My expertise lies in the areas of plasma diagnostics, the development of low-temperature plasma sources, and plasma applications. I employ various measurement methods, including emission spectroscopy, laser spectroscopy, and laser scattering methods, to study plasma parameters and various species in plasma, ranging from atoms to molecules and nanoparticles. At PPPL, I am involved in a variety of projects that focus on plasma-liquid interactions, high-pressure plasmas, plasma-assisted nano-synthesis, and plasmas used in the microelectronics industry.
I am interested in designing and building various plasma sources for a wide range of applications: from bio-medical tasks to environmental remediation and in-situ resource utilization settings. I am also exploring the application of machine learning approaches toward the challenges of plasma diagnostics.
I joined PPPL in 2016 as an associate research physicist. Prior to that, from January 2014 to March 2016, I worked at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a postdoctoral associate in the Cold Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Laboratory led by Prof. Peter Bruggeman. My research focused on the chemical kinetics of oxidation agents in ambient air plasma jet and plasma-assisted combustion chambers. Before my time at the University of Minnesota, I conducted research on nanosecond discharges in gases at atmospheric and higher pressures as part of my Ph.D. thesis at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. This research carried out in the Pulsed Power and Plasma Lab under the supervision of Prof. Yakov Krasik, was dedicated to studying the dynamics of plasma formation on a single nanosecond timescale and the role of energetic runaway electrons in the ignition of the discharge. Prior to attending graduate school, from 2008 to 2013, I graduated with a B.Sc. in Physics from Technion.