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In 1997, he married Christine Kurata, who works in the software industry. They have two children, Mieko and George.  He has also a son, Mark, from a previous marriage.
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and plasma diagnostics of vacuum arcs. His text book on cathodic arcs and his generalized structure zone diagram are highly cited.  His work on ultrathin
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Central Institute of Electron Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Leipzig University, Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
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with storage exceeding 1 GB/in was recognized with an R&D100 Award in 2009.  For more than a decade, he studied the plasma of HiPIMS (
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In 2017, he assumed a joint appointment as full professor of applied physics at the Felix Bloch Institute of Solid State Physics at
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As Staff Scientist and since 2001 Group Leader, he worked in various fields of ion beam and plasma applications, including
236: 222:. He obtained his PhD degree (Dr. rer. nat.) on pulsed atmospheric plasma jests from Humboldt-University, Berlin, in 1987. 243:
of East Germany. While serving, he used his limited free time to compile his “Formulary for Plasma Physics”, published by
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2014: Walter P. Dyke Award, the highest award of the International Symposia of Discharges and Electrical Insulation (
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in (East) Berlin, starting in 1987. After just some months of work, he was drafted to serve as a truck driver in the
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He is an author on over 350 publications, which have been cited more than 23,000 times by other scholars.
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A. Anders, Ed. Handbook of Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation and Deposition. New York: Wiley, 2000.
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A. Anders, Cathodic Arcs: From Fractal Spots to Energetic Condensation. New York: Springer, 2008.
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in 1990. After the return to the Academy, he worked on improving the lifetime of electrodes in
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and developed a laser-based technique to study cathode spots with nanosecond resolution.
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University of Wrocław, Moscow State University, Humboldt University, (Dr. rer. nat. 1987)
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Professor of Applied Physics and Director of Leibniz IOM, Leipzig, Germany (since 2017)
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His first position was with the Central Institute of Electron Physics of the
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cathodic (vacuum) arcs, high-power impulse magnetron sputtering, thin films
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A. Anders, A Formulary for Plasma Physics. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1990.
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2016: Nathaniel Sugerman Memorial Award, the highest award of the
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Plasma Physicist in East Berlin, East Germany (1987-1991)
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Anders, A; Čapek, J; Hála, M; Martinu, L (2011-12-12).
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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
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Plasma Applications in Berkeley, California (1992-2017)
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for the Development of the Constricted Plasma Source
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1994: Paul A. Chatterton Young Investigator Award (
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Index

Photograph of André Anders taken in 2009
Ballenstedt
Plasma Physics
Materials science
plasma
materials scientist
Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering
Leipzig
Germany
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley
California
Journal of Applied Physics
AIP Publishing
Ballenstedt
German Democratic Republic
refracting telescope
University of Wrocław
Wrocław
Poland
Martial Law was imposed in Poland
Humboldt-University
Berlin
Moskau State University
Moscow
Soviet Union
Academy of Sciences
National People’s Army
Akademie-Verlag
high pressure sodium arc lamps

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