The George Washington University

Research Activities: Advanced spacecraft propulsion, plasma medicine, bioengineering, plasma-based nanotechnology.

Teaching: thermodynamics, heat transfer, propulsion, plasma engineering

Awards:

2009 Outstanding SEAS Young Researcher Award

2008 elected Associate Fellow, AIAA

2006 Research Faculty Recognition Award by University of Michigan

Professional Memberships:

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Associate Fellow

American Physical Society (APS), Member

International Society of Plasma Medicine (ISPM), Founding Member

Member of AIAA Electric Propulsion Technical Committee (EP)

Founder and Director, Micropropulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MpNL)

Steering Committee, Plasma Nanoscience Symposium (iPlasmaNanoSym)

Steering Committee, GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBE)

Editorial Board: International Journal of Plasma Science and Engineering

Tel Aviv University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Physical phenomena in high current electrical discharges, at the electrode surface and in

the near electrode plasma

author of over 150 journal articles, 12 book chapters, and 2 patents