Vladimir I DemidovVladimir Demidov received his PhD degree from Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg State University), Leningrad, USSR (now St Petersburg, Russia), in 1981. He has been with West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV, USA) since 2003. He is no a Research Professor at the Department of Physics and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mathematics. His primary interests are basic plasma physics, plasma diagnostics, and atomic and molecular physics. He has more than 150 publications and is the author of a monograph on probe methods of plasma diagnostics. Read More Read Less