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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions in applied mathematics, especially in the theory and applications of nonlinear waves.
  • 2017 - SIAM Fellow For fundamental contributions to the existence, stability, and dynamics of nonlinear waves with applications to atomic, optical, and materials physics.

Overview

Panayotis G. Kevrekidis is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research spans fields within Physics and Astronomy, focusing particularly on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Mathematical Physics, among others.

The main topics covered in their work include nonlinear photonic systems, nonlinear waves and solitons, cold atom physics and Bose-Einstein condensates, advanced fiber laser technologies, nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, strong light-matter interactions, and advanced mathematical physics problems.

Kevrekidis has published extensively, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review E
  • Physical Review A
  • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
  • Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Experimental Realization of the Peregrine Soliton in Repulsive Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates, 2024, Physical Review Letters
  • Collisions of Three-Component Vector Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Stability of topological edge states under strong nonlinear effects, 2021, Physical Review B
  • Kink-antikink collisions and multi-bounce resonance windows in higher-order field theories, 2021, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
  • Reaction-diffusion spatial modeling of COVID-19: Greece and Andalusia as case examples, 2021, Physical Review E

The researcher frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Jesús Cuevas-Maraver, S. I. Mistakidis, E. G. Charalampidis, G. C. Katsimiga, and D. J. Frantzeskakis.

Kevrekidis's contributions extend to book publications, notably with Springer International Publishing, where they contributed to the book titled Emerging Frontiers in Nonlinear Science (2020).

They have received awards recognizing contributions to applied mathematics and nonlinear wave theory, including being named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2020 for work in nonlinear waves and a SIAM Fellow in 2017 for contributions to nonlinear waves with applications to atomic, optical, and materials physics.

Best Publications

  • Emergent nonlinear phenomena in Bose-Einstein condensates : theory and experiment

    Panayotis G. Kevrekidis;Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis;Ricardo Carretero-González

  • Emergent Nonlinear Phenomena in Bose-Einstein Condensates

    Panayotis G. Kevrekidis;Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis;Ricardo Carretero-González

  • The Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

    Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

  • THE DISCRETE NONLINEAR SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION: A SURVEY OF RECENT RESULTS

    P. G. Kevrekidis;K. Ø. Rasmussen;A. R. Bishop

  • The Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation: Mathematical Analysis, Numerical Computations and Physical Perspectives

    Panayotis G Kevrekidis

  • Nonlinear waves in Bose-Einstein condensates: physical relevance and mathematical techniques

    R Carretero-González;D J Frantzeskakis;P G Kevrekidis

  • Dynamical Superfluid-Insulator Transition in a Chain of Weakly Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates

    A. Smerzi;A. Trombettoni;A. Trombettoni;P. G. Kevrekidis;A. R. Bishop

  • Experimental Observation of Oscillating and Interacting Matter Wave Dark Solitons

    A. Weller;J. P. Ronzheimer;C. Gross;J. Esteve

  • Discrete Breathers in One-Dimensional Diatomic Granular Crystals

    N. Boechler;G. Theocharis;G. Theocharis;Stéphane Job;P. G. Kevrekidis

  • Feshbach resonance management for Bose-Einstein condensates.

    P. G. Kevrekidis;G. Theocharis;D. J. Frantzeskakis;Boris A. Malomed

  • Discrete vortex solitons.

    B. A. Malomed;P. G. Kevrekidis

  • The sine-Gordon Model and its Applications

    Jesús Cuevas-Maraver;Panayotis G. Kevrekidis;Floyd Williams

  • Nonequilibrium Dynamics and Superfluid Ring Excitations in Binary Bose-Einstein Condensates

    K. M. Mertes;J. W. Merrill;R. Carretero-González;D. J. Frantzeskakis

  • Wannier functions analysis of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a periodic potential.

    G. L. Alfimov;P. G. Kevrekidis;V. V. Konotop;M. Salerno

  • Matter-wave bright solitons in spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates.

    V. Achilleos;D. J. Frantzeskakis;P. G. Kevrekidis;D. E. Pelinovsky

  • Counting eigenvalues via the Krein signature in infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems

    Todd Kapitula;Panayotis G. Kevrekidis;Björn Sandstede

  • PATTERN FORMING DYNAMICAL INSTABILITIES OF BOSE–EINSTEIN CONDENSATES

    P. G. Kevrekidis;D. J. Frantzeskakis

  • Ring dark solitons and vortex necklaces in Bose-Einstein condensates.

    G Theocharis;D J Frantzeskakis;P G Kevrekidis;Boris A Malomed

  • Granular acoustic switches and logic elements

    Feng Li;Feng Li;Paul Anzel;Paul Anzel;Jinkyu Yang;Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

  • Characteristics of two-dimensional quantum turbulence in a compressible superfluid.

    T. W. Neely;A. S. Bradley;E. C. Samson;S. J. Rooney

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis
Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Ricardo Carretero-González
Ricardo Carretero-González San Diego State University
Boris A. Malomed
Boris A. Malomed Tel Aviv University
Ioannis G. Kevrekidis
Ioannis G. Kevrekidis Johns Hopkins University
Mason A. Porter
Mason A. Porter University of California, Los Angeles
Dmitry E. Pelinovsky
Dmitry E. Pelinovsky McMaster University
Chiara Daraio
Chiara Daraio California Institute of Technology
Sergey V. Dmitriev
Sergey V. Dmitriev Russian Academy of Sciences
Todd Kapitula
Todd Kapitula Calvin University
Jinkyu Yang
Jinkyu Yang Seoul National University

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