Uwe Konopka - Faculty - Physics - Departments - Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics

Uwe Konopka
Associate Professor
Experimental Plasma Physics

Office: Allison Lab # 107

Address:
206 Allison Laboratory
Auburn, AL 36849-5319

Phone: (334) 844-4248
Fax: (334) 844-4613
Email: uzk0003@auburn.edu

Education
Ph.D., Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany	2000
Diploma in Physics, Ruhr- University, Germany	1996
Intermediate Diploma in Mathematics, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany	1991
Intermediate Diploma in Physics, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany	1991

Professional Employment
Associate Professor, Auburn University	2012- present
Advisory Board Chair, MDPX, Auburn, AL	2011-2012
Senior Research Scientist/Project Manager, Max-Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany	2007-2012
Research Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany	2002- 2007
Diploma Thesis, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany	1995

Honors and Awards
Selected as chair for Auburn University MDPX Advisory board	2011-2012
Awarded brass medal for more than 500 (or 600) performed parabolic flight maneuvers- Novespace, Fance	2010
Best Poster Award, 2nd International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas, Hakone, Japan	1999

Selected Publications

M. Chaushuri, V. Nosenko, C. Knapek, U. Konopka, A.V. Ivlev, H.M. Thomas, and G.E. Morfill, Direct experimental observation of binary agglomerates in complex plasmas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 264101, 2012.
Kretschmer M., Konopka U., Zhdanov S.K., Thomas H.M., Morfill G.E., Fortov V.E., Molotkov V.I.,Lipaev A.M., and Petrov O., Particles Inside the Void of a Complex Plasma, IEEE TRANSACTIONS OF PLASMA SCIENCE 39 (11), 2758, 2011
Schwabe M., Konopka U., Bandyopadhyay P. and Morfill G.E., Pattern Formation in a Complex Plasma in High Magnetic Fields, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 106, 215004, 2011
Du Cheng-Ran, Thomas H.M. Ivlev A., Konopka U. and Morfill G.E., Agglomeration of microparticles in complex plasmas, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 17, 113710, 2010
Bandyopadhyay P., Konopka U., Khrapak S., Morfill G.E., and Sen A., Effect of polarization force on the propagation of dust acoustic solitary waves, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 12, 073002, 2010

Last updated: 05/07/2015