FWO research project (2):
Modelling and experimental validation of a flowing atmospheric pressure afterglow source used for ambient ionization mass spectrometry
Parallel projects: CO2 conversion and N2 fixation, computational andexperimental study
FWO research project (1):
Nanoparticle transport in inductively coupled plasmas: A better insight through computer modeling
PhD Thesis:
Computational study of an Inductively Coupled Plasma at atmospheric pressure
with the presence of a Mass Spectrometer interface (ICPMS)
Research stays:
- Prof Kay Niemax's group, ISAS, Dortmund, Germany, June 2011
- Prof Gary Hieftje's group, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, January 2012
- Prof Detlef Günther's group, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2013
- Prof Detlef Günther's group, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, February 2017
Invited talks/keynotes/journal interviews/web-seminars
- “ICPMS: optimization through computations”, Symposium of the Atomic Spectroscopy working group of the section Analytical Chemistry, Dutch Royal Society of Chemistry, May 30, 2013, Deventer, The Netherlands.
- “Gas flow dynamics in ICPMS: Description, explanation and optimization”, SCIX 2013, September-October, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
- “Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms of ICP-OES and ICP-MS”, an invited web seminar hosted by “SPECTROSCOPY”, January 29, 2014, U.S.A.
- “Modeling of an ICP connected to a mass spectrometer, from the underlying mechanisms to analytical optimization”, keynote lecture, 6th Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Chemistry, May 19-22, 2015, Xiamen, China.
- “Particle transport in the ICP torch: a closer look through computations”, Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry", January 11-16, 2016, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
- Modeling an Inductively Coupled Plasma Torch by means of FLUENT”, half a day training at a Workshop on Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Materials processing and Surface and Thin Film Analysis, Marie Curie initial training network, January 25-27, 2016, Antwerp, Belgium.
- “What modeling reveals about the properties of an inductively coupled plasma”, Invited interview, SPECTROSCOPY 31 (1), 52-59, January 2016, U.S.A.
- “Computational study of analyte transport trough an ICP torch”, 10th International Conference on Plasma Assisted Technologies, March 7-10, 2016, Cancun, Mexico.
- “Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: what can we learn from modeling?”, High Tech Plasma Processing conference, July 3-7, 2016, Munich, Germany.
- “Particle transport through an ICP torch: what can we learn from modeling?”, Keynote lecture, Beijing conference and exhibition on instrumental analysis, October 9-12, 2017, Beijing, China.
- “Analyte journey through an ICP torch: a computational study”,7th Asia-Pacific Winter Conference, November 12-17, 2017, Matsue-city, Shimane, Japan.
- “Particle journey through an ICP torch: what modeling reveals”, 16th Czech-Slovak Spectroscopic Conference, Scheduled for May 27 - 31, 2018, Luhačovice, Czech Republic.
- Particle transport in the ICP torch: What modeling reveals? 9th Nordic Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, June 10-13, 2018, Loen, Norway.
- “Modeling an ICP torch by means of FLUENT: Fundamentals and challenges”, Two hours course during the 9th Nordic Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, June 10-13, 2018, Loen, Norway.
- “Ion cloud formation and nanoparticle transport in the ICP torch: What modeling reveals?” Symposium of the Atomic Spectroscopy working group, Dutch Royal Society of Chemistry, December 18, 2018, Utrecht, The Netherlands.