Ady Hershcovitch

Hershcovitch earned his master's in nuclear engineering in 1975 and his Sc.D. in applied plasma physics in 1977 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{cite web|title=MIT Alumni Directory|url=https://alum.mit.edu/user/directory/Search.dyn?R=PxhT4bj96E9pIIavGLEl6A%3D%3D}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 1980, Hershcovitch continued his research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY.{{cite book|title=Directory and Survey of Particle Physicists|date=Jan 1, 1999|publisher=Diane Publishing|page=134|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OauCs3O1vmAC&dq=brookhaven+national+lab+hershcovitch&pg=PA134|accessdate=14 May 2017|isbn=9780788175817}} Some of his most notable research involves development of plasma windows for transmission of synchrotron radiation and particle beams, in-situ coating techniques for Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) designed to reduce cold-bore resistivity and electron cloud formation, working on the Active Denial System (ADS) for radioactive waste transmutation and sub-critical nuclear reactors, development of electron guns with plasma cathodes, directing projects in Russia aimed at development of high charge state DC ion sources for MeV ion implanters and developing a non-vacuum electron beam and in-water techniques like welders and water purifiers.{{cite web|title=Plasma Physics R&D for Some non- Fusion Physics & Industrial Applications|url=http://apam.columbia.edu/files/seasdepts/applied-physics-and-applied-math/pdf-files/AHershcovitch.pdf}}{{cite journal|author1=A. Hershcovitch |author2=M. Blaskiewicz |author3=J.M. Brennan |author4=A. Chawla |author5=W. Fischer |author6=C.-J. Liaw |author7=W. Meng |author8=R. Todd |author9=A. Custer |author10=M. Erickson |author11=N. Jamshidi |author12=P. Kobrin |author13=R. Laping |author14=H. J. Poole|title=Device and technique for in-situ coating of the RHIC cold bore vacuum tubes with thick OFHC*}} He was an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas from 2006 to 2010 and is currently an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY.{{cite web|title=Stony Brook University Faculty Directory|url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/civileng/people/facultydirectory-1|website=Department of Civil Engineering Faculty|publisher=Stony Brook University|accessdate=14 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517173049/http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/civileng/people/facultydirectory-1|archive-date=17 May 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Seven Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named American Physical Society Fellows|url=https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=110725}}

In Tomsk, Russia, Hershcovitch works as a consultant for Plasma Sources LTD.{{cite web|last=Hershcovitch|first=Ady|title=New generation of ion sources based on non-conducting solid-state matters for semiconductor industry|url=https://sk.ru/news/m/skmedia/3426/download.aspx}} He also works with the Skolkovo Foundation as a Nuclear Cluster Expert Panel Member to promote research that can result in commercial products.{{cite web|title=DOE-GIPP, Skolkovo foundation funding to Plasma Sources LTD|url=http://www.c-ad.bnl.gov/icis2015/abstracts/MonM04%20Hershcovitch%20Ady%20Molecular%20ion%20sources%20for%20semiconductor%20ion%20implantation%20C05%20Invited%20MonM04.pdf|publisher=Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH1-886 with the US Department of Energy.}} Since 2010, Hershcovitch has also been a visiting scientist at the Riken Nishina Center in Wako, Japan.{{cite journal|author=A. Hershcovitch|author2= H. Okuno|author3=N. Fukunishi|author4=A. Goto|author5=H. Hasebe|author6=H. Imao|author7=O. Kamigaito|author8=M. Kase|author9=H. Kuboki|author10= Y. Yano|author11=S. Yokouchi|name-list-style=amp|title=Low-Z gas stripper as an alternative to carbon foils for the acceleration of high-power uranium beams|journal=Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams|volume= 14|issue= 3|pages= 033503|date=March 2011|bibcode= 2011PhRvS..14c3503O|doi= 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.033503|doi-access=free}}

In 1987, he received the I.R. 100 Award for the development of ion-sensitive probe and in 1996, after patenting the Plasma Window, Hershcovitch received the R&D 100 Award, both selected as one of the 100 most significant technological developments worldwide.{{cite news|title=BNL Wins R&D 100 Award for 'Plasma Window|url=https://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/bulletin/1996/bb101896.pdf|accessdate=14 May 2017|agency=United States Department of Energy -- Brookhaven National Laboratory|volume=50|issue=41|publisher=Brookhave Bulletin|date=October 18, 1996}} On October 1, 2007, he was elected to the American Physical Society Fellowship.{{cite web|title=Seven Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named American Physical Society Fellows|url=https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=110725}}

Hershcovitch is currently married to Kathy Hershcovitch and resides in Long Island, NY.{{cite web|title=MIT Alumni Directory: Personal Life|url=https://alum.mit.edu/user/directory/Search.dyn?R=PxhT4bj96E9pIIavGLEl6A%3D%3D}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Hershcovitch's plasma window was featured on the History Channel program "The Universe" pertaining to Weapons of the Future.{{cite web|title=Weapons of the Future|url=http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/|website=The History Channel}} The Plasma Window is featured in book by Michio Kaku titled "Physics of the Impossible".{{Cite book|title=Physics of the Impossible|last=Kaku|first=Michio|publisher=First Anchor Books|year=2008|isbn=978-0307278821|location=First Anchor Books|pages=[https://archive.org/details/physicsofimpossi00mich/page/10 10–11]|url=https://archive.org/details/physicsofimpossi00mich/page/10}} New Scientist has listed the plasma window as one of the 10 impossibilities conquered by science.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13556-10-impossibilities-conquered-by-science/|title=10 impossibilities conquered by science|work=New Scientist|access-date=2017-02-28|language=en-US}}

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