Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science

(List is not final and is subject to change prior to publication.)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

Ablowitz, Mark J. Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder
Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur (AKNS) system

Aigner, Andreas. Research Associate, Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, UK
Atmospheric and ocean sciences; Navier-Stokes equation; Partial differential equations, nonlinear

Albano, Ezequiel V. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), University of La Plata, Argentina
Forest fires

Aratyn, Henrik. Professor, Physics Department, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dressing method

Aref, Hassan. Dean of Engineering and Reynolds Metals Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Bernoulli's equation; Chaotic advection; Cluster-cluster coagulation; Hele-Shaw experiment; Newton's laws of motion

Arrowsmith, David. Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Symbolic dynamics; Topology

Athorne, Christopher. Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, UK
Darboux transformation

Bahr, David. Assistant Professor, College of Engineering & Architecture, Washington State University
Glacial flow

Ball, Rowena. Department of Theoretical Physics, Australian National University, Australia
Fairy rings of mushrooms; Kolmogorov cascade; Singularity theory

Barnes, Howard. Unilever Research Professor of Industrial Rheology, Department of Mathematics, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Wales
Rheology

Barthes, Mariette. University of Montpelier, France
Rayleigh and Raman scattering and IR absorption

Beck, Christian. Reader in Applied Mathematics; School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, UK
Free energy; Multifractal analysis; String theory

Benedict, Keith. Senior Lecturer, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, UK
Anderson localization; Frustration

Bergé, Luc. Professor, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Bruyères France
Development of singularities; Filamentation; Kerr effect

Bernevig, Bogdan A. Physics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Holons

Biktashev, Vadim. Lecturer in Applied Maths, Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Vortex dynamics in excitable media

Binczak, Stephane. Laboratoire d'Electronique, Informatique et Image, Universite de Bourgogné, France
Ephaptic coupling; Myelinated nerves

Biondini, Gino. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University
Einstein equations; Harmonic generation

Blair, David. Professor, School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Gravitational waves

Boardman, Alan D. Professor of Applied Physics, Institute for Materials Research, University of Salford, UK
Polaritons

Bollt, Erik. Professor, Department of Math, United States Naval Academy
Markov partitions; Order from chaos

Boon, J.-P. Professor, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Lattice gas methods

Borckmans, Pierre. Center for Nonlinear Phenomena & Complex Systems Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Turing patterns

Boumenir, Amin. Department of Mathematics, State University of West Georgia
Gel'fand-Levitan theory

Bountis, Tassos. Professor, Department of Mathematics and Center for Research and Application of Nonlinear Systems, University of Patras, Greece
Painlevé analysis

Boyd, Robert W. Professor, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Frequency doubling

Bradley, Elizabeth. Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado
Kirchhoff's laws

De Bruyn, John. Professor, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Phase transitions; Thermal convection

Bullough, Robin. Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK
Maxwell-Bloch equations; Sine-Gordon (SG) equation

Bunimovich, Leonid. Regents Professor, Department of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Billiards; Deterministic walks in random environments; Lorentz gas

Busse, Friedrich (Adviser). Professor, Theoretical Physics, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
Dynamos, homogeneous; Fluid dynamics; Magnetohydrodynamics

Calini, Annalisa M. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston
Elliptic functions; Melnikov method; Jump phenomena

Caputo, Jean Guy. Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen, France
Jump phenomena

Censor, Dan. Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Volterra series and operators

Chen, Wei-Yin. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi
Stochastic processes

Chernitskii, Alexander A. Department of Physical Electronics, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
Born-Infeld equations

Chiffaudel, Arnaud. CEA-Saclay (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique) & CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), France
Hydrothermal waves

Choudhury, S Roy. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability; Lorenz equations

Christiansen, Peter. Professor, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Separation of variables

Christodoulides, Demetrios. Professor, CREOL / School of Optics, University of Central Florida
Incoherent Solitons

Coskun, Tamer. Professor, Pamukkale University, Denizle, Turkey
Incoherent solitons

Cruzeiro-Hansson, Leonor. Honorary Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Davydov soliton

Cushing, Jim. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Population dynamics

Davies, Brian. Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, Australia
Integral transforms; Period doubling

Davis, William C. Formerly, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Explosions

Deconinck, Bernard. Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Maths, University of Washington
Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation; Periodic spectral theory; Poisson brackets

Degallaix, Jerome. School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Gravitational Waves

Deift, Percy. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Random matrix theory IV: analytic methods; Riemann-Hilbert problem

Deryabin, Mikhail V. Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem

Diacu, Florin. Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Canada
Celestial mechanics; N-body problem

Ding, Mingzhou. Professor, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
Intermittency

Dolgaleva, Ksenai. Department of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Frequency doubling

Donoso, José M. Facultad de Matematicas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Ball lightning

Doucet, Arnaud. Signal Processing Group, Department of Engineering, Cambidge University, UK
Monte Carlo methods

Dritschel, David. Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of St. Andrews, UK
Contour dynamics

Dupuis, Gérard. Chimie générale et organique, Lycée Faidherbe de Lille, France
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction

Easton, Robert. Professor, Department of Applied Math, University of Colorado at Boulder
Conley index

Eckhardt, Bruno. Professor, Fachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany
Lagrangian chaos; Maps in the complex plane; Periodic orbit theory; Quantum chaos; Random matrix theory I: origins and physical applications; Shear flow; Solar system; Universality

Eilbeck, Chris (Adviser). Professor, Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Discrete self-trapping system

Elgin, John. Professor, Maths Department, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation

Emmeche, Claus. Associate Professor and Head of Center for the Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Causality

Enolskii, Victor. Professor, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Theta functions

Falqui, Gregorio. Lecturer, Mathematical Physics Sector, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
Hodagraph Transform

Falkovich, Gregory. Professor, Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Mixing; Turbulence

Faris, William. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Martingales

Feddersen, Henrik. Research Scientist, Climate Research Division, Danish Meteorological Institute, Denmark
Forecasting

Fedorenko, Vladimir. Senior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Mathematics, National Academic of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
One-dimensional maps

Fenimore, Paul W. Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Protein dynamics

Flach, Sergej (Adviser). Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Germany
Discrete breathers; Symmetry: equations vs. solutions

Flaschka, Hermann (Adviser). Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Toda lattice

Fletcher, Neville. Professor, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University, Australia
Overtones

Floría, Luis Mario. Department of Theory and Simulation of Complex Systems, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Spain
Aubry-Mather theory; Commensurate-incommensurate transition; Frenkel-Kontorova model

Forrester, Peter. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Australia
Random matrix theory II (algebraic developments)

Fowler, Beall, W. Emeritus Professor, Physics Department, Lehigh University
Color centers

Fraedrich, Klaus. Professor, Universität Hamburg Meteorological Institute, Germany
General circulation models of the atmosphere

Freites, Juan Alfredo. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
Molecular dynamics

Frieden, Roy. Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona in Tucson
Information theory

Friedrich, J. Professor, Lehrstuhl für Physik Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Germany
Hole burning

Fuchikami, Nobuko. Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Dripping faucet

Gallagher, Marcus. School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
McCulloch-Pitts network; Perceptron

Garnier, Nicolas. Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Hydrothermal waves

Gaspard, Pierre. Département de Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Entropy; Maps; Quantum theory; Rössler systems

Glass, Leon. Professor, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Canada
Cardiac arrhythmias and electrocardiogram

Glendinning, Paul. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK
Hénon map; Invariant manifolds and sets; Routes to chaos

Goriely, Alain. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Normal forms theory

Grand, Steve. Director, Cyberlife Research Ltd., UK
Artificial life

Gratrix, Sam. Maths Department, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK
Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation

Grava, Tamara. Maths Department, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK
Hodograph transform; N-soliton formulas; Zero-dispersion limits

Grimshaw, Roger. Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, UK
Group velocity; Korteweg-de Vries equation; Water waves

Giuliani, Alessandro. Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Algorithmic complexity

Haken, Herman (Adviser). Professor Emeritus, Fakultät für Physik, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Gestalt phenomena; Synergetics

Hallinan Jennifer. Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia
Game of life; Game theory

Hamm, Peter. Professor, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
Franck-Condon factor; Hydrogen bond; Pump-probe measurements

Hasselblatt, Boris. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Tufts University
Anosov and axiom A systems; Measures; Phase space

Hastings, Alan. Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California
Epidemiology

Hawkins, Jane. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ergodic theory

Helbing, Dirk. Institute for Economics and Traffic, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Traffic flow

Henry, Bruce. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Australia
Equipartion of energy; Hénon-Heiles system

Henry, Bryan. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph, Canada
Local modes in molecules

Hensler, Gerhard. Professor, Institut fur Astronomie, Universitats-Sternwarte Wien, Austria
Galaxies

Herrmann, Hans. Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Dune formation

Hertz, John. Professor, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Denmark
Attractor neural network (ANN)

Hietarinta, Jarmo. Professor, Department of Physics, University of Turku, Finland
Hirota's method

Hill, Larry. Detonation Science & Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Evaporation wave

Hjorth, Poul G. Lektor, Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem

Holden, Arun. Professor of Computational Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
Excitability; Hodgkin-Huxley equations; Integrate and fire neuron; Markin-Chizmadzhev model; Periodic bursting; Spiral waves; Threshold phenomena

Hommes, Cars. Professor, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance, Department of Quantitative Economics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Economic dynamics

Hone, Andrew. Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
Extremum principles; Ordinary differential equations, nonlinear; Riccati equations

Hood, Alan. Professor, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St Andrews, UK
Characteristics

Houghton, Conor. Dublin School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Ireland
Instantons; Yang-Mills theory

Howard, James E. Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Nontwist maps; Regular and chaotic dynamics in atomic physics

Ivey, Thomas. Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston
Differential geometry; Framed space curves

Jiménez, Salvador. Professor, Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
Charge density waves

Joannopoulos, John D. Professor, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Photonic crystals

Johansson, Magnus. Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Linköping University, Sweden
Discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Johnson, Steven G. Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physics, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Photonic crystals

Joshi, Nalini. Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia
Solitons

Kaneko, Kunihiko. Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Tokyo University, Japan
Coupled map lattice

Kantz, Holger. Professor, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Germany
Time series analysis

Kennedy, Michael Peter. Professor of Microelectronic Engineering, University College, Cork, Ireland
Chua's circuit

Kevrekidis, Panayotis G. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Binding energy; Collisions; Wave of translation

Khanin, Konstantin. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Denjoy theory

King, Aaron. Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Phase plane

Kirby, Michael. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University
Nonlinear signal processing

Kivshar, Yuri (Adviser). Nonlinear Physics Group, Australian National University, Australia
Optical fiber communications

Kiyono, Ken. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Educational Physiology Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dripping Faucet

Knott, Ron. Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, UK
Fibonacci series

Kocarev, Ljupco. Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego

Konopelchenko, Boris G. Professor, Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Lecce, Italy
Multidimensional solitons

Konotop, Vladimir V. Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional Complexo Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Wave propagation in disordered media

Kosevich, Arnold. Physics-Engineering Institute of Low Temperatures, Kharkov State Polytechnical University, Ukraine
Breathers; Dislocations in crystals; Effective mass; Landau-Lifshitz (LL) equation; Superfluidity; Superlattices

Kovalev, Alexander. Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Continuum approximations; Topological defects

Kramer, Peter. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Brownian motion; Fokker-Planck equation

Krinsky, Valentin. Professor, Institut Non-Lineaire de Nice, France
Cardiac muscle models

Kuramoto, Yoshiki (Adviser). Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Japan
Phase dynamics

Kurin, V. Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Science, Russia
Cherenkov radiation

Kuvshinov, Viatcheslav I. Professor, Institute of Physics, Belarus Academy of Sciences, Belarus
Black holes; Cosmological models; Fractals; General relativity

Kuznetsov, Vadim. Advanced Research Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, UK
Rotating rigid bodies

LaBute, Montiago X. Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Protein structure

Lakshmanan, Muthusamy. Professor, Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India
Equations, nonlinear; Nonlinear electronics

Landa, P.S. Professor, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Russia
Feedback; Pendulum; Quasilinear analysis; Relaxation oscillators

Landsberg, Peter. Professor, Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, UK
Detailed balance

Lansner, Anders. Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science (NADA), Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Cell assemblies; Neural network models

Lee, John. Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Flame front

Lega, Joceline. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Equilibrium; Fredholm theorem

Lepeshkin, Nick. The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Frequency doubling

Levi, Decio. Professor, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma III, Italy
Delay-differential equations

Lewis, Karen. Hydrologist, SS Papadopulos & Associates, Boulder, Colorado
Glacial flow

Lichtenberg, Allan J. Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley
Arnold diffusion; Averaging methods; Electron beam microwave devices; Fermi acceleration and Fermi map; Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) oscillator chain; Particle accelerators; Phase space diffusion and correlations

Liley, David. School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Electroencephalogram at mesoscopic scales

Lonngren, Karl E. Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa
Plasma soliton experiments

Losert, Wolfgang. Assistant Professor, Institute for Plasma Research, University of Maryland
Granular materials; Pattern formation

Luecke, Manfred. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, Germany
Thermo-diffusion effects

Ma, Wen-Xiu. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida
Integrability

Macaskill, Charles. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia
Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Maggio, Gian Mario. Center for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of California, San Diego
Damped driven anharmonic oscillator

Maini, Philip K. Professor, Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK
Morphogenesis, biological

Mainzer, Klaus. Department of Philosophy of Science, University of Augsburg, Germany
Artificial intelligence; Cellular nonlinear networks; Dynamical systems

Malomed, Boris A. Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Complex Ginzburg-Landau (CGL) equation; Constants of motion and conservation laws; Multisoliton perturbation theory; Nonlinear Schrödinger equations; Power balance

Manevitch, Leonid. Professor, Institute of Chemical Physics, Russia
Heat conduction; Mechanics of solids; Peierls barrier

Manneville, Paul. Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France
Spatiotemporal chaos

Marklof, Jens. School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, UK
Cat map

Martínez, Pedro Jesús. Department of Theory and Simulation of Complex Systems, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Spain
Frenkel-Kontorova model

Masmoudi, Nader. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Boundary layers

Mason, Lionel. Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, UK
Twistor theory

Mayer, Andreas. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany
Surface waves

McKenna, Joe. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut
Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

McLaughlin, Kenneth. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Random matrix theory III: combinatorics

McLaughlin, Richard. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of North, Carolina, Chapel Hill
Plume dynamics

McMahon, Ben. Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Protein dynamics; Protein Structure

Meiss, James. Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Hamiltonian systems; Standard map; Symplectic maps

Miura, Robert. Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
Nonlinear toys

Moloney, Jerome V. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Nonlinear optics

Mørk, Jester. Optoelectronics, Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Semiconductor laser

Mornev, Oleg. Professor, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russia
Geometrical optics, nonlinear; Gradient system; Nerve impulses; Zeldovich-Frank-Kamenetsky equation

Mosekilde, Erik. Professor, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Nephron dynamics

Mueller, Stefan C. Department of Biophysics, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany
Scroll waves

Mullin, Tom. Professor of Physics and Director of Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Manchester, UK
Bifurcations; Catastrophe theory; Taylor-Couette flow

Mygind, Jesper. Professor, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Josephson junctions; Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)

Nakamura, Yoshiharu. Associate Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
Plasma soliton experiments

Natiello, Mario. Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
Winding numbers

Newell, Alan. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Inverse scattering method or transform

Newton, Paul K. Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California
Berry's phase; Chaos vs. turbulence

Neyts, Kristiaan. Professor, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Belgium
Liquid crystals

Nicolis, G. Professor, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Brusselator; Chemical kinetics; Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Recurrence

Nunez, Paul. Professor, Brain Physics Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University.
Electroencephalogram at large scales

Olsder, Geert-Jan. Faculty of Technical Mathematics and Informatics, Delft University of Technology, Denmark
Idempotent analysis

Olver, Peter J. Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
Lie algebras and Lie groups

Ostrovsky, Lev. Environmental Technology Laboratory, Zel Technologies/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado and Institute of Applied Physics, Russia
Hurricanes and tornadoes; Modulated waves; Nonlinear acoustics; Shock waves

Palmer, John. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Monodromy preserving deformations

Pascual, Pedro J. Associate Professor, Departamento de Ingenieria Informática, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Charge density waves

Pedersen, Niels Falsig. Department of Power Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Long Josephson junctions; Superconductivity

Pelinovsky, Dmitry. Assistant Professor, Department of Maths, McMaster University, Canada
Coupled systems of partial differential equations; Energy analysis; Generalized functions; Linearization; Manley-Rowe relations; N-wave interactions; Numerical methods; Spectral analysis

Pelletier, Jon. Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Geomorphology and tectonics

Pelloni, Beatrice. Mathematics Department, University of Reading, UK
Boundary value problems; Burgers' equation

Petty, Michael. Professor, Centre for Molecular and Nanoscale Electronics, University of Durham, UK
Langmuir-Blodgett films

Peyrard, Michel. Professor of Physics, Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Biomolecular solitons

Pikovsky, Arkady. Department of Physics, Universität Potsdam, Germany
Synchronization; Van der Pol equation

Pitchford, Jon. Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of York, UK
Random walks

Pojman, John A. Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Program, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Polymerization

Rabinovich, Mikhail. Resident Physicist, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California at San Diego
Chaotic dynamics

Ranada, Antonio F. Facultad de Fisica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Ball lightning

Recami, Erasmo. Professore associate, Facoltà di Ingegneria; Università Statale di Bergamo, Italy
Tachyons and superluminal motion

Reucroft, Stephen. Professor of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Higgs boson

Ricca, Renzo L. Professor, Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Knot theory; Structural complexity

Robinson, James. Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, UK
Attractors; Dimensions; Function Spaces; Functional analysis

Robnik, Marko. Professor, Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Adiabatic invariants; Determinism

Rogers, Colin. Professor, School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Australia
Bäcklund transformations

Romanenko, Elena. Senior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
Turbulence, ideal

Rouvas-Nicolis, C. Climatologie Dynamique, Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique, Belgium
Recurrence

Ruijsenaars, Simon. Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, The Netherlands
Derrick-Hobart theorem; Particles and antiparticles

Sabatier, Pierre. Professor, Physique Mathématique, Université Montpellier II, France
Inverse problems

Sakaguchi, Hidetsugu. Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Kyushu University, Japan
Coupled oscillators

Salerno, Mario. Department of Physics "E. R. Caianiello", Universita di Salerno, Italy
Bethe ansatz; Salerno equation

Sandstede, Bjorn. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University
Evans function

Satnoianu, Razvan. Department of Mathematics, City University, UK
Fiffusion; Reaction diffusion systems

Sauer, Tim. Professor, Department of Mathematics, George Mason University
Embedding methods

Savin, Alexander. Professor, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
Peierls barrier

Schattschneider, Doris. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Tessellation

Schmelcher, Peter. Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Hartree approximation

Schöll, Eckehard. Professor, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Avalanche breakdown; Diodes; Drude model; Semiconductor oscillators

Schuster, Peter. Institut für Theoretische Chemie und Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Austria
Biological evolution; Catalytic hypercycle; Fitness landscape

Scott, Alwyn (Editor). Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Candle; Discrete self-trapping system Distributed oscillators; Emergence; Euler-Lagrange equations; Hierarchies of nonlinear systems; Laboratory models of nonlinear waves; Lifetime; Matter, nonlinear theory of; Multiplex neuron; Neuristor; Quantum nonlinearity; Rotating wave approximation (RWA); Solitons, a brief history; State diagrams; Symmetry groups; Tachyons and superluminal motion; Wave packets, linear and nonlinear

Segev, Mordechai. Professor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Incoherent Solitons

Shalfeev, Vladimir. Head of Department of Oscillation Theory, Nizhni Novgorod State University, Russia
Parametric amplification

Sharkovsky, Alexander. Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
One-dimensional maps; Turbulence, ideal

Sharman, Robert. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Clear air turbulence

Shinbrot, Troy. Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway
Controlling chaos

Shohet, Leon. Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison
Nonlinear plasma waves

Siwak, Pawel. Department of Electrical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Integrable cellular automata

Smil, Vaclav. Professor, Department of Geography, University of Manitoba, Canada
Global warming

Sobell, Henry. Independent scholar, New York
DNA premelting

Solari, Hernán Gustavo. Departamento Física, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lasers

Soljacic, Marin. Principal Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Photonic crystals

Sørensen, Mads Peter. Associate Professor, Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Collective coordinates; Multiple scale analysis; Perturbation theory

Sornette, Didier. Professor, Laboratoire de Physique de la Matiere Condensee, Universite de Nice - Sophia Antipolis, France
Sandpile model

Spatschek, Karl. Professor, Institute for Theoretical Physics 1, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Center manifold reduction; Dispersion management

Stauffer, Dietrich. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
Percolation theory

Stefanovska, Aneta. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Flip-flop circuit; Inhibition; Nonlinearity, definition of; Quasiperiodicity; Wavelets

Storb, Ulrich. Drittmittelbeschäftigte, Institut für Experimentelle Physik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany
Scroll waves

Strelcyn, Jean-Marie. Professeur, Departement de Mathematiques, Université de Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France
Poincaré theorems

Suris, Yuri B. Researcher, Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Integrable lattices

Sutcliffe, Paul. Reader in Mathematical Physics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
Skyrmions

Swain, John. Professor, Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston
Doppler shift; Quantum field theory; Tensors

Tabor, Michael. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Growth patterns

Tajiri, Masayoshi. Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Solitons, types of; Wave stability and instability

Tass, Peter. Institut für Medizin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Stochastic analyses of neural systems

Taylor, Richard. Associate Professor, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon
Lévy flights

Teman, R. Laboratoire d'Analyse Numerique, Universite de Paris Sud, France
Inertial manifolds

Thompson, JMT. Professor, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications, University College London, UK
Duffing equation; Stability

Tien, Ti. Professor, Membrane Biophysics Lab, Michigan State University
Bilayer lipid membranes

Tobias, Douglas. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine
Molecular dynamics

Toda, Morikazu. Emeritus Professor, Tokyo University of Education, Japan
Nonlinear toys

Trueba, José L. ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Ball lightning

Tsimring, Lev S. Research Physicist, San Diego Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California
Avalanches

Tsinober, Arkady. Professor, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Helicity

Tsironis, Giorgos P. Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
Bjerrum defects; Excitons; Ising model; Local modes in molecular crystals

Tsygvintsev, Alexei. Unite de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées
Ecole normale superieure de Lyon, France
Poincaré theorems

Tuszynski, Jack. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Canada
Critical phenomena; Domain walls; Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity; Fröhlich theory; Hysteresis; Order parameters; Renormalization groups; Scheibe aggregates

Ustinov, Alexey. Physikalisches Institut III, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Josephson junction arrays

Van der Heijden, Gert. Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, University College London, UK
Butterfly effect; Hopf bifurcation

Vazquez, Luis. Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Senior Researcher and Cofounder of the Centro de Astrobiología
Charge density wave; Dispersion relations; FitzHugh-Nagumo equation; Virial theorem; Wave propagation in disordered media

Veselov, Alexander. Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, UK
Huygens' principle

Voiculescu, Dan-Virgil. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
Free probability theory

Voorhees, Burton. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Athabasca University, Canada
Cellular automata

Wadati, M. Professor, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
Quantum inverse scattering method

Walter, Gilbert. Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Compartmental models

Waymire, Edward C. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University
Multiplicative processes

West, Bruce. Department of Physics, US Army Research Office
Branching laws; Fluctuation-dissipation theorem; Kicked rotor

Wilhelmsson, Hans. Professor Emeritus of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Alfvèn waves

Wilson, Hugh. Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada
Neurons; Stereoscopic Vision and Binocular Rivalry

Winfree, Art (Adviser). Formerly, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Dimensional analysis

Wojtkowski, Maciej. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
Lyapunov exponents

Yakushevich, Ludmilla (Adviser). Researcher, Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
DNA solitons

Young, Lai-Sang (Adviser). Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Anosov and Axiom A systems; Horseshoes and hyperbolicity in dynamical systems; Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measures

Yiguang Ju. Department of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Flame front

Yukalov, V.I. Professor, Bogolubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
Bose-Einstein condensation; Coherence phenomena

Zabusky, Norman. Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Visiometrics; Vortex dynamics of fluids

Zbilut, Joseph P. Professor, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University, Chicago
Algorithmic complexity

Zolotaryuk, Alex. Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ukraine
Polarons; Ratchets

Zhou, Xin. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Duke University
Random matrix theory IV: analytic methods; Riemann-Hilbert Problem

Zorzano, María-Paz. Young Researcher, Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain
FitzHugh-Nagumo equation

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