Guest Editorial Special Issue on Plenary, Invited Selected Minicourse Papers from ICOPS 2017

TY - JOUR

T1 - Guest Editorial Special Issue on Plenary, Invited Selected Minicourse Papers from ICOPS 2017

AU - Lopez, Jose L.

AU - Becker, Kurt H.

AU - Dasgupta, Arati

AU - Zhu, Wei Dong

N1 - Funding Information: Department of Applied Science and Technology Saint Peter’s University Jersey City, NJ, USA [email protected] Jose L. Lopez (SM’08) received the B.S. degree in physics from Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ, USA, in 2000, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor of physics with the Department of Physics, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA. In 2005, he joined Saint Peter’s University as an Assistant Professor of physics, and was a Co-Founder of the Department of Applied Science and Technology in 2008. In 2009, he was the Founder and the Director of the Center for Microplasma Science and Technology, which is the United States Congressional designated National Center of Excellence in the scientific study of microplasmas. In 2011, he joined the Department of Physics, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA, as a permanent tenured faculty member, where he founded the Laboratory of Electrophysics and Atmospheric Plasmas (LEAP). He is the Director of LEAP, whose research group studies, develops, and applies a wide range of theoretical and experimental techniques to understand, predict, and design novel electron-driven processes to generate plasmas with applications in lighting, energy conversion, material modification, and environmental and clean water technologies. His research has led to the development of various novel environmental remediation technologies, which use atmospheric and higher pressure plasmas to clean and remove contamination in air and water. His research with ozone generation processes using microplasmas has led to substantial increased performance and optimization of large-scale industrial ozone generators used in municipal water treatment facilities all over the world. His applied and basic scientific investigations have garnered funding of over U.S. $4 million from various sources such as the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, National Aeronautical and Space Agency along with various industrial partners and private research foundations. He has authored over 30 scientific publications, including the book Complex Plasmas—Scientific Challenges and Technological Applications. Dr. Lopez has been nationally honored for his contributions to the United States of America by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was recognized in 2012 by Inside Jersey of the New Jersey Star-Ledger and NJ.com as one of the Top 20 Biggest Brains in New Jersey, whose exceptional intellect is changing the world. He is furthermore a highly acclaimed science communicator to broadcast mass media where he has served as a science expert to various local, national, and international news organizations such as NJ News, MSNBC, and Fox News. He additionally served as the Science and Technology Correspondent to the Emmy award-winning news panel discussion television series, Fresh Outlook. He served as the General Chair and the Head Organizer of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science held from May 21, 2017 to May 25, 2017, in Atlantic City, NJ, USA.

PY - 2018/6

Y1 - 2018/6

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U2 - 10.1109/TPS.2018.2838398

DO - 10.1109/TPS.2018.2838398

M3 - Editorial

AN - SCOPUS:85048540758

SN - 0093-3813

VL - 46

SP - 1869

EP - 1871

JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

IS - 6

ER -