International Conference on Plasma Science
Technical Sessions

Session Area Organizer Email Phone
1. Basic Processes in Fully and
Partially Ionized Plasmas
Earl Scime
W. VA University
escime@wvu.edu +1 304 293 1437
1.1 Basic Phenomena Greg Severn
U San Diego
severn@sandiego.edu +1 619 260 6845
1.2 Computational Plasma Physics John P. Verboncoeur
UC Berkeley
johnv@eecs.berkeley.edu
or johnv@nuc.berkeley.edu
+1 510-642-3477
1.3 Space Plasmas Greg Howes
U Iowa
gregory-howes@uiowa.edu +1 319 335 1221
1.4 Partially ionized Plasmas Karl Umstadter
UC San Diego
kumstadter@ucsd.edu +1 858 822 1167
1.5 Dusty Plasmas Marlene Rosenberg
UC San Diego
rosenber@ece.ucsd.edu +1 858 534 4509
2. Microwave Generation and
Plasma Interactions
Monica Blank
CPII
monica.blank@cpii.com +1 650-846-3557
2.1 Intense Beam Microwave Generation Adrian Cross
Strathclyde University
a.w.cross@strath.ac.uk +44 141 548 4614
2.2 Fast-Wave Devices Lawrence Dressman
NSWC Crane
lawrence.dressman@navy.mil +1 812 854 4804
2.3 Slow-Wave Devices Adam Balkcum
CPI
adam.balkcum@cpii.com +1 650-846-3448
2.4 Vacuum Microelectronics Lawrence Ives
CCR
rli@calcreek.com +1 650 312 9575
2.5 Codes and Modeling Alexander Vlasov
SAIC
alexander.n.vlasov@saic.com +1 301 405 1627
2.6 Non-Fusion Microwave Systems Arne Fliflet
NRL
arne.fliflet@nrl.navy.mil +1 202-767-2469
2.7 Microwave Plasma Interaction Tim Bigelow
ORNL
bigelowts@ornl.gov +1 865-576-5959
3. Charged Particle Beams and
Sources
Pravesh Patel
LLNL
pravpatel@llnl.gov +1 925-423-7450
3.1 Plasma, Ion and Electron Sources Manuel Hegelich
LANL
hegelich@lanl.gov +1 505 667 6989
3.2 Intense Electron Ion Beams Scott Wilks
LLNL
wilks1@llnl.gov +1 925-422-2974
4. High Energy Density Plasmas
and Applications
John Giuliani
NRL
john.giuliani@nrl.navy.mil +1 202 767 9299
4.1 Fusion - Inertial, Magnetic
and Alternate Concepts
Glen Wurden
LANL
wurden@lanl.gov +1 505 667 5633
4.2 Particle Acceleration with
Lasers and Beams
Daniel Gordon
NRL
daniel.gordon@nrl.navy.mil +1 202-767-5036
4.3 Radiation Physics, Fast Z pinches
X pinches, and X-ray lasers
Brent Jones
SNL
bmjones@sandia.gov +1 505 284 9481
4.4 High Energy Density Matter Victor Kantsyrev
Univ. Nevada Reno
victor@physics.unr.edu +1 775 784-7590
4.5 Laser Produced Plasmas Mingsheng Wei
UCSD
mwei@ferp.ucsd.edu +1 858 534 6997
5. Industrial, Commercial and
Medical Plasma Applications
Mounir Laroussi
U Old Dominion
mlarouss@odu.edu +1 757 683 6369
5.1 Nonequilibrium Plasma Applications Michael Kong
Loughborough University
m.g.kong@lboro.ac.uk +44 1449 227075
5.2 High-Pressure and Thermal
Plasma Processing
Dr. Alexander Fridman
Drexel University
fridman@drexel.edu +1 215 895 1542
5.3 Plasma Thrusters Nikolas Gatsonis
WPI
gatsonis@wpi.edu +1 508 831 5576
5.4 Plasmas for Lighting and
Flat Panel Displays
Richard Garner
Sylvania
richard.garner@sylvania.com +1 978 750 1576
5.5 Medical, Biological and
Environmental Applications
Mounir Laroussi
U Old Dominion
mlarouss@odu.edu +1 757 683 6369
6. Plasma Diagnostics Ray Leeper
SNL
RJLEEPE@sandia.gov +1 505 845-7185
6.1 Optical and X-ray Diagnostics Jeff Koch
LLNL
koch1@llnl.gov +1 925 422 3956
6.2 Microwave and FIR Diagnostics Calvin Domier
UC Davis
cwdomier@ucdavis.edu +1 530 752 6152
6.3 Particle Diagnostics Hans Herrmann
LANL
herrmann@lanl.gov +1 505 665 5075
7. Pulsed Power and Other
Plasma Applications
Mark Gilmore
U New Mexico
gilmore@ece.unm.edu +1 505 277 2579
7.1 Insulation and Dielectric Breakdown Hulya Kirkici
Auburn U
kirkih@eng.auburn.edu +1 334 844 1822
7.2 Switching Scott Kovaleski
University of Missouri
KovaleskiS@missouri.edu +1 573 882 8377
7.3 Plasma Lasers John Kline
LANL
jkline@lanl.gov +1 505 667 7062
7.4 Compact Pulsed Power and
Applications
Kelly Hahn
SNL
kdhahn@sandia.gov +1 505 845 0589