Liquid Interfacial Systems

RUDOLPH V. BIRIKH is Professor and Head of Theoretical Physics and Computer Modeling, Perm State Pedagogical University, Perm, Russia. He has published over 100 scientific articles and has authored or edited five books. Dr. Birikh graduated in physics (1961) and received the Ph.D. (1967) and Dr. Sci. (1999) degrees from Perm State University, Perm, Russia.

VLADIMIR A. BRISKMAN (deceased) was Research Professor and Head of the Hydrodynamic Stability Laboratory at the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russia. The author of nearly 150 articles on fluid mechanics problems and related subjects, he also edited five books. Dr. Briskman graduated in physics (1958) from Perm State University, Perm, Russia and received the Ph.D. degree (1975) from the Institute of Mechanics, Moscow State University, Russia.

MANUEL G. VELARDE is Professor at the Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain, and Rector of the International Center for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy. The author of ten books and nearly 400 articles, he graduated in physics (1963) and received the Ph.D. degree (1968) from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and the Ph.D. degree (1970) from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

JEAN-CLAUDE LEGROS is Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Microgravity Research Centre, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. He has authored more than 150 journal publications and two books. A full member of the International Academy of Astronautics and Chairman of Belgium 's National Centre of Space Research, Dr. Legros received the Ph.D. degree (1971) from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.