Faculty

Michael P. Bradley 

(Ph.D., P.Eng.) Professor
Ion implantation, photonics

Lenaic Couedel

(Ph.D.) Associate Professor

Dusty plasma, low temperature plasma, and plasma diagnostics (electric probes, spectroscopy)

Andrei Smolyakov 

(Ph.D., FAPS) Professor
Theoretical/computational plasma physics, nonlinear plasma dynamics 

 Chijin Xiao 

(Dr.rer.nat.) Professor

website: https://researchers.usask.ca/chijin-xiao/index.php#Biography

Plasma production, magnetic confinement (SOTR-M tokamak), compact torus, dense plasma focus, plasma diagnostics (electrostatic, magnetic probes, spectroscopy, microwave, soft and hard x-ray, etc.), plasma assisted materials synthesis 

Former Faculty Members

Akira Hirose (deceased)

(D.Sc., FRSC, FAPS, FIEEE, FEAS) Professor, CRC (T1)

PPL Director (1994-2017)

Magnetic fusion (tokamak), waves and instabilities in plasmas, plasma assisted material synthesis 

Harvey M. Skarsgard (deceased)

(Ph.D.) Professor

Founder of PPL and Director (1960-1994)

Ludwig Schott (deceased)

(Ph.D.) Professor

Low Temperature Plasma Physics

Founder of PPL

Research Staff

Jim Ratzlaff (Technician, deceased)

D. McColl

(B.E. in Engineering Physics)

Now departmental staff, david.mccoll@usask.ca

Jiping Zhang (Research Engineer)

(B.Sc. in Engineering)

Graduate Students

Heba Bsharat (Ph.D.) (Xiao) Confinement studies on the STOR-M Tokamak 
Nathan Nelson(M.Sc.) (Xiao/Couedel) Design and Characterization of a Dust Injector

Alumini (Incomplete List)

  • Adedapo Joseph Adegun (M.Sc.) (Xiao) EFFECT OF LITHIUM COATING ON THE IMPURITIES INTHE STOR-M TOKAMAK PLASMA AND SHIELDING EFFECT OF PLASMA ON THE RESONANT MAGNETIC PERTURBATIONS FIELD

  • Reza Behbahani (Ph.D.) (Xiao) Enhancement of Charged Particle Emission from a Plasma Focus Device
  • Aseem Chauhan (M.Sc.) (Bradley) Metallurgical ion implantation
  • Weifeng Chen
    • (M.Sc.) (Xiao)
    • (Ph.D.) (Hirose/Xiao) Synthesis of Carbon and Tungsten Based Films by Plasma Enhance Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Carl Dunlea (Ph.D.) (Hirose/Xiao) Magnetic Compression of Compact Tori Experiment and Simulation
  • Sayf Gamudi Elgriw
    • (M.Sc.) (Xiao)  Investigation of Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities in the STOR-M Tokamak
    • (Ph.D.) (Xiao) Effects of Resonant Magnetic Perturbations on the STOR-M Tokamak Discharges
  • Winston Frias  (Ph.D.) (Smolyakov)
  • Michael Hubeny (M.Sc.) (Xiao) Edge Plasma Properties of Ohmic Discharges with Resomnant Magnetic Perturbations in the STOR-M Tokamak

  • Sepher Esmaeili Khatir (M.Sc.) (Xiao) NITROGEN-DOPED DLC DEPOSITION BY HOT FILAMENT AND INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPUTTERING FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

  • Oleksandr Koshkarov  (M.Sc.) (Smolyakov)
  • Ekow Lewis  (M.Sc.) (Xiao) Effects of Edge Safety Factor on the Toroidal Flow Velocity of the STOR-M Plasma
  • Sandeep K. Litt (Ph.D.) (Smolyakov)
  • Xianfeng LU (Ph.D.) (Hirose/Xiao) FIELD ELECTRON EMISSION FROM DIAMOND AND RELATED FILMS SYNTHESIZED BY PLASMA ENH
  • Dazhi Liu (Ph.D.) (Hirose) Vertical Compact Torus Injection into the STOR-M Tokamak
  • Jason Maley (Ph.D.) (Hirose)
  • John R. (JJ) McLeod (M.Sc.) (Bradley) Hydrogen implanted silicon LED's

  • Michael Patterson (M.Sc.) (Xiao)  DEVELOPMENT OF A VERSATILE MAGNETIC PERTURBATION SYSTEM ON THE STOR-M TOKAMAK

  • Arun Andre Pant (M.Sc.) (Xiao)  Repetitive Operation of the University of the Saskatchewan Compact Torus Injector

  • Sarah Purdy  (Ph.D.) (Bradley) Carbon implanted silicon LED's
  • Akbar Rohollahi (Ph.D.) (Hirose/Xiao)  Modification of Plasma Flow Velocity by Compact Toroid Injection, Effects of Compact Toroid injectionon Plasma Facing Components and Effects of Lithium Coating of the Inner Tokamak Wall on Plasma Parameters and Fuelling Effects of Compact Toroid Injection
  • Ivan Romadanov (Ph.D.) (Smolyakov)
  • Priya Sharma (M.Sc.) (Xiao) Damage Studies of Tungsten Samples Using Dense Plasma Focus Devices
  • Gregory Tomney  (M.Sc., not completed) (Xiao)
  • Igor Voldiner (M.Sc.) (Xiao) Edge Region Fluctuation Measurements in the STOR-M Tokamak
  • Junyi Yang  (M.Sc.) (Bradley) Quantum Effects

Graduate Student Opportunities

If you would like to join our research, please contact one of our faculty members: