Personal Information
Full name
Alexander Fridman
Current position
Director of A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute
Organization
Drexel University, Drexel Plasma Institute
Country
USA
Short Biography
Alexander Fridman, Ph.D., Dr.Sci., is a Nyheim Chair Professor of Drexel University, and director of the A.J.
Drexel Plasma Institute in Philadelphia, USA. His research is focused on new plasma approaches to material
treatment, fuel conversion, environmental control and bio-medical applications. He is one the world pioneers of
Plasma Medicine, and Founding President of the International Society on Plasma Medicine. Professor Fridman
is author of eight books on plasma physics, plasma chemistry, plasma medicine, and over 800 papers (total
citation index about 27,000, citation h-index 63). He has received numerous awards, including Stanley Kaplan
Award in Chemical Kinetics and Engineering Systems, George Soros Award in Physics, Alma Mater Studiorum
Award of University of Bologna, DuPont Science and Engineering Prize, International Plasma Medicine Society
Award, Distinguished Professorships of University of Illinois, as well as Kurchatov Prize of USSR and the State
Prize of USSR.