The Board of Directors of the International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2009 Plasma Chemistry Award, the highest recognition awarded by the IPCS for lifetime achievements in the field of the Plasma Chemistry.
    The winner of the 2009 Plasma Chemistry Award is

for his significant contributions to thermal plasmas science, in particular, the understanding of plasma arc-electrode effects, and his achievements in the area of thermal plasma processing.

   Professor Heberlein received his Diploma in Physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1966, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1975. From 1975 to 1989 he was first a senior engineer and then manager for applied plasma research at the Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, PA. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota in 1989. Professor Heberlein has authored or co-authored more than 138 journal papers in the field of thermal plasma science and graduated 23 Ph.D. students and 28 M.S. students. Professor Heberlein is a Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and served on the IUPAC Subcommittee for Plasma Chemistry from 1984-1994; he chaired the committee from 1992-1993. He was Chairman of the organizing committee of the 12th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1995. Professor Heberlein was one of the founders of the International Plasma Chemistry Society and served the IPCS as treasurer until 2008.

On the basis of scientific relevance of their contribution, five Best Paper Awards have been selected by the IOC and presented to young scientists (35 years or younger).