Profile

Career

MSc (Dipl. Phys, Essen, Germany); PhD (Dr.rer.nat., Essen, Germany)

Summary of expertise

• Low temperature plasmas
• Diagnostics, numerical simulations, technological applications

Previous posts

• 2006-2011: Lecturer in Maths and Physics, Queen's University Belfast
• 2003-2006: Academic Staff, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
• 2002-2003: Marie Curie Fellow, Dublin City University, Ireland & Academic Fellow (on leave), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Honours

• Plasma Sources Science and Technology Hershkowitz Early Career Award
• IUPAP Young Scientist Award and Medal in Plasma Physics
• Hans-Werner-Osthoff Award for Plasma Physics

International roles

• International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG): Chair of the Local Organizing Committee 2011 in Belfast
• European Physical Society (EPS): Chair Program Sub-Committee Low-Temperature Plasmas
• International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA): Secretary Plasma Science and Technology Division
• International Workshop on Microplasmas (IWM): International Scientific Committee
• Editorial Board Member: Plasma Sources Science and Technology (IoP Publishing)

Research

Overview

Research group: Plasma Physics and Fusion

Our research activities are presented in the Low Temperature Plasma research section of the York Plasma Institute.

Research group(s)

Postdocs

• Dr Najeeb Ur-Rehman
• Postdoctoral HEC Research Fellow & Assistant Professor at COMSATS Pakistan

PhD students

• James Fanning
• Andrew Gibson (Visiting from Queen's University Belfast, joint supervision with Prof Bill Graham)
• Lucy Graham (External at Queen's University Belfast, joint supervision with Prof Bill Graham)
• Arthur Greb
• Andrew Hurlbatt
• Colm O'Neill (External at Queen's University Belfast, joint supervision with Prof Bill Graham)
• Apiwat Wijaikhum

Alumni (previous Postdocs and PhD students at Queen's University Belfast)

Postdocs

• Dr Fernando Garcia-Marro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech, Spain)
• Dr Kari Niemi (York Plasma Institute, UK)
• Dr Stephan Reuter (INP Greifswald, Germany)
• Dr Joao Santos Sousa (Université Paris-Sud, France)

PhD students

• Dr Qais Algwari - joint supervision with Dr Deborah O'Connell (University of Mosul, Iraq)
• Dr Yuishiro Hayashi - joint supervision with Prof Toshiaki Makabe (Keio University, Japan)
• Dr Lucas Schaper - joint supervision with Prof Bill Graham (DESY, Hamburg, Germany)
• Dr Jochen Waskoenig (Krohne Innovation GmbH, Germany)
• Dr Mujahid Zaka-ul-Islam - joint supervision with Dr Deborah O'Connell & Prof Bill Graham (University of Antwerp, Belgium)