**About the Editors**

**Rashid G. Nazmitdinov** received the M.Sc. degree in theoretical physics from the Samarkand State University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 1974. In 1979 and 1990 he received the Ph.D. degree and the Dr.Sci. degree in physics and mathematics from the Higher Attestation Committee of USSR, respectively. He was a Junior Reseacher from 1981 to 1982, before becoming a Senior Researcher, with the Institute of Applied Physics of the Tashkent State University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 1982 to 1989. Since 1989, he has been a Senior Scientist at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, where he currently holds the position of a Leading Scientist. He has authored about 160 papers in refereed journals. His current research interests include mesoscopic physics, nuclear structure, transport in nanosystems, classical and quantum chaos.

**Vyacheslav Yukalov** received the M.Sc. degree in theoretical physics and Ph.D. degree in theoretical and mathematical physics from the Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in 1970 and 1974, respectively. He has also received the Dr.Hab. degree in theoretical physics from the University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland, and the Dr.Sci. degree in physics and mathematics, from the Higher Attestation Committee of Russia. He was a Graduate Assistant with the Moscow State University from 1970 to 1973, before becoming an Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer, and an Associate Professor with the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia, from 1973 to 1984. Since 1984, he has been a Senior Scientist and Department Head at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, where he currently holds the position of a Leading Scientist. He has authored about 500 papers in refereed journals and 4 books and edited a number of books and special issues. His current research interests include statistical physics, quantum theory, dynamical theory, complex systems, nonlinear and coherent phenomena, self-organization, decision theory, and applied mathematics.
