The LisbOn KInetics - LoKI

Luís Lemos ALVES, PI, IPFN/IST, Lisbon
His field of work is the modelling and simulation of low-temperature plasmas. He has developed many different numerical codes, extending from the numerical solution of the electron Boltzmann equation to the development of multi-dimensional dynamic models for reactive gas/plasma systems. He is the PI of the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) simulation tool. His research focuses on the study of microwave and radio-frequency discharges, of interest for material science, biological and environmental applications.

Antonio TEJERO, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Córdoba, Spain
He holds a PhD in Materials and Energy, by the University of Córdoba (Spain), during which he has developed a parallelized PIC code (using GPGPU techniques under CUDA) for the contact of a low-temperature plasma with a Langmuir probe. He is responsible for the general development of the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) numerical tool, including the Boltzmann solver component (LoKI-B), the Chemistry solver component (LoKI-C) and its integration.

Vasco GUERRA, IPFN/IST, Lisbon
His research interests are focused on the modelling and simulation of non-equilibrium kinetic processes in molecular plasmas, including electron, heavy-particle and surface kinetics.

Carlos Daniel Pintassilgo, IPFN/IST, Lisbon and FEUP, Porto
His main research interests involve the modelling of non-equilibrium molecular plasmas, such as N₂, N₂-O₂ and N₂-CH₄, comprising the coupling between electron, vibration and chemical kinetics, and the self-consistent analysis of gas/plasma heating.

Nuno Pinhão, IPFN/IST, Lisbon
His main research interests involve the physics of gas discharges, the numerical modeling of low temperature plasmas, and the application of dielectric barrier discharges for pollution control. He is in charge of developing and maintaining a web-access platform for the KITs.

Mário Lino da Silva, IPFN/IST, Lisbon
He is the head of the Hypersonic Plasma Laboratory, hosting the 1M€ European Shock Tube for High Enthalpy Research (ESTHER), commissioned in July 2019. He is a leading researcher in non-equilibrium plasma radiation phenomena, including modelling vibration relaxation processes. He is consistently developing theoretical models based on the Forced Harmonic Oscillator Theory, and he is the author of efficient models for fast calculations of line-by-line spectra, including millions of lines from the VUV to the IR range.

Tiago SILVA, Junior Researcher, IPFN/IST, Lisbon
He holds a PhD in Physics by the University of Mons (Belgium). His research interests include the modeling and simulation of nonequilibrium plasmas, focusing mainly on the study of the vibrational kinetics. He is involved in the validation of KInetic Test schemes (KIT).

Tiago DIAS, APPLAuSE PhD student, IPFN/IST, Lisbon
He is a PhD student with the Advanced Programme in PLAsma Science and Engineering (APPLAuSE), developing a Kinetic Monte Carlo for plasma chemistry and a Monte-Carlo version of the LisbOn Kinetics Boltzmann solver (LoKI-MC). He gives continued contributions to the development and consolidation of LoKI.

Jan van DIJK, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Jan got his PhD degree in plasma physics at Eindhoven University of Technology. His primary field of interest is the self-consistent modelling and numerical simulation of plasma sources. He is also interested in the 'peripherals' of this work, such as the reliable dissemination of input and output data, high-performance computing and software design. He usually speaks C++.

Diana MIHAILOVA, Plasma Matters B.V., The Netherlands
She is the CEO and the founder of Plasma Matters B.V. She holds a PhD in plasma physics from the Eindhoven University of Technology. She has a background in numerical plasma physics, in particular modeling of low-temperature plasmas for various applications such as plasmas for surface treatment and material processing, biomedical and environmental technologies.

Wouter GRAEF, Plasma Matters B.V., The Netherlands
He is the CTO of Plasma Matters B.V. He holds a PhD in plasma physics from the Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands), during which he focused on zero-dimensional models for plasma chemistry. He is one of the main developers of the plasma simulation framework PLASIMO and is the coordinator of the tech team of the LXCat project.

Daan BOER, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Currently pursuing a double masters degree in Physics and Data-Science. Interested in numerical plasma physics and applications where both disciplines meet. He was responsible for the initial transcription of LoKI-B from Matlab to C++.