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PROF. DR. JULIAN SCHULZE
From March 23 to 27, Prof. Julian Schulze from West Virginia University, USA, visited the Chair of Theoretical Electrical Engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. The focus was on the scientific exchange with the chairs AEPT and TET as well as the work with Sebastian Wilczek, PhD student, on the common research topic. The research cooperation between the two universities in the field of plasma technology will be further expanded and consolidated in the future. Prof. Schulze studied, received his doctorate and habilitated at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. As a promising young scientist in the field of low-temperature plasma physics, he was already awarded the Hans Werner Osthoff Plasma Physics Prize in 2012.
The scope and outstanding quality of his work in the few years from physics diploma to doctorate to habilitand at the Institute of Experimental Physics V of the RUB was impressive. His experiments have significantly advanced the understanding of the physics of high-frequency discharges. After a short period as a post-doc at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he is now Assistant Professor at West Virginia University and is considered a world-renowned expert in the field of RF plasmas. Together with Sebastian Wilczek, Prof. Schulze studies the heating/dynamics of electrons in low pressure capacitive discharges. This heating mechanism has a crucial influence on the plasma composition and needs to be understood in order to control industrial coating and etching processes much better. Based on previous collaborations, an article on the confinement quality of high-energy beam electrons was published in March 2015. The collaboration will continue in the future. In the summer semester, Prof. Schulze offers a block seminar over five days for students and interested parties. With his visit to the RUB, further interesting topics in plasma technology were discussed and investigated. Joint publications are planned.