Our colleague, Dr. Oleksandr Galmiz, succeeded in the call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships with the project "A step towards new Plasma processing Technology for Medical purposes". He will work on this project for the next two years at the Comenius University in Bratislava.
Dr. Galmiz was preparing the project application from spring to October 2021. Within the framework of this grant, a research internship connected with international mobility is financed. The project concerning the disinfection of plastic medical devices, especially catheters, using low-temperature plasma will be carried out at the Comenius University in Bratislava under the leadership of Prof. Zdenko Machala from October 2022 to October 2024. The project will also include internships and professional training at other workplaces abroad, e.g. in Italy and Malta. During this project, Dr. Galmiz will gain valuable professional experience, which he will then be able to use in his further work and research at his home university. Details of this project can be found in the article A step towards new Plasma processing Technology for Medical purposes.
General information on the call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships of the Horizon Europe program can be found on the Faculty's website.
At the beginning of April, the Day with ERC, an event for junior researchers took place. The aim of the discussion meeting for junior scientists is networking. Dr. Jakub Kelar from the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology was nominated as a representative from the Faculty of Science.
Prof. Christoph Gerhard and his colleagues visited their project partners at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and the CEPLANT Centre in the second week of April 2024. Scientists from the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/ Holzminden/ Göttingen and our research group are working together on the functionalization of fibers.