P. G. Kevrekidis earned his PhD in physics at Rutgers University, New Jersey, in 2000. He studies a variety of systems stemming from the mathematical physics of nonlinear optical systems, of crystalline materials, as well as from the ultracold atomic setting of Bose-Einstein condensates. His research mainly revolves around the existence, stability, and dynamics of localized (solitary wave) structures in such 1D, 2D, and 3D setups, often described by equations of nonlinear Schrödinger or Klein-Gordon type. He is currently a Distinguished University Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (with an adjunct appointment at the Department of Physics) of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
