Electron collisions with atoms, molecules and free
radicals; experimental and theoretical studies of excitation, dissociation and
ionization processes; measurement of electron attachment and detachment cross
sections and rates; collision induced emission spectroscopy; laser-induced
fluorescence experiments; collision processes in low-temperature plasmas;
atomic processes in atmospheric pressure plasmas; application of collisional
and spectroscopic data to plasma diagnostic techniques; atomic, molecular, and
plasma processes in environmental systems; internal collaborations with the
Center for Environmental Systems (CES) and the John Vossen Laboratory for Thin
Film and Vacuum Technology; external collaborations with the Universität
Greifswald and the Institut f¨¹r Niedertemperaturplasmaphysik (Institute for
Low-Temperature Plasma Physics), Greifswald, Germany and the Universität
Innsbruck, Austria.