DR. MOUNIR LAROUSSI ELEVATED TO IEEE FELLOW

The IEEE Board of Directors has recently elevated Dr. Mounir Laroussi to one of the Institute's most prestigious honors, IEEE Fellow, for contributions to biomedical applications of low temperature atmospheric pressure plasmas.  According to IEEE, "The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred only by invitation of the Board of Directors upon a person of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in IEEE-designated fields, and who has made important individual contributions to one or more of these fields."

                Dr. Mounir Laroussi received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in June 1988. After a Post-Doc and few years of teaching, he joined the Microwave & Plasma Laboratory of the University of Tennessee as a Research Assistant Professor from 1995 to1998. He then joined the Applied Research Center of Old Dominion University (ODU) in 1998 as research scientist. From 2002 until 2007 he held an Associate Professor position at ODU's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Since January 2007 Dr. Laroussi became the Director of ODU's Laser & Plasma Engineering Institute (LPEI) and in 2008 he was promoted to Full Professor at the ECE Department, ODU.

Dr. Laroussi's research interests are in the Physical Electronics area and particularly in the physics and applications of non-equilibrium gaseous discharges including the biomedical applications of nonthermal plasmas. He has more than 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings, and holds 4 patents. He served as an elected member of the Administrative Committee (2002-2005) and the Plasma Science and Applications Executive Committee (2005-2007) of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society (NPSS). He has also served as a Guest Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, as session organizer at the International Conference on Plasma Science for many years, and as a Guest Editor of "Plasma Processes and Polymers". Dr. Laroussi was the recipient of the 1996 Advanced Technology Award, from the Inventors Clubs of America, the recipient of the IEEE Millennium Medal Award, 2000, the recipient of the Excellence in Research Award from the Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University, May 2005, the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Old Dominion University, June 2006, and the recipient of the Excellence in Innovation Award from the Hampton Road Technology Council, May 2006. In January 2008 Dr. Laroussi was named as an IEEE-NPSS Distinguished Lecturer, and in November 2008 he was elevated to the rank of IEEE Fellow.