Autor: Vladimir E. Zakharov

Stefan Wabnitz obtained the Laurea Degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Rome „La Sapienza” in 1982, the MS in Electrical Engineering from Caltech in 1983, and the Ph D in Applied Electromagnetism from the Italian Ministry of Education in 1988. He was with the Ugo Bordoni Foundation between 1985 and 1996. In 1996 he became full professor in Physics at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France. Between 1999 and 2003 he was with Alcatel Research and Innovation Labs in France and with Xtera Communications in Texas. Since 2007 he is full professor the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Brescia, Italy. His research activities involve nonlinear propagation effects in optical communications and information processing devices. He is the author and co-author of over 700 international refereed papers, conference presentations, and book chapters. He is the Deputy Editor of Elsevier Optical Fiber Technology, a Fellow member of the Optical Society of America, and senior member of IEEE-Photonics Society.