Loop-like Solitons in the Theory of Nonlinear Evolution Equations

Dr Vyacheslav O. Vakhnenko is currently the Chief Scientist of the Division of Geodynamics of Explosion at the Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He received his PhD from the Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, in 1984, and his DSc from Odessa State University, Ukraine, in 1995. His scientific interests include nonlinear evolution equations, loop-like solitons, integrability, dynamics of nonlinear wave processes in the geophysical medium, and diagnostic methods for heterogeneous media properties by nonlinear long waves.Dr E. J. (John) Parkes worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Strathclyde, UK. His work has centred on nonlinear evolution equations and, in particular, integrable systems.