International School on Plasma Physics 2018
The 21st International School on Low Temperature Plasma Physics started in Bad Honnef. The School is attended by 68 students from 14 nations. The success of hand-on workshop from the last summer school was repeated. This year, Volker Schulz-von der Gathen also prepared an intensive workshop, in which students could experience practical challenges in spectroscopy.
The scientific Chairmen were Olivier Guiatella and Anne Bourdon from CNRS/LPP in France.
At Friday, 11th October the Master Class with the title Electronegative plasmas took place with 31 participants.
International School on Plasma Physics 2017 started
The 21st International School on Low Temperature Plasma Physics started in Bad Honnef. The School is attended by 65 students from 16 nations. 22 teachers from all over the world talk about basics and forefront plasma physics during the 5 days of the Plasma School.
The scientific Chairmen are Olivier Guiatella and Anne Bourdon from CNRS/LPP in France.
At Friday, 12th October the Master Class with the title New approaches for plasma/surface interaction studies will take place.
ISPC 23 in Montreal
The 23rd International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry was held in Montréal, Canada, from July 30th to August 4th, 2017. This year around 430 scientists from all over the world attended the conference which is held every two years at different places. The next conference is planned for 2019 in Neapel, Italy.
Prof. Achim von Keudell and Prof. Uwe Czarnetzi joined this international event. Prof. Czarnetzki had a plenary talk about "Helium ns-Pulsed Atmospheric Pressure Discharges and the Key Role of Rydberg Molecules".
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Prof. Dr. Yuri Litvinenko
Since 2013, Prof. Dr. Yuri Litvinenko from the University of Waikoto, New Zealand, is a continuous guest in Bochum. This year, the VIP grant was successfully extended, so that Prof. Litvinenko will visit the group of PD Dr. Horst Fichtner for three months from 1st Decemeber 2017 until 28th February 2018.