Yury Shestopalov is Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the University of Gävle, Sweden. He completed a full university career from teaching assistant to professor and department head at Moscow State University (MSU), Karlstad University, and the University of Gävle (since 2013). Continuously teaching since 1977, he created and headed the department of computer science at the MSU Kolmogorov School (1992–1993) and initiated the Faculty of Higher Pedagogical Education at MSU. His main scientific contributions include the spectral theory of operators applied to mathematical methods for electromagnetics, inverse problems, wave propagation in nonlinear media, integral and partial differential equations, and numerical methods. Among his recent achievements are the complete description of the wave spectrum in inhomogeneously filled waveguides and the mathematical theory of inverse waveguide problems. Prof. Shestopalov has authored and co-authored six books (published in the USA and UK), over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 200 scientific works in total. He has supervised several PhD students who are now active professors. He actively coordinates international research projects across Sweden, the USA, Japan, Germany, Finland, Russia, and Ukraine. He has organized over 20 and participated in more than 60 international conferences, serving as Vice-Chairman of PIERS and a Programme Committee member of several URSI conferences.
Yury Shestopalov is Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the University of Gävle, Sweden. He completed a full university career from teaching assistant to professor and department head at Moscow State University (MSU), Karlstad University, and the University of Gävle (since 2013). Continuously teaching since 1977, he created and headed the department of computer science at the MSU Kolmogorov School (1992–1993) and initiated the Faculty of Higher Pedagogical Education at MSU. His main scientific contributions include the spectral theory of operators applied to mathematical methods for electromagnetics, inverse problems, wave propagation in nonlinear media, integral and partial differential equations, and numerical methods. Among his recent achievements are the complete description of the wave spectrum in inhomogeneously filled waveguides and the mathematical theory of inverse waveguide problems. Prof. Shestopalov has authored and co-authored six books (published in the USA and UK), over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 200 scientific works in total. He has supervised several PhD students who are now active professors. He actively coordinates international research projects across Sweden, the USA, Japan, Germany, Finland, Russia, and Ukraine. He has organized over 20 and participated in more than 60 international conferences, serving as Vice-Chairman of PIERS and a Programme Committee member of several URSI conferences.