Yuri S. Kivshar (born in

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), Australian Scientist of

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origin, distinguished professor, head of Nonlinear Physics Centre of

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) and research director o
The International Research Centre for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
(

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), Australian Federation Fellow.Approved Fellows: Resident Australians

Education

Yuri Kivshar was born in Kharkov,

(now

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

). He studied at Kharkiv school of physics founded by nobel prize laureate

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. In 1984 he received Doctor of Philosophy degree and in 1989 aged 30 he became the youngest research fellow of

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Career

Starting from 1991 he worked as a scientist in USA, Finland, Spain, GermanyDr. Kivshar's Long-Term Positions
/ref> and in 1993 he was invited to the Optical Sciences Centre of Australia and later founded his own laborator
Nonlinear Physics Centre
of

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. Starting from 2000 Yuri Kivshar worked in different fields of

nonlinear optics Nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in ''nonlinear media'', that is, media in which the polarization density P responds non-linearly to the electric field E of the light. The non-linearity is typica ...

and carried out research of

solitons In mathematics and physics, a soliton or solitary wave is a self-reinforcing wave packet that maintains its shape while it propagates at a constant velocity. Solitons are caused by a cancellation of nonlinear and dispersive effects in the medium ...

and

metamaterial A metamaterial (from the Greek word μετά ''meta'', meaning "beyond" or "after", and the Latin word ''materia'', meaning "matter" or "material") is any material engineered to have a property that is not found in naturally occurring materials. ...

s, nonlinear

photonic crystal A photonic crystal is an optical nanostructure in which the refractive index changes periodically. This affects the propagation of light in the same way that the structure of Crystal structure, natural crystals gives rise to X-ray crystallograp ...

and composite materials theories. He made fundamental impact into self-focusing effect,

s, dielectric nanoantennas,

topological insulator A topological insulator is a material whose interior behaves as an electrical insulator while its surface behaves as an electrical conductor, meaning that electrons can only move along the surface of the material. A topological insulator is an ...

s, optic signal processing and optic communications. He also discovered series of

soliton In mathematics and physics, a soliton or solitary wave is a self-reinforcing wave packet that maintains its shape while it propagates at a constant velocity. Solitons are caused by a cancellation of nonlinear and dispersive effects in the medium ...

s and described their properties. In 2010 Yuri Kivshar was invited to St. Petersburg, Russia in terms of government Megagrant program.Attraction of the leading scientists to Russian institutions
/ref> He became a scientific leader of th
International Research Centre for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
of the

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(Saint-Petersburg, Russia).

Publications

Professor Kivshar authored and co-authored of more than 900 scientific papers.Publications of Yuri S. Kivshar
/ref> His

h-index The ''h''-index is an author-level metric that measures both the productivity and citation impact of the publications, initially used for an individual scientist or scholar. The ''h''-index correlates with obvious success indicators such as winn ...

is 140. His work has generated over 38,000 citations.

Awards

Throughout his career he has received awards, including the Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award, in his continued contributions to nonlinear optics and electrodynamics.

Medals

Books

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kivshar, Yuri 1959 births Metamaterials scientists 20th-century Ukrainian physicists National University of Kharkiv alumni Living people 21st-century Australian physicists Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science 21st-century Ukrainian physicists Ukrainian emigrants to Australia Optical physicists Academic staff of the Australian National University