Born June 5 1963, married, two children.
Education
Diploma in Theoretical Physics, University of Vilnius, Lithuania, 1985
Ph.D. in
Physics, University of
Vilnius, Lithuania, 1989
"Regularisation and Chaos in Three-Wave nonlinear Coupling"
Habilitation in
Physics, University of Vilnius,Lithuania, 2001
"Transverse
Patterns in Nonlinear Optical
Resonators"
Fields of Specialization and Interest
Transverse
patterns in spatially
extended nonlinear optical
systems: (optical vortices, spatial solitons);
Order-disorder and pattern formation in nonlinear spatially extended
systems;
Nonlinear atom optics, Bose-Einstein condensates;
Econophysics;
Present Focus
of Interest
"Subdiffractive" patterns in photonic crystals (in optics) and in modulated materials (in general);
Professional Experience
1985 - 1991
Research Associate,
Dep. of Quantum Electronics,
Vilnius University, Lithuania;
1991 - 1992 A.v.Humboldt Fellow, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
(PTB) Braunschweig, Germany;
1993 - 1998 Research Associate, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
(PTB) Braunschweig, Germany;
1998 - 2003 Research Associate, University Hannover, Germany;
since 2003 ICREA Research Professor, Polytechnic
University of Catalonia, Spain;
1995 - invited
professor in
University of Valencia, Spain;
1995, 1997 - invited prodessor in University of Lille, France;
1998, 2000, 2002 - invited professor in University of Vilnius,
Lithuania;
2004, 2005 - invited
professor in
University of Valencia, Spain;
2006 - invited
professor in
Politechnical University of Valencia (Gandia), Spain;
2007 - invited professor in University of Cape Town, South Africa;
Publications
Around 90
articles in scientific journals (publication
list);
Around 150 presentations in conferences;
Around 20 of invited presentations in conferences;
Books:
"Optical
Vortices" , Nova Science
Horizons in World Physics, Vol. 228,
New York, 1999 (editor);
"Transverse
Patterns in Nonlinear Optical Resonators" , Springer
Tracts in Modern Physics, Vol.183, 2003;
Patents:
Method for Nondifractive
light in photonic crystals and photonic crystal resonators, spanish
patent, 2004;
Method and device
for efficient parametric
amplification of narrow beams in photonic crystals, Spanish patent,
submitted
2007
Method
and device for efficient filtering of spatial structure of light beams, Spanish
patent, submitted 2007
Method
and device for efficient formation of highly-directional beams of sound, Spanish
patent, submitted 2007