Biography:

Ana Megía got her Doctoral Degree in Science and Technology Applied to Industrial Engineering in 2014. She has worked in research centers such as ESS BILBAO (Bilbao, Spain) or the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Geneva, Switzerland). She worked as a professor and researcher at the University of Deusto (Bilbao) and in 2020 she joined ICAI where she teaches subjects such as Physics, Engineering Thermodynamics or Design, Integration and Verification of Machines. She carries out his research work in the area of plasma engineering for ion sources and has participated in various R&D projects with public funding. She maintains several international collaborations and she is a reviewer for different scientific journals.

Areas of interest:

Production, diagnosis and applications of plasmas. --- Techniques: --- Plasmas for ion sources, cold atmospheric plasma, diagnostic tools with temporal resolution. --- Areas of application: --- Ion sources, particle beam medical therapies, surface cleaning and treatment, disinfection, plasma medicine.

Experience:

Design and construction of plasma generators, plasma diagnostics for ion sources, construction and commissioning of ion sources.

Skills:

Design and construction of complex equipment involving high voltage, high vacuum, mechanics and microwave systems. Extensive interdisciplinary technical knowledge. Computer-aided design, simulation, and computer-aided manufacturing. Rapid prototyping and 3D printing tools. Manual and CNC machinery.

Current research interests:

Diagnosis and optimization of ion sources, applications of plasmas in medicine and biomedical engineering.

Journal Publications

• Johnson, M.A., Bertsche, W.A., Cortázar, O.D., Faircloth, D., Kalvas, T., Lawrie, S., Megia-Macías, A., Tarvainen, O., Barrios-Díaz, E., Development and commissioning of a hydrogen ion source for the CERN ALPHA experiment. Journal of Instrumentation. Vol. 19, nº. 1, pp. 1 - 11, January 2024. [Online: January 2024] JCR: 1,300 Q4 (2022) - SJR: 0,650 Q2 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Moreno Fernández, S., Brun Torres, A., Gómez-Casado, E., Vulnerability of SARS-CoV-2 and PR8 H1N1 virus to cold atmospheric plasma activated media. Scientific Reports. Vol. 12, pp. 263-1 - 263-12, December 2022. [Online: January 2022] JCR: 4,600 Q2 (2022); - SJR: 0,973 Q1 (2022);

• Jauberteau, J.L., Jauberteau, I., Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Langmuir probe in magnetized plasma: Study of the diffusion parameter. Contributions to Plasma Physics. Vol. 62, nº. 1, pp. e202100066-1 - e202100066-10, January 2022. [Online: August 2021] JCR: 1,600 Q3 (2022); - SJR: 0,413 Q3 (2022);

• Megia-Macías, A., Barrios-Díaz, E., Cortázar, O.D., Time resolved plasma diagnostics for pulsed 2.45 GHz hydrogen discharges. Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol. 92, nº. 11, pp. 113301-1 - 113301-19, November 2021. [Online: November 2021] JCR: 1,843 Q3 (2021); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,606 Q2 (2021); 0,550 Q2 (2022)

• Antoñana-Gonzalo, J., Megia-Macías, A., García-Zapirain-Soto, B., Desarrollo de una órtesis canina sensorizada mediante fabricación aditiva. Dyna (Spain). Vol. 96, nº. 2, pp. 150 - 153, March 2021. JCR: 2,070 Q3 (2021); 1,000 Q4 (2022) - SJR: 0,160 Q4 (2021); 0,158 Q4 (2022)

• Megia-Macías, A., Barrios-Díaz, E., Jauberteau, J.L., Jauberteau, I., Cortázar, O.D., Designing resonance microwave cavities to optimize plasma generation. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. Vol. 69, nº. 7, pp. 5128 - 5137, July 2020. [Online: December 2019] JCR: 4,016 Q1 (2020); 5,600 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 0,820 Q1 (2020); 1,397 Q1 (2022)

• Jauberteau, J.L., Jauberteau, I., Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Langmuir probe in magnetized plasma: determination of the electron diffusion parameter and of the electron energy distribution function. Contributions to Plasma Physics. Vol. 60, nº. 2, pp. 1 - 9, February 2020. [Online: November 2019] JCR: 1,563 Q3 (2020); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,531 Q2 (2020); 0,413 Q3 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Bimodal ion energy distribution functions in a hydrogen magnetized plasma. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. Vol. 28, nº. 2, pp. 1 - 9, February 2019. [Online: February 2019] JCR: 3,193 Q1 (2019); 3,800 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 1,033 Q1 (2019); 0,727 Q2 (2022)

• Megia-Macías, A., Cortázar, O.D., Review of spatial distribution modes in a 2.45-GHz hydrogen plasma. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. Vol. 47, nº. 1, pp. 483 - 487, January 2019. [Online: November 2018] JCR: 1,309 Q3 (2019); 1,500 Q4 (2022) - SJR: 0,478 Q2 (2019); 0,419 Q3 (2022)

• Megia-Macías, A., Diseño de un banco de pruebas para un reactor de plasma de hidrógeno. Dyna (Spain). Vol. 93, nº. 4, pp. 411 - 415, July 2018. JCR: 0,562 Q4 (2018); 1,000 Q4 (2022) - SJR: Q3 (2018); 0,158 Q4 (2022)

• Jauberteau, J.L., Jauberteau, I., Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Electron energy distribution function in a pulsed 2.45GHz hydrogen magnetoplasma: study of the decay. AIP Advances. Vol. 7, nº. 12, pp. 125107-1 - 125107-16, December 2017. [Online: December 2017] JCR: 1,653 Q3 (2017); 1,600 Q4 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2017); 0,373 Q2 (2022)

• Megia-Macías, A., Cortázar, O.D., Tarvainen, O., Koivisto, H., Time resolved measurements of hydrogen ion energy distributions in a pulsed 2.45 GHz microwave plasma. Physics of Plasmas. Vol. 24, nº. 11, pp. 113501-1 - 113501-5, November 2017. [Online: October 2017] JCR: 1,941 Q3 (2017); 2,200 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2017); 0,783 Q1 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Strongly eccentric rotational plasma lamina observed in a 2.45-ghz hydrogen discharge. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. Vol. 44, nº. 5, pp. 734 - 737, May 2016. [Online: April 2016] JCR: 1,052 Q4 (2016); 1,500 Q4 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2016); 0,419 Q3 (2022)

• Jauberteau, J.L., Jauberteau, I., Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Time evolution of the electron energy distribution function in pulsed microwave magnetoplasma in H2. Physics of Plasmas. Vol. 23, nº. 3, pp. 033513-1 - 033513-10, March 2016. [Online: March 2016] JCR: 2,115 Q3 (2016); 2,200 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 0,783 Q1 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Tarvainen, O., Kalvas, T., Koivisto, H., Correlations between density distributions, optical spectra, and ion species in a hydrogen plasma (invited). Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol. 87, nº. 2, pp. 2A704-1 - 2A704-5, February 2016. [Online: October 2015] JCR: 1,515 Q3 (2016); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 0,550 Q2 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Tarvainen, O., Koivisto, H., Experimental evidence of E × B plasma rotation in a 2.45 GHz hydrogen discharge. Physics of Plasmas. Vol. 22, nº. 12, pp. 123511-1 - 123511-5, December 2015. [Online: December 2015] JCR: 2,207 Q3 (2015); 2,200 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,783 Q1 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Tarvainen, O., Kalvas, T., Koivisto, H., The relationship between visible light emission and species fraction of the hydrogen ion beams extracted from 2.45 GHz microwave discharge. Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol. 86, nº. 8, pp. 083309-1 - 083309-5, August 2015. [Online: August 2015] JCR: 1,336 Q3 (2015); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,550 Q2 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Tarvainen, O., Koivisto, H., Breakdown transient study of plasma distributions in a 2.45 GHz hydrogen discharge. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. Vol. 781, pp. 50 - 56, May 2015. [Online: February 2015] JCR: 1,200 Q2 (2015); 1,400 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,685 Q1 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Tarvainen, O., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Plasma distributions observed in a 2.45 GHz hydrogen discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. Vol. 23, nº. 6, pp. 065028-1 - 065028-12, December 2014. [Online: October 2014] JCR: 3,591 Q1 (2014); 3,800 Q1 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 0,727 Q2 (2022)

• Megia-Macías, A., Cortázar, O.D., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Influence of microwave driver coupling design on plasma density at testbench for Ion sources plasma studies, a 2.45 GHz electron cyclotron resonance plasma reactor. Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol. 85, nº. 3, pp. 033310-1 - 033310-11, March 2014. [Online: March 2014] JCR: 1,614 Q3 (2014); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 0,550 Q2 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Tarvainen, O., Komppula, J., Ultra-fast intensified frame images from an electron cyclotron resonance hydrogen plasma at 2.45 GHz: Some space distributions of visible and monochromatic emissions. Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol. 85, nº. 2, pp. 02A90-1 - 02A90-4, February 2014. [Online: October 2013] JCR: 1,614 Q3 (2014); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 0,550 Q2 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Temperature and density evolution during decay in a 2.45 GHz hydrogen electron cyclotron resonance plasma: off-resonant and resonant cases. Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol. 84, nº. 9, pp. 093301-1 - 093301-10, September 2013. [Online: September 2013] JCR: 1,584 Q3 (2013); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2013); 0,550 Q2 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Komppula, J., Tarvainen, O., Megia-Macías, A., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Koivisto, H., Experimental study of hydrogen plasma breakdown in a 2.45 GHz microwave discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. Vol. 22, nº. 1, pp. 015026-1 - 015026-9, February 2013. [Online: February 2013] JCR: 3,056 Q1 (2013); 3,800 Q1 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2013); 0,727 Q2 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Experimental study of breakdown time in a pulsed 2.45-GHz ECR hydrogen plasma reactor. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. Vol. 44, nº. 12, pp. 3409 - 3419, December 2012. [Online: October 2012] JCR: 0,868 Q4 (2012); 1,500 Q4 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2012); 0,419 Q3 (2022)

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Temperature peaking at beginning of breakdown in 2.45 GHz pulsed off-resonance electron cyclotron resonance ion source hydrogen plasma. Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol. 83, nº. 10, pp. 103302-1 - 103302-5, October 2012. [Online: October 2012] JCR: 1,602 Q3 (2012); 1,600 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2012); 0,550 Q2 (2022)

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Projects

• 3D scanning techniques as a tool for monitoring the evolution of venous leg ulcers. Carried out for Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Sep/2022-Dec/2023

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Ph.D. Thesis

Developed:

• A. Megia-Macías (2014), Contributions to ERC plasma source dynamics: diasnostic development and experimental results. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Ciudad Real (Spain).

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Conference Papers

• Johnson, M.A., Bertsche, W.A., Cortázar, O.D., Faircloth, D., Kalvas, T., Lawrie, S., Megia-Macías, A., Tarvainen, O., Barrios-Díaz, E., Development and commissioning of a hydrogen ion source for the CERN ALPHA experiment, 8th International Symposium on Negative Ions, Beams and Sources - NIBS 2022, Padua (Italy). 02-07 October 2022. In: Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 19, nº. 1, e-ISSN: 1748-0221

• Antoñana-Gonzalo, J., García-Zapirain-Soto, B., Megia-Macías, A., Developing a smart 3D printed canine orthosis, 19th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology - ISSPIT 2019, Ajman (United Arab Emirates). 10-12 December 2019. In: ISSPIT 2019: Conference proceedings, ISBN: 978-1-7281-5342-1

• Megia-Macías, A., Gebel, R., Lefort, B., The ion source for the commissioning of ELENA ring, 17th International Conference on Ion Sources - ICIS 2017, Geneva (Switzerland). 15-20 October 2017. In: AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2011, nº. 1, ISSN: 0094-243X

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., Experimental study of temperature and density evolution during breakdown in a 2.45 GHz ECR plasma, 20th International Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources - ECRIS 2012, Sydney (Australia). 25-28 September 2012. In: ECRIS 2012: Conference proceedings, ISBN: 978-3-95450-123-6

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., et al., , ESS-Bilbao light-ion linear accelerator and neutron source: design and applications, 5th Meeting of the Spanish Neutron Scattering Association, Gijon (Spain). 28-30 June 2010. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 325, ISSN: 1742-6588

• Cortázar, O.D., Megia-Macías, A., Piriz, A.R., Rivera, M.A., Rodríguez Prieto, G., Torres Alfonso, I., Vizcaíno-de-Julián, A., CARPINCHO: an exploding wire experiment designed by students, 28th International Workshop on Physics of High Energy Density in Matter, Hirschegg (Austria). 27 January - 01 February 2008.

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Invited Conferences and Seminars

• Conference "Ana Megía-Macías: Pioneering cold plasma technology" Third Collisions Panel: Entrepreneurship Unveiled. Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN). Geneva (Switzerland). Feb 2024.

• Conference "Cold atmospheric plasmas: from the lab to the clinic" 18th Workshop on Industrial Systems and Energy Technologies - JOSITE'2023. Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2023.

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Media and research dissemination

• "Clinical trial of cold atmospheric plasma". Canal CODEM Madrid. (Feb 2024)

• "Medical use of plasma". Cadena Ser. Hora 25. (Jan 2024)

• "An experimental treatment.. to be cured with plasma". La Razón. Madrid. (Dec 2023)

• "4X04 - Plasma medicine". Casting the Future. (Oct 2023)

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Fellowships and Awards

• Proyecto Medical Plasmas "EmprendeXXI Award". CaixaBank; ENISA. Madrid (Spain). May 2023.

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Other Activities

• Reviewer in "IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. - IEEE. Piscataway (United States of America). Jan 2018 - Today.

• Reviewer in "Review of Scientific Instruments". AIP Publishing LLC. Melville (United States of America). Jan 2017 - Today.

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