December 2021: Happy Holidays!
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December 2020: Seasons Greetings!
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July 9th, 2020: Congratulations Dr. Fukun Shi
Today Fukun has completed his doctoral research with the defense of his thesis on "Impedimetric Analysis of Biological Cell Monolayers before and after Exposure to Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields"
for which he was awareded the grade of "magna cum laude". Join me in congratulating him on this achievement. Due to the difficulties imposed by the Corona pandamic, hosting the defense was a real
challenge. I am grateful for the efforts of the University of Rostock to actually make it happen afte all. Dr. Fukun Shi has in the meantime joined the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and
Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. We wish him all the best for his career there and hope that he will stay in touch.
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December 2019: Happy Holidays!
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December 3rd, 2019: Congratulations Dr. Katja Zocher
Just before closing out this year, Katja has today successfully defended here dissertation on the "Extraction of bioactive primary and secondary Metabolites from Microalgae by atmospheric pressure Plasmas and pulsed Discharges in Water".
She was rewarded with the grade of "magna cum laude" for her achievement from the University of Greifswald. Join me in congratulating her on the completion of her doctoral research, which is documented in three journal publications.
Dr. Zocher will stay with us and continue to expand her research and expertiese in the area of the application of spark discharges and pulse electric fields for the extraction of compounds from biomass.
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December 2018: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays and some time to relax, recharge and contemplate.  |
May 14-18, 2018: IFAT 2018
We exhibited our approach to use plasma for the decontamination and disinfection of drinking water and waste water once again at
IFAT 2018 in Munich, Germany. IFAT is, according
to their own testimonial, world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. Indeed we had many interesting
talks, found out about the latest developments and technologies and even got some new ideas. I would like to thank everybody stopping by
at our booth for their interest and ask them for a couple of more days of their patience before I will be able to follow up.
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January 2018: Welcome Dr. Hongwei Liu
Dr. Liu has actually already joined us in December 2017 - shortly before Christmas. He is currently an Associate Professor
at the Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China and will stay with us for a year to further develop
pulse generators for different applications.
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December 2017: Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays and some time to relax, recharge and contemplate.  |
November 2017: Graduations!
Congratulations are once more in order since two of our students very successfully defended their research and thesis. On November 29, Raphael Rataj passed the final hurdle in obtaining his Master of Science in Physics at the University of Greifswald for his research on "Investigation of Initiation and Development of Pulsed Discharges in Water." He will now continue this work as a PhD-student in our group. One week earlier Robert Banaschik defended his doctoral research on "Potential of Pulsed Corona Discharges Generated in Water for the Degradation of Recalcitrant Pharmaceutical Residues and for Water Disinfection." For his excellent work he was awarded the doctorate degree of Dr. rer. nat. also from the University of Greifswald. He doesn't actually like his pictures to appear on the internet so his face is hidden here but I can assure you that he is really smiling. If you would like to learn more about Robert's work have a look at his publications. Update Jan. 2, 2018: Robert really doesn't like any picture of him to be published anywhere at all. Upon his urgent request, his graduation image was hence removed. We wish him and his attitude all the best. |
October 2, 2017: Congratulations Katja Zocher
It is a great pleasure for me applauding Katja for being awarded 3rd prize in the categorie "Food, Biotechnology and Environment" as a student in the Young Investigator Competition of
the 2nd World Congress on Electroporation. The World Congress was held in Norfolk, VA, for
and attracted more than 360 participants that discussed recent developements and results for the application of pulsed electric fields including medical therapies, environmental application and food treatment
as well as many others. Altogether 49 students competed for the Young Investigator Awards. Katja was recognized for her talk on "Microalgal protein and pigment analysis after extraction with spark discharge treatment."
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August 19, 2017: RCL-circuit solver available
A new tool is available in the 'pulsed power toolbox' which allows calculating peak currents and asociated rise times for RCL-circuits. Of course damping factors and frequencies are computed as well. It has been a while since I updated the toolbox - I hope you will enjoy the addition. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything comparable anywhere else. |
July 21, 2017: Research Opportunities (Internships, bachelor degrees, master degrees, PhD degrees)
We are conducting interdisciplinary research on applications of pulsed electric fields and non-thermal plasmas. Main research projects and research directions are described somewhere else on this webpage. A lot of our studies are focused on investigation of physical processes but maybe an even greater part is dealing with an understanding of the interaction and responses of electrical stimuli, including plasma, with living matter, surfaces and materials, including especially liquid media. In addition, providing of electrical stimuli and generation of plasma, requires us to solve engineering challenges. Accordingly, we have many research questions that provide research opportunities for students with an expertise and background in physics, biophysics, biochemistry, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, environmental sciences, material sciences, electrical engineering, pulsed power engineering, power electronics and others. To give you an idea of interdisciplinary topics that we had dealt with in the past, especially for internships and bachelor degrees, here are some examples (the list is by no means complete):
If you are looking for a research opportunity in our group, I encourage you to talk to us. Given the breadth and scope of our research it is quite common for us to work together with different academic institutions (universities, technical universities/ Fachhochschulen, research institutes) and different departments. Cooperations are not limited to institutions in Germany and therefore I encourage especially colleagues from abroad to get in touch if they would like to conduct research with us. |
July 7, 2017: Prof. Dr. Andreas Neuber visits the INP
Prof. Neuber visited our institute to present a semínar talk on "VUV impact in atmospheric pressure plasma formation." The topic is of great interest to the plasma community and we are happy that Prof. Neuber discussed the findings of the Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics at Texas Tech University with us. |
July 3, 2017: SPM-5 2017
It was our distngued pleasure to host this year's 5th International Workshop on Solution Plasma and Molecular Technologies (SPM-5). The meeting was held from June 25-29 at the INP. I'd like to thank once more all participants who found their way to Greifswald from around the world to share and exchange their reasearch with us. I hope you enjoyed your stay and will visit us again soon.  |
May 26, 2017: SFB 1270 - ELAINE awarded
Today the DFG has announced that our SFB-Proposal "ELAINE - Electrically Active Implants" is being funded, starting July 1st. The overall goal of the joint effort is the study of implants
that are used with or for electrically stimulation. Of particular interest is the regeneration of bone and cartilige tissue. Our project is focusing on the dielectric spectroscopy of cells,
tissues and materials. Knowledge of the dielectric properties of tissues at interfaces with implants is crucial for the understanding of the response to electrical stimuli. Our goal is a
comprehensive description of implantation and osseointegration with respect to patient-specific differences and implant properties.
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December 12, 2016: Welcome Dr. Junfeng Rao
It is my pleasure to welcome Dr. Junfeng Rao to the INP Greifswald. Dr. Rao is lecturer at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in
the Department of Electrical Engineering. He is researching new concepts and topologies for pulsed power electric circuits. His pulse generators
can be used for example for water treatment but also solution plasmas. I am happy that he will stay with us for one year and share his expertise with us.
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November 1, 2016: Welcome Mr. Raphael Rataj
After an internship at our institute, Raphael decided to stay with us for the thesis work for his master degree. He is currently studying physics at the University Greifswald and I am looking forward
to work with him on the study of the devlopment of plasmas in water for the application of short high voltage pulses.
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September 19, 2016: Bioelectrics 2016
Only last week the Bioelectrics community has met once more for the 13th International Bioelectrics Symposium in Rostock, Germany. We enjoyed exciting and stimulating discussions on latest findings on fundamental aspects and applications. I'd like to thank all participants and especially all presenters who made this a very successful meeting.  |
June 9, 2016: IFAT 2016
We have exhibited our approach for the treatment of water by submerged corona-discharges at this years IFAT in Munich (May 30 - June 3, 2016). We got a lot of interest and I'd like to thank everybody who came to our booth for the interesting discussions. I hope to see you soon in Greifswald for more discussions or in 2018 in Munich again. 
Alexander Schwock at our table at the exhibition area of German Water Partnership. |
June 8, 2016: Dr. rer. nat. Anna Steuer - Congratulations
Congratulations to Anna for having very successfully defended her dissertation "Effekte von Nanosekunden gepulsten elektrischen Feldern auf Zellen in Monolayern" (Effects of nanosecond pulsed electric fields on cells in monolayers) today. In the meantime her results have been published but if you prefer to read the complete story, you can find it here: PhD-Thesis - Anna Steuer |
October 1, 2015: Welcome Fukun Shi, MS Eng
I would like to welcome Mr. Fukun Shi to our group. Fukun joined us from the South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China with a Master in Engineering and an undergraduate degree in physics from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
For the next 4 years he will pursue a PhD-degree in physics at the University of Rostock and INP Greifswald, respectively, funded by the China Scholar Council. In this work he plans to investigate
dielectric properties of cells and tissues after exposure to electrical stimuli, i.e. in particular pulsed electric fields. |
October 1, 2015: Welcome M.Eng. Tilo Schulz
Tilo is with us for a while now. He started doing a mandatory internship for his bachelor degree in mechanical engineering and then his bachelor thesis on pressurized spark-gap switches in our laboratory. Although he then decided to do his master degree on a different topic he started working with us again in August 2016. He is now immersed in different projects - many of them involve design and construction of high voltage pulse generators. In the picture below he is shown with one of them.  |
October 1, 2015: Welcome Dipl.-Pharm. Katja Zocher
Katja is not actually new to the group or the INP. However, I am happy to welcome her now to the INP as brand new PhD-student in Bioelectrics.
Just recently Kajta has successfully finished her diploma in pharmaceutical sciences. For her thesis she has explored the possibility to use pulsed
electric field to improve the extraction yields from shiitake mushrooms. For her PhD-research she has now switched to algae and different possible
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September 30, 2015: Awards 2015
Two of our students have been very succesful this year in conference competitions for young researchers or students, respectively. Just recently
Anna Steuer has been honored for her presentation at the 1st
World Congress on Electroporation which was held in Portoroz, Slovenia, from September 6-10, 2015.
The image is showing Anna together with Prof. Damijan Miklavcic who was Chair and organizer of the World Congress.
Unfortunately, we don't have a picture of our second awardee, Robert Banaschik who was awarded in the student competition of this year's IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) that was held in Antalya, Turkey, earlier this year from May 24-28, 2015. Both Anna and Robert - Congratulations to a job well done! |
December 14, 2014: Wasser Berlin International 2015
Wasser Berlin International is one of the leading trade fairs for water and wastewater management. It is organized from March 24-27 by Messe Berlin GmbH. We are going to exhibit our technology on pulsed corona discharges generated in water for the degradation of pharmaceutical residues. You can find us in Hall 3.2/318 in the exhibition area of the German Water Partnership (GWP). |
November 21, 2014: Prof. Nagahiro Saito
We were privileged to have Prof. Nagahiro Saito from Nagoya University visit us and discuss applications of "solution plasmas." |
November 8, 2014: Congratulations Jie Zhuang!
Jie was selected form more than 1000 applicants as one of the finalists of the Falling Walls Conference 2014. This prestigeous "International Conference on Future Breakthroughs in Science and Society" is held annually in Berlin, Germany, and gives young scientists an opportunity to present their ideas to a worldwide audience. Jie presented our ideas on the application of nanosecond pulsed electric fields for tumor treatments and received much appreciation and was encouraged to continue.  |
September 25, 2014: It's been a long time...
...and an update on news from our group is long overdue. I feel bad about the lack of attention to our webpage since a lot of things have happened. Unfortuantely these busy times have also kept me from posting here, Several people have joined and in part already left our group again during the last 17 months. We had the pleasure to host many distinguished colleagues from around the world for a short visit during the last year. All of them deserve a separate and dedicated note here. Instead I apologize once more that I'm only listing them here, in a somewhat reversed chronological order of their visit to the INP:
The last member of our group to stay with us for a little longer is Mr. Tilo Schulz who joined us for a period of 12 weeks for an internship. Mr. Schulz is a student of mechanical engineering at the Technical College (Fachhochschule) Stralsund and will leave us again at the end of November 2014. Also staying for 3 months with us is Ms. Shuang Yu. She is a PhD student of the Biomed-X Centre at Peking University. At the beginning of 2014 Ms. Katja Zocher has joined us to pursue a diploma degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Ms. Zocher is a lisenced pharmacist who was working for several years before she decided to go back to university part time. She is now a student of Prof. Lindequist and for her research studies pulsed electric fields as a means to increase the extraction efficiency of valuable compounds from mushrooms.  Already in October 2013, Ms. Qian Zhang has come to the INP on a one year
scholarship awarded by the Chinese Academy of Science. Ms. Zhang is a PhD student of Biomedical Engineering of the Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at Peking University.
In her work with us she found significant synergistic effects in the inactivation of bacteria for the combination of pulsed electric fields and non-thermal. This has now
already been described in a short letter published in Applied Physics Letters "Synergistic antibacterial effects of treatments with low temperature plasma jet and pulsed electric fields."
(A link to the paper can be found on our publication-page.)
Dr. Camelia Miron has joined us on July 1, 2013. Dr. Miron received
a Doctor of Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan, in 2011. For her degree in Prof. Takai's laboratory she conducted optical and electrical diagnostics of electrical discharges
in liquids. She is now puruing similar studies in our group. In addition to fundamental studies on the developmnet and characteristics of discharges
that are instigated with ultrashort high voltage pulses (as short as 1 ns), her interest are in particular possibilities for the modification of surfaces
and materials with such discharges.
Finally I would also like to mention two more "visitors" who stayed with us for a little while during the last year. Ms. Johanna Neuber was staying with us for an internship of two months during the summer. She was then an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Now she is in pursuit of an MS degree at Old Dominion University. Mr. Andrew Fairbanks was staying with us for about six weeks at around the same time. He was and still is an undergraduate student of Nuclear Engineering at Perdue University, West Lafayette. We wish both of them the best of luck for their academic careers. ("And stay away from canoes!") Of course we've also kept ourselves busy doing research and presenting our results at conferences. There is just too much to describe it here. Eventually I hope I will be able to present the highlights here. However, in the meantime I encourage you to visit the publication page for the latest updates. |
April 11, 2013: European COST Action TD1208: "Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications"
Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology have met today with colleagues from 22 countries in Brussels.
The gathering was prompted by the start of a new network initiative of the European Union with the goal to coordinate efforts in the area
of plasmas interacting with liquids. The investigations promises interesting applications and solutions for urgent problems of our society.
As a result have research activities in the area intensified during recent years. The INP Greifswald and in particular the Laboratory for
Bioelectrics is also engaged in the basic study and the development of novel technologies. With these effort is the INP now part of the
COST-Action "Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications".
Stephan Reuter and myself (Juergen Kolb) are 2 of the 4 German members of the mangaging committee. The goal is to bring together European
research institutes, universities, and industry for collaborative reseach projects.
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February 1, 2013: Welcome Mr. Robert Banaschik
Our Team has been reinforced by Mr. Robert Banaschik. He has studied pharmaceutical sciences and is now on his way to a PhD in our laboratry. His goal is the investigation of chemical reaction of discharges in water and their application. |
January 11, 2013: Pulsed Power Science & Technology Committee
Effective January 1, I am now the elected Technical Chair of the PPS&T in the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society. This is a huge job and I would like to thank my fellow committe members for their trust. I'm sure that together we will succeed not only running successful conferences but also grow our community. (If you are now wondering what PPS&T "is" and "does" have a look here: Pulsed Power Science & Technolgy.) |
October 1, 2012: Welcome Mr. Kai Ptach
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August 13, 2012: SMART STUDENT WANTED!
For the Bioelectrics Research Group at the INP Greifswald I'm looking to fill the position for a PhD Student in the areas of Analytical Chemistry or Pharmacology (or related areas). If you are interested in the position you should have
The Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (short "INP Greifswald") is a world renowned research facility located in the historic city Hansa City Greifswald with one of Germany's premier vacation areas on the baltic sea on its door step. |
May 1, 2012: First positions
in the Bioelectrics Research Division have now been filled. Accordingly several projects are picking up steam. The team so far:
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October 1, 2011: SMARTS WANTED!
For the Bioelectrics Research Group at the INP Greifswald I'm looking to fill the position of a Postdoctoral Research Associate and a PhD Student in Applied Physics. If you are interested in the position of the Postdoctoral Research Associate you should
If you are interested in the position of the PhD Student in Applied Physics you should have
The Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (short "INP Greifswald") is a world renowned research facility located in the historic city Hansa City Greifswald with one of Germany's premier vacation areas on the baltic sea on its door step. |
 September 1, 2011: A recent horoscope
of mine told me: "What do you do after you have reached the top of the mountain? Look for another mountain!" Accordingly after almost ten
years well spent at Old Dominion University I have now accepted a new challange and will bring Bioelectrics and Pulsed Power to the
Institute for Plasma Science and Technology in
Greifswald. However, I will keep strong ties with Old Dominion University and you might still see me walking across campus.
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June 30, 2011: Today, Amber gave a talk on "Efficacy of Air Plasma Microjet for Wound Sterilization," at the 38th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science in Chicago. At the same
conference we presented two posters by Dr. Hao on "Afterglow Chemistry of Air Operated Non-Thermal Plasma Jet," and "Chemical Species Generated in Water by an Atmospheric-Pressure Air Plasma Jet."
Jie presented a talk on "Modification of Dielectric Characteristics of Cells by Intense Pulsed Electric Fields," and I a poster on "Pulsed Discharges in Tissue." at the 18th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, also in Chicago, the week before. Earlier this year Jie also presented a talk and a poster at the 8th Symposium on Bioelectrics, held in Toulouse, France, May 4-6, on "Earliest Interactions and Mechanisms between Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields and Mammalian Cells," and "Modification of Dielectric Characteristics of Cells by Intense Pulsed Electric Fields," respectively. |
April 7, 2011: Great News! Today the ODU Board of Visitors has approved me for promotion into the rank of associate professor and granted me .
I am very grateful for the trust that my colleagues have put in me with this decission. I'm looking forward to take this opportunity to grow and develop further in my research and teaching. |
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March 17, 2011: I was invited to give a keynote on "Biological Effects of Ultrashort Pulsed Electric Fields" at the NATO Advanced
Research Workshop on "Plasma for Bio-Decontamination, Medicine, and Food Security held in Jasna, Slovakia from March 15-18, 2011. Except for the weather it was a
very enjoyable and educational workshop, which discussed a wide range of topics and also future directions of this technologies (check out the program). Im looking forward to the book.
January 6, 2011: Vianka Amaismeier was awarded $1,500 for her proposal for an atomic oxygen detector by Old Dominion University's Undergraduate Research Committee. Congratulations!
December 13, 2010 - Open for business: Effective this day Bioelectrics Technologies LLC is authorized to transact its business under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
With this company I will be able to provide first of all reliable consulting on pulsed power devices and in particular on high voltage pulse generators and plasma sources that are used in Bioelectrics research as it is featured on this website.
Secondly I will be able to provide customized devices upon request and depending on the desired specifications.
I've been thinking about starting this company for a while and it took me almost as long to figure out how to make it work.I'm exicted about the possibilities that this endevour allows.
November 12, 2010: Jie Zhuang was awarded a DEIS Graduate Fellowship. The fellowships are awarded to graduate students pursuing their Ph.D. in areas of electrical
insulation and dielectric phenomena. Jie is one of five recipients this year who succeeded in the world wide competition sponsoerd by the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical
Insulation Society with his proposal on "Pulsed Electric Field Induced Changes in Dielectric Properties of Biological Cells." My congratulations to this remarkable
achievement.
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July 13, 2010: I'm very glad that I was invited to give a talk at this year's Gordon Research Conference on Plasma Processing Science on "Streamer Discharges in Water for Environmental Applications - Characteristics of Breakdown and Propagation." For the stimulating atmosphere, high quality contributions, and vivid discussions (and the food), this conference is one of my favorite meetings.
June 25, 2010: The Center for Bioelectrics is hosting the 7th International Symposium on Bioelectrics from June 24-26. Our group will contribute with the following presentations:
- Amber M. Mattson, Jeffrey Pratt, Taranjeet Singh, Juergen F. Kolb, "Ultrashort High Voltage Pulse Generator for Biomedical Applications"
Fig. 1. Amber and Jeff did a great job presenting our nanosecond pulse generator capabilities both competent and knowledgable.
- Noah Scully, Betsy Gregory, Karl H. Schoenbach, Juergen F. Kolb, "Spark Discharges for Surgical Applications"
- Jie Zhuang, Karl H. Schoenbach, Juergen F. Kolb, "Pulsed Electric Field Induced Changes in Dielectric Properties of Biological Cells"
- Taranjeet Singh, Loree Heller, Juergen F. Kolb, "Cold Atmospheric Pressure Air Plasma Brush for Medical Applications"
June 23, 2010: Noah Scully presented his work on "Pulsed Discharges for Medical Applications," at the ICOPS 2010 (International Conferenence on Plasma Science), which was held in Norfolk from June 20-24.
June 23, 2010: "Treatment of Skin Infections with DC Operated Afterglow Air Plasma Jet" was the title of a talk that I gave at the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Scienc (ICOPS) in Norfolk, June 20-24. My co-authors were L. Heller, T. Singh, A.M. Bowman, R.J. Swanson, and K.H. Schoenbach.
June 2, 2010: Our paper "Membrane Permeability and Cell Survival after Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Exposure - Significance of Exposure Media Composition," was accepted for publication in the upcoming special issue (August 2010) of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Sciences on Medical Applications of Pulsed Electric Fields and Plasmas.
May 26, 2010: I entertained at the IEEE International Power Modulator Conference in Atlanta, GA, with a talk on "Pulsed Discharges in Tissue for Surgical Applications." My co-authors were Noah Scully, Betsy Gregory, and Karl Schoenbach.
May 24, 2010: Jie gave a talk on "Pulsed Electric Field Induced Changes in Dielectric Properties of Biological Cells," at the IEEE International Power Modulator Conference in Atlanta, GA.
April 26, 2010: Priya, Aaron, Eugene, and Billy have presented their design-idea on a "High Voltage Pulse Generator for the Treatment of Hospital Wastewater' to students, faculty and members of the Industrial Advisory Board (for the Department of Electrical Engineering).
The idea caught the interest of Provost Carol Simpson, here engaged in discussion with Eugene and Aaron.
April 15, 2010: I am invited to give a talk on "Sub-Nanosecond Electrical Pulses for Medical Therapies and Imaging" at the 4t European Conference on Antennas and Propagation which is held from April 12-16, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. The talk is part of a convened session on "New Perspectives for Electromagnetic Fields in Medicine." As the title of my talk indicates, I will present our progress on the application of ultrawideband electromagnetic radiations (which we achieve with antennas driven by picosecond high voltage pulses) for non-invasive cancer therapies and diagnostics.
March 23, 2010: I am invited to give a talk on "Streamer Breakdown and Propagation in Water" at the International Workshop on Plasmas with Liquids which is held from March 22-24, 2010 in Ehime, Japan. I will present the considerable research that our group has done on this topic in recent years, both experimentally and theoretically. (For more information, have a look at our publications.)
January 19, 2010: I am happy and proud recipient of the "Shining Star Award:"
The "Shining Star Award" is presented each semester, when warranted to faculty members who demonstrate evidence of helping students succeed academically, professionally, and personally inside and outside the classroom setting.I would like to thank the students who nominated me and the award committee for this honor.
October 18, 2009: With the help of my colleagues, I could arrange a Workshop on Bioelectrics, which was held in conjunction with this year's IEEE International Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP 2009) in Virginia Beach, VA. We could welcome an audience from around the world (United Kingdom, India, Japan, New Zealand and the USA) and introduce them both to fundamental aspects and discuss the newest results of our work. The topic and the talks were enthusiastically received and highly praised by attendees and speakers. The interested response demonstrates once more the growing interest and potential of the subject.
More on the workshop can be found here:
August 11, 2009: We've been granted a patent on "Method and device for creating a micro plasma jet" (patent number 7572998).
August 10, 2009: The Center for Bioelectrics has moved. We can now be found in the Innovation Research Park of Old Dominion University at 4211 Monarch Way, Norfolk, VA 23508.
July 1, 2009: Virginia Representative Robert Wittman visits the Center. Among other topics, we also introduced him to our non-thermal plasmas for wound-healing applications.
Taranjeet "TJ" explained and demonstrated the technology to Representative Wittman.
June 29 - July 2, 2009: The 17th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference is held at the Mayflower hotel in Washington, DC. Jie and I will present on "Pulsed Electric Field Induced Changes in Dielectric Properties of Biological Cells" and "Tumor Treatment with Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields."
June 24-26, 2009: This year's International Symposium on Bioelectrics will be hosted by the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. We will present our work on "Exposure Conditions for the Treatment of Solid Tumors With Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields" and "Immediate Response of Mammalian Cells to Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields."
April 20, 2009: We will offer once again our popular course "ECE454/554 - Introduction to Biolectrics" for students at Old Dominion University. We have kept what was good and made what was not so good much better. More information on the course can be found on this webpage in the section on "bioelectrics".
March 17, 2009: "ENGINEERING UNPLUGGED - green building/manufacturing/research" We had a very succesful exhibit on one of our non-thermal plasma technologies: "Pulsed Corona Discharges for Waste Air Treatment."
Jie and Xiaoyan presenting our plasma muffler concept. (We've been designated a 'cool factor corner' of the conference.)
March 30 - April 4, 2009: Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (Frühjahrstagung der Deutschen Physikalishen Gesellschaft), Greifswald, Germany. I will give a plenary talk (Hauptvortrag) on "New Medical Therapies with Ultrashort Pulsed Electric Fields."
March 1-6, 2009: International Conference on Microplasmas and Applications, San Diego, California. I will give an invited talk on "Microplasma Jets for Medical Applications."
February 4-6, 2009: 2nd International Workshop on Plasma-Tissue Interactions, Greifswald, Germany. I will give a keynote lecture on "Plasma Effects on Living Cells and Tissue and Methods to Characterize it" (Eva Stoffels will give another keynote on this topic).
February 3, 2009: Our manuscript on "Regulation of Intracellular Calcium Concentrations by Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields" was accepted for publication by Biochimica et Biophsica Acta.
December 21, 2008: To this day, our paper "J.F. Kolb, R.P. Joshi, S. Xiao, K.H. Schoenbach, Streamers in water and other dielectric liquids, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 234007," was downloaded in only 4 weeks already more than 250 times since electronic publication on November 20.