Name
Alexander Fridman
Alexander Fridman is Nyheim Chair Professor of the Drexel
University, Philadelphia, US
A, and director of the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute. He develops novel plasma approaches to
material treatment, fuel conversion, hydrogen production, aerospace engineering, biology and
environmental control. Significant efforts of Dr. Fridman and his group are directed to devel
opment of Plasma Medicine, which is a revolutionary breakthrough research focused on direc
t plasma interaction with living tissues, direct plasma application for wound treatment, skin st
erilization, blood coagulation and treatment of different diseases, not effectively treated befor
e, including especially treatment of cancer. Dr. Fridman is the Founding President of the Inter
national Society of Plasma Medicine.
Dr. Fridman worked and taught as a Professor and researcher in different National
Laboratories and Universities of United States, France and Russia. He published 8 books and
more than 800 scientific papers, chaired several international plasma conferences. Dr.
Fridman received numerous awards, including International Plasma Medicine Award, Stanley
Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Kinetics and Energy Systems, George Soros
Distinguished Professorship in Physics, the DuPont research award, Chernobyl award,
University of Illinois and Drexel Research awards, Kurchatov Medal for Scientific
Achievements. Dr. Fridman together with the Nobel Prize laureate N.G. Basov received the
State Price of the USSR for discovery of selective stimulation of chemical processes in non-
thermal plasma.