slg@umn.edu
Steven L. Girshick is professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota. He was educated at M.I.T. (SB in humanities and science) and Stanford University (PhD in mechanical engineering). He is the author or coauthor of over 100 journal articles in areas including dusty plasmas, nucleation theory, nanoparticle synthesis and deposition of thin films. He was editor-in-chief of Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing ( 2005-2014) and was founding president of the International Plasma Chemistry Society (2000-2003). His awards include the Boit Prize in Writing at M.I.T. , the 2005 Plasma Chemistry Award, and the University of Minnesota Best Director of Graduate Studies Award.
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David Graves, Princeton University
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A. M. Boies, University of Cambridge
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Michael Zachariah, University of California, Riverside
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Chris Hogan, University of Minnesota
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Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo
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Paul Wagner, University of Vienna
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Pere Roca i Cabarrocas, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris