Dr. Jim Browning is an established investigator who is the PI for Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science Association, Atmospheric pressure ionized gases (plasma) have the potential for numerous uses in pathogen remediation, killing or removing bacterial biofilms and viruses from surfaces and in chronic wounds. Our research looks at novel plasma source arrays for these applications through experiment and through simulation for improved healthcare and improved food safety. The highly collaborative research teams engineers with biochemists and biologists to develop the plasma sources and to improve our understanding of the plasma reactive chemistry and its effects on bacteria and viruses. This research is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and NASA. After graduate school, Dr. Browning joined the Center for Electromagnetics Research at Northeastern University in Boston in 1988. While there he worked on microwave devices, space plasmas, and gated vacuum field emission devices. He also taught in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In 1992 he joined Micron Technology in Boise, ID where he worked on the development of Field Emission Displays (FEDs). His work included test and characterization, device physics, packaging, failure analysis, reliability, device design, device manufacturing, and cost analysis. In 1999 he joined PixTech, Inc. where he continued his work on FEDs with emphasis on manufacturing development. In 2001 he became a consultant on FEDs and on other display technologies with work in display characterization and testing, device analysis, and cost analysis. He joined the ECE department at Boise State in 2006. He became the Associate Dean for Research Affairs in the College of Engineering in 2021. His current research interests include cold atmospheric pressure plasma for use in biofilm and virus remediation, microwave vacuum electron devices, and vacuum nano-transistors.

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