Dr. Mounir Laroussi

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Tennessee. Plasma heating, plasma turbulence, and RF emission from plasmas.

Dr. Mounir Laroussi obtained his B.S. from the University of Technical Sciences of Tunisia, completed his M.S. research work at the School of Radio-electricity of Bordeaux, France, and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (June 1988), all in Electrical Engineering. After few years of teaching, he joined the Microwave & Plasma Laboratory of the University of Tennessee as a Research Assistant Professor from 1995 to1998. Dr. Laroussi joined Old Dominion University in 1998 as research faculty member in the Applied Research Center and now holds an Associate Professor position at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Dr. Laroussi’s research interests are in the Physical Electronics area and particularly in the physics and applications of non-equilibrium high pressure gaseous discharges. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 papers and holds four patents. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of Sigma Xi. Dr. Laroussi is the recipient of the 1996 Advanced Technology Award from the Inventors Clubs of America, and the recipient of the IEEE Millennium medal award, 2000. In 2005, he received the BCET Excellence in Research Award.

Contact Information:

Office - 241D Kaufman Hall and
             Center for Bioelectrics
Phone - 683-2416
E-mail - mlarouss@odu.edu

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