P&PPL - Plasma & Pulsed Power Laboratory

Curriculum Vita

         30/07/08

Full name: Yakov Krasik
Date and place of birth: 13 November 1953, Ryazan city, Russia
Marital status: married + 3
Web site: hppt//physics.technion.ac.il
E-mail: fnkrasik@physics.technion.ac.il
Phone: 972-4-8293559;
Fax: 972-4-8226641
                


ACADEMIC DEGREES



1976  Physics Department, Tomsk Polytechnical University, Tomsk, Russia. M.Sc. Thesis: "High-current electron beam propagation across external magnetic field in low pressure gas".
1980  Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia. Ph.D. Thesis: "High power ion beam generation in reflex systems".
1991  Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia. D. Sc. Thesis: "Investigation of high power ion beam generation in the modified diode systems" - Submitted.


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS



2008  Professor Technion, Physics Department, Haifa, Israel
2002 - 2008  Associate Professor Technion, Physics Department, Haifa, Israel
1997 - 2002  Senior Research Fellow Technion, Physics Department, Haifa, Israel
1991 - 1996  Research Scientist Weizmann Institute of Science, Physics Department, Rehovot, Israel.
1986 - 1991  Head of the High Power Ion Beam Laboratory Nuclear Research Institute, Tomsk, Russia.
1980 - 1986   Senior Scientist Nuclear Research Institute, Tomsk, Russia.
RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Non-stationary current-carrying plasma:
    • z-pinches
    • plasma opening switches
    • active plasma cathodes
    • explosive emission plasma
    • underwater electrical discharges
    • high-current ion
    • relativistic electron beams
  2. Interaction of magnetic field with pulsed high-density plasmas and turbulent electric field in plasmas
  3. Collective ion acceleration in vacuum and low pressure gases.
  4. Physical processes accompanying high-power ion/electron beam generation.
  5. Design and development of high-power generators, electric probes, nuclear activation methods, optical and spectroscopic measurements.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE



2008 -  Course "Physics 3" (undergraduate level) Physics Department, Technion, Israel.
2007 -  Course "Physics 1m" (undergraduate level) Physics Department, Technion, Israel.
2003 -  Advanced students physics laboratory (graduate level) Physics Department, Technion, Israel.
2002 -  Course "Physics 2" (undergraduate level) Physics Department, Technion, Israel.
2000 -  Course "Plasma Physics" (graduate level) Physics Department, Technion, Israel.
1988 - 1990   "Plasma Physics" (graduate level) Physics Department, Tomsk Polytechnical University, Tomsk, Russia.


PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES



Refereeing: Scientific Journals: Phys. Plasmas, Phys. Rev., Appl. Phys. Lett., J. Appl. Phys., IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., European Phys. Journal D., Rev. Sci. Instrum.



MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES