Denis Sidorov is a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Professor (elected) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He serves as Principal Investigator at the Melentiev Energy Systems Institute of SB RAS and holds professorships at Irkutsk National Research Technical University, and Harbin Institute of Technology. His research focuses on Volterra integral equations, inverse problems, nonlinear dynamical systems with memory, and their applications in power systems and signal processing. Former IEEE PES Russia (Siberia) Chapter Chair and DAAD Professor, he has authored over 150 scientific works, 3 books and is recognised among the world's most cited scientist.
Edixon M. Rojas is Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, where he specialized in linear and nonlinear functional analysis. His research interests include fixed point theory, singular integral operators, Volterra integral equations, boundary value problems, and operator-functional equations arising in mathematical physics. He has authored 51 publications, comprising journal articles and book chapters, with chapters appearing under Springer, Birkhäuser, and Cambridge Scientific Publishers, among other international publishers. His book-length work includes two co-authored textbooks and a monograph published by World Scientific. He is the founder and leader of the research group Análisis y Aplicaciones at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where he has served as Principal Investigator on several research projects in fixed point theory and integral equations. He has also held visiting research positions at Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, and Universidad de Jaén, Spain, strengthening ongoing international collaborations in the areas covered by this monograph.
Alexander V. Sinitsyn is a Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia and researcher specializing in mathematical modeling, kinetic theory, and nonlinear analysis. His research focuses primarily on Vlasov-type equations and kinetic models, including the Vlasov–Maxwell and Vlasov–Maxwell–Fokker–Planck systems, with applications to plasma physics, semiconductor devices, and geophysical processes. His scientific interests include existence and stability of steady-state solutions, bifurcation theory, boundary-value problems, nonlocal mathematical models, kinetic equations, and the mathematical analysis of complex dynamical systems. Alexander V. Sinitsyn has authored and co-authored research papers and monographs in mathematical modeling, kinetic equations, and applied mathematics. He is also involved in international scientific collaboration and the development of interdisciplinary mathematical models at the interface of mathematics, physics, and engineering.
Nikolai A. Sidorov was born in Irkutsk, Russia, in 1940. He graduated from Mathematics Faculty of Irkutsk State University (ISU), Russia He gaied the Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.) degree in mathematics from ISU in 1967, and the Doctor of Sciences (D.Sc.) degree in mathematics from the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1983. In 1962, he joined the Department of Mathematical Analysis at Irkutsk State University, where he became a Full Professor in 1983 and later served as the Head of the Department. Since 1984, he has also been a Principal Investigator with the Matrosov Institute for System Dynamics and Control Theory of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author or coauthor of more than 110 scientific papers and several monographs, including Lyapunov-Schmidt Methods in Nonlinear Analysis and Applications (Springer, 2002). He is Honored Scientist of Russia. His research interests include the branching theory of nonlinear equations, bifurcation theory, operator-differential equations, and mathematical physics.
