St. Petersburg State University | Russia
Vladimir A. Ivanov is a renowned plasma physicist and long-serving professor at Saint Petersburg State University, recognized for his extensive contributions to low-temperature plasma kinetics and spectroscopic diagnostics. With a career spanning from the early 1970s to the present, he has established himself as a leading expert in dissociative recombination, excitation transfer, and the population dynamics of atomic and molecular ions in noble-gas plasmas, particularly helium–neon mixtures. He earned his physics degree from Saint Petersburg State University, where he later built a distinguished academic career investigating the mechanisms governing decaying plasmas, metastable states, and collisional processes involving electrons and ions. His scholarly output includes more than fifty research papers published in reputable journals such as Optics and Spectroscopy and Plasma Sources Science and Technology. According to available bibliometric data, he has an estimated h-index of 52, with over 12,000 citations and more than 250 scientific documents, reflecting the lasting impact of his work on the field. His research interests encompass plasma spectroscopy, recombination kinetics, noble-gas ion behavior, and the fundamental physics of excitation mechanisms. In conclusion, Ivanov’s sustained scientific achievements have contributed significantly to the theoretical and experimental foundations of modern plasma physics.
Featured Publications
Ivanov, V. A. (2020). Superposition of low-pressure DBD and RF induction discharge for spectroscopic study of dissociative recombination in decaying plasma. Plasma Sources Science and Technology.
Ivanov, V. A., Petrovskaya, A. S., & Skoblo, Y. E. (2016). Dissociative recombination of molecular ions in the He–Ne plasma: Partial rate constants of atoms formation in the 2p(5)3d and 2p(5)4d configurations. Optics and Spectroscopy.
Ivanov, V. A., Petrovskaya, A. S., & Skoblo, Y. E. (2016). Role of neon in a decaying high-purity helium plasma. Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
Ivanov, V. A., Petrovskaya, A. S., & Skoblo, Y. E. (2015). Population of 2p(5)4p levels of Ne in the afterglow of discharge in helium with small admixture of neon. Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
Ivanov, V. A., Petrovskaya, A. S., & Skoblo, Y. E. (2014). Population of 2p⁵5s levels of neon atoms in He–Ne plasma: Temperature dependences of partial coefficients of recombination of HeNe⁺ ions and electrons. Optics and Spectroscopy.