Fortran. An experimental background with a desire to learn computations can be discussed. Excellent oral and written communication skills are desired. The PDRF will help supervise graduate students; and interact with research colleagues in academia, national laboratories, and industry. For more information about the research group, please visit the group website.

With the current COVID-19 crisis, it is possible to start the position remotely, with later relocation to Ann Arbor. The appointment period for PDRF is usually 2 years, though this can be discussed.

Applicants should send a cover letter (including date applicant is available), CV, and reprints of representative publications to Prof. Mark J. Kushner (mjkush@umich.edu).