**About the Editor**

#### **Gennady M. Mikheev**

Prof. Gennady M. Mikheev received the M.S. and Ph.D. from the Physic Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1981 and 1985, respectively. He received the titles of Dr.Sci. and Prof. from the Russian National Examination Committee in 2000 and 2008, respectively. He is currently with the Institute of Mechanics, Udmurt Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhevsk, Russia. His research interests include the interaction between laser radiation and matter, photonics, optoelectronics, and nonlinear optics.
