Biographical Sketch
Dr. Woskov joined the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory at MIT in 1976 as a staff member. In 1979 he became a Project Leader for plasma diagnostics development at the MIT Plasma Fusion Center. Concurrent with his MIT position between 1986 and 1992 he was a visiting scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. In 1993 he became
a Principal Research Engineer and in 1994 was appointed Associate Division Head of the Plasma Technology Division. In 2007 he was promoted to Senior Research Engineer. In 1994 and 1995 he also headed the operations of the pilot scale dc graphite arc furnace experiment at MIT for solid waste vitrification.
Dr. Woskov’s work has included the development of far infrared laser systems, gyrotrons, and transmission lines for diagnostic applications. He is currently the U. S. Principal Investigator (PI) in an international partnership to develop fast ion collective Thomson scattering diagnostics for fusion burning plasmas. The other partners are Risø National
Laboratory, Denmark, and Intitut für Plasmaphysik, Jülich and Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, both in Germany. In the environmental area he has successfully developed novel instrumentation for monitoring thermal remediation processes and has lead an effort to develop a hazardous metals continuous emissions monitor using a microwave
plasma that was field-tested by the U. S. EPA. He is also the lead PI in a partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to develop advanced nuclear waste glass melter diagnostics.
In 2001 Dr. Woskov won Best Paper Award from the American Ceramics Society for his work on millimeter-wave monitoring of nuclear waste glass melts. He has received R&D 100 Awards in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2006 for innovative inventions applying the use of millimeter-wave and microwave technologies. In 1996 he was a Discover Award finalist for
innovation in environmental technologies. Dr. Woskov has over 140 publications and 13 patents. He is on the program committees, and has served as chairman, of the APS Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics and the Laser Aided Plasma Diagnostics Symposium series. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers,
and a member of the American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Eta Kappa
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Selected
Publications
“250 GHz CW Gyrotron Oscillator for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in Biological Solid State NMR”, V. S. Bajaja, M. K. Hornsteinb,, K. E. Kreischerb, J. R. Sirigirib, P. P. Woskov, M. L. Mak-Jurkauskasc, J. Herzfeldc, R. J. Temkin, and R. G. Griffin, J. of Magnetic Resonance, 189, 251-279, 2007
"Fast ion dynamics in TEXTOR measured by collective Thomson", H. Bindslev, S. K. Nielsen, L. Porte, J. A. Hoekzema, S. B. Korsholm, F. Meo, P. K. Michelsen, S. Michelsen, J.W. Oosterbeek, E. L. Tsakadze, E. Westerhof, P. Woskov, and The TEXTOR team, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 97, 205005, 2006.
“Corrugated Waveguide and Directional Coupler for CW 250 GHz Gyrotron DNP Experiments”, Paul P. Woskov, Vikram S. Bajaj, Melissa K. Hornstein, Richard J. Temkin, and Robert G. Griffin, IEEE Trans. of Microwave Theory and Techniques, June 2005.
“Beam ion distributions in ITER, and their impact on alpha particle measurements by collective Thomson scattering”, J. Egedal, H. Bindslev, R. V. Bundy, P. Woskov, Nuclear Fusion, 45, 184-190, 2005.
“Molten salt dynamics in glass melts using millimeter-wave emissivity measurements”, P. P. Woskov, S. K. Sundaram, W. E. Daniel, Jr., D. Miller, J. of Non Crystalline Solids, vol. 341/1-3, 21-25, 2004.
“Thermal return reflection method for resolving emissivity and temperature in radiometric methods”, P.P. Woskov and S. K. Sundaram, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 92, 6302-6310, December 2002.
“Large electrodless plasmas at atmospheric pressure sustained by a microwave waveguide”, P. Woskov and K. Hadidi, IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science, vol. 30, 156-157, Feb. 2002
“Millimeter-Wave Monitoring of Nuclear Waste Glass Melts – An Overview”, P. P. Woskov, J. S. Machuzak, P. Thomas, S. K. Sundaram, and W. E. Daniels, Jr., in Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies VII, (Ceramic Transactions, Volume 132) pp. 189-201, 2002 (best paper award American Ceramic
Society).
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