Current as of 1/06/2023

Am now 89 years old. and am assisting with supervision of a PhD student under Dr Eugene Szili at UniSA. My role is assisting in the design of. a plasma source in the treatment of cancer tumours and similar health issues. In the past year have published a landmark paper in J.Phys. D: Applied Physics, explaining "stepped leaders" in lightning, which achieved over 70,000 uploads from its summary in "Conversation".

Dr. J.J. Lowke has made outstanding scientific contributions in (1) basic transport theory of electrons in gases, which he has used to predict properties, for example, of gas lasers and (2) the theory of radiation transfer in electric arcs, which he has applied to a range of applications of electric arcs eg. in circuit breakers, are lamps and arc welding.

These contributions are now incorporated into standard text books on gaseous electronics, electric arcs and engineering books on circuit breakers, lamps, lightning and arc welding.

Lowke has made significant contributions in the adoption of physics technology to Australian industry. He introduced new management structures such as the "Applied Physics Industrial Program" specifically designed to assist technology transfer.