W Rozmus, PhD

Email

wrozmus@ualberta.ca

Phone

(780) 492-8486

Address

3-124 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II

11335 Saskatchewan Drive NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2H5

M. Sc., University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 1973.
Ph. D., Institute for Nuclear Studies, Warsaw, Poland, 1978

Visiting Professorships:
National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA (2011-12),
Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK (2004-05),
Institute for Laser Science and Applications, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA (1997-98),
Centre de Physique Theorique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France (1990-91).

 

My research has been focused on theoretical and computational plasma physics. Theoretical problems in plasma science are formidable. The goal is to achieve quantitative understanding of nonlinear, many body processes in ionized gases often out of equilibrium. I have contributed over the years to the development of theoretical and numerical methods in plasma theory, with emphasis on nonlinear phenomena, transport and kinetic theory. These theoretical models have been applied in the interpretation of plasma laboratory experiments, with particular attention to laser plasma interaction experiments.

For several decades the field of laser matter interaction has been driven by problems and challenges provided by inertial confinement fusion experiments. In recent years it has been also rapidly expanding into new areas of basic studies and applications, mainly due to dramatic new developments in a technology of ultrashort laser pulse generation and experimental conditions achieved in compression experiments of relevance to astrophysics. We are now on the brink of new developments in x-ray laser matter interactions at high radiation intensities. My research follows these new directions with studies on ultrashort pulse laser interaction with solid and gaseous targets, strongly coupled plasmas and x-ray Thomson scattering. I have also established a collaborative project in the biomedical applications of lasers. This research is focused on cytometry and cell sorting.