Alexander N Pisarchik

Alexander Pisarchik is Distinguished Researcher, Isaac-Peral Chair in Computational System Biology at the Center for Biomedical Technology of the Technical University of Madrid. He obtained PhD in Physics and Mathematics in 1990 from the Institute of Physics of the Belarus Academy of Science and in 1997 he completed special courses on Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine at the McGill University, Montreal, Canada and Time Evolution of Complex Systems in Lisbon, Portugal. In 1992 he won a visiting grant from the University Libre of Brussels, and between 1993 and 1998 several grants from Spanish and Catalonia governments and worked at the University Autónoma of Barcelona. In 1995 he was employed as a researcher at the Iceland State University in Reykjavik, and in 1999 as a laser designer at Monocrom: Laser Applications in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. He has been honored with several awards including the First Prize from the Belarus Academy of Science and the Second Prize from the Institute of Physics for his studies on nonlinear dynamics of complex systems. In 1999 he has been awarded by the Patrimonial Cathedra of Excellence from the Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) and worked at the Center for Optical Research in Mexico. Since 2001 he is a member of the System of National Researchers (SNI). In 2006 he has received the highest level III (equivalent to full professor) in SNI. In 2010-2012 he has been elected member of the Evaluation Commission for the System of National Researchers of CONACYT. In 2013 he has been assigned as Isaac-Peral Chair (the most prestigious grant in Spain) in Computational Systems Biology at the Center for Biomedical Technology in the frame of the BBVA-UPM BioTech Program of Chairs. Dr. Pisarchik is associate editor of Applied Sciences, Frontier in Network Physiology, Biophysical Review and Letters, and Discontinuity, Nonlinearity and Complexity,  academic editor of PLoS ONE and Open Life Sciences, editorial board member of several scientific journals, and reviewer of 80 journals. He was guest editor of 18 special volumes of international journals and 6 proceedings of international conferences. He organized 4 international conferences and participated in organization of 3 scientific schools. He is Board Member of International Physics and Control Society (IPACS) and member of 15 scientific societies. He is author and editor of 7 monographs, 17 book chapters, 13 patents and more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He presented more than 60 invited and plenary lectures at international scientific conferences, led 30 research projects and supervised 13 PhD and 8 master students. His scientific interests cover nonlinear dynamics, chaos, synchronization, neural dynamics, laser dynamics, brain dynamics, multistability, intermittency, stochastic effects, complex networks, cognitive brain functions, EEG, MEG,  artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, chaotic cryptography and chaotic communication.