**About the Editor**

**Mounir Laroussi**, Dr., received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently Professor at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Old Dominion University (ODU) and Director of ODU's Plasma Engineering & Medicine Institute (PEMI).

Dr. Laroussi's research interests are in the physics and applications of non-equilibrium gaseous discharges, including the biomedical applications of low-temperature plasma (LTP). He has designed and developed numerous novel LTP devices, such as resistive barrier discharge (RBD) and the plasma pencil. He is the co-discoverer of guided ionization waves in low-temperature plasma jets. Dr. Laroussi is also widely known for conducting the first pioneering experiments on the use of low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasmas for biomedical applications and for highly contributing to the establishment of the interdisciplinary field of plasma medicine. For his scientific achievements in the field of low-temperature plasmas and their biomedical applications, he was elevated to the grade of fellow by IEEE in 2009 and has been awarded the 2012 IEEE-NPSS Merit Award in addition to other prestigious awards.

Dr. Laroussi is the author or co-author of two books and more than 200 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and he holds seven patents in the field of plasma devices and their applications. He served as the general chair of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) and is the co-founder of the International Workshop of Plasma for Cancer Treatment (IWPCT). Dr. Laroussi's research has been featured in various well-known magazines, such as National Geographic, Physics Today, and Scientific American. His work has also been featured in numerous science and technology documentaries.

Dr. Mounir Laroussi (Photograph by Glen McClure)
