
Uwe Konopka
Department of Physics
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Associate Professor
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Office: Leach Science Center 3105
Address:
380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-4248
Fax: (334) 844-4613
Email: uzk0003@auburn.edu
Education
Ph.D., Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
2000
Diploma in Physics, Ruhr- University, Germany
1996
Intermediate Diploma in Mathematics, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
1991
Intermediate Diploma in Physics, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
1991
Professional Employment
Associate Professor, Auburn University
2012 - present
Advisory Board Chair, MDPX, Auburn, AL
2011 - 2012
Senior Research Scientist/Project Manager, Max-Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
2007 - 2012
Research Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
2002 - 2007
Diploma Thesis, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
1995
Honors and Awards
Selected as chair for Auburn University MDPX Advisory board
2011-2012
Awarded brass medal for more than 500 (or 600) performed parabolic flight maneuvers- Novespace, Fance
2010
Best Poster Award, 2nd International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas, Hakone, Japan
1999
Research and Teaching Interests
- M. Chaushuri, V. Nosenko, C. Knapek, U. Konopka, A.V. Ivlev, H.M. Thomas, and G.E. Morfill, Direct experimental observation of binary agglomerates in complex plasmas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 264101, 2012.
- Kretschmer M., Konopka U., Zhdanov S.K., Thomas H.M., Morfill G.E., Fortov V.E., Molotkov V.I.,Lipaev A.M., and Petrov O., Particles Inside the Void of a Complex Plasma, IEEE TRANSACTIONS OF PLASMA SCIENCE 39 (11), 2758, 2011
- Schwabe M., Konopka U., Bandyopadhyay P. and Morfill G.E., Pattern Formation in a Complex Plasma in High Magnetic Fields, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 106, 215004, 2011
- Du Cheng-Ran, Thomas H.M. Ivlev A., Konopka U. and Morfill G.E., Agglomeration of microparticles in complex plasmas, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 17, 113710, 2010
- Bandyopadhyay P., Konopka U., Khrapak S., Morfill G.E., and Sen A., Effect of polarization force on the propagation of dust acoustic solitary waves, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 12, 073002, 2010