Rate My Professor Mark Golkowski

Mark Golkowski is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. He earned his BS from Cornell University in 2002, MS in 2004, and PhD in electrical engineering in 2009 from Stanford University, where he also served as a postdoctoral scholar from 2009 to 2010. Golkowski joined the University of Colorado Denver in 2010 as Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, advancing to Associate Professor by 2015 and full Professor thereafter. He previously served as Associate Dean for Education and Student Success and leads the Electromagnetics, Plasmas and Computation Group. His career includes extensive experimental work at the HAARP facility in Alaska, focusing on ionospheric and magnetospheric physics.

Golkowski's research centers on electromagnetic waves in the ionosphere and magnetosphere, plasma discharges for biomedical applications including decontamination, sterilization, and live tissue treatment, thermo-acoustic imaging, and interactions of fields and matter. His group investigates ELF and VLF wave propagation, wave-particle interactions, remote sensing, and novel communications, funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA, Office of Naval Research, and DARPA. Notable publications include the book Principles of Plasma Physics for Engineers and Scientists (Cambridge University Press, 2010, co-authored with U.S. Inan), Magnetospheric amplification and emission triggering by ELF/VLF waves injected by the 3.6 MW HAARP ionospheric heater (Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2008), and Multi-hop whistler-mode ELF/VLF signals and triggered emissions excited by the HAARP HF heater (2004), among over 170 peer-reviewed papers. He has received the NSF CAREER Award (2013, $456,000) for whistler mode wave studies, CU Denver Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Award (2019), Outstanding Faculty in Teaching Award (2016), Graduate School Dean's Mentoring Award (2015), College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty in Research (2013), IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Best Symposium Paper Award (2011), IAGA Young Scientist Award (2008), and AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award (2005). Golkowski is co-founder of Sterifre Medical, applying plasma technology to medical disinfection.