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Mykhailo Bohdan (Mikhail Bogdan), Leading Researcher, DSc.


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Department of Theoretical Physics,
B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics & Engineering
of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
47 Nauky Ave., Kharkiv, 61103, Ukraine

bogdan@ilt.kharkov.ua

+38 (057) 341-09-39

Prizes and Distinctions:

  • Certificate of Honour from Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine 2008.
  • Certificate of Honour from Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine 2018.

Languages:

English (B2), German (А2), Ukrainian (C2)

Education:

Name of Institution

Degrees

Field

B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Doctor of Sciences (2001) Theoretical Physics
B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Senior Researcher (2000) Theoretical Physics
Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (Kharkiv) PhD Phys & Math (1983) Theoretical and mathematical Physics
Kharkiv State University Post-graduate (1974-1977) Theoretical Physics
Kharkiv State University M.Sc. (1974) Theoretical Physics

Field of Scientific Interest:

The theory of nonlinear phenomena in condensed matter physics based on the soliton concept and its applications for description of nonlinear effects crystals, magnets and metamaterials.

Main Achievements:

  • Finding the exact multisoliton solutions of the Landau-Lifshitz equation for one-dimensional biaxial ferromagnet,
  • Discovery of the oscillatory instability in soliton dynamics,
  • Theoretical description of formation of multisoliton complexes and their coherent motion in strongly dispersive media,
  • Finding the exact discrete multibreather and periodic solutions in integrable nonlinear lattices,
  • Exact description of localized excitations and spin waves in anisotropic ferro- and antiferromagnets containing domain walls in the presence of a magnetic field.
  • Theory of non-stationary motion of nonequilibrium topological excitations in nonlinear systems with strong dispersion.
  • Analytical description of the fine structure of soliton bound states in low-dimensional magnets under conditions of parametric pumping and dissipation.
  • Solving the problem of stability of discrete magnetic nanoclusters and the spectra of their localized excitations in low-dimensional magnets.
  • Theory of generation of wave packets, quasilocal modes and breathers by moving domain walls
  • Numerical simulation of regular and chaotic dynamics of magnetic breathers in one- and two-dimensional nonlinear metamaterials.
  • Quasiclassical quantization of oscillating kinks in nonlinear systems with strong dispersion.

Professional Experience:

2004-present: Leading Researcher.Department of Theoretical Physics,B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1991-2004: Senior Researcher. Department of Quantum Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics of Macroscopic Systems, B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1986-1991: Researcher. Department of Quantum Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics of Macroscopic Systems, Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (Kharkiv)
1978-1986: Junior Researcher. Department of Theory of Properties of Biological Molecules, Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (Kharkiv)

The experience in international scientific cooperation within the framework of visits to:

  • Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and Statistical Models of the University Paris Sud (France, 2008)
  • Aston University (Birmingham, Great Britain, 2004)
  • Montana State University (Bozeman, USA, 2002)
  • University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France, 1997, 2002)
  • Max Planck Institute (Dresden, Germany, 1997, 2000, 2001)
  • University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa, 1994)

Member of Editirial board Fizyka Nyzkykh Temperatur

Educational Activity:

  • Professor of Theoretical Physics Department Named by Academician I.M. Lifshits in Kharkiv National University from 2006 up to 2023. Personal page in Kharkov University:
  • Supervisor of three PhD theses: two Doctors of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics and one in Solid State Physics.

Publications:

Number of papers: 74 ( in the refereed journals - 65)

List of XXI-century publications :

  1. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Quasiclassical quantization of the Boussinesq breather emerging from the kink localized mode. Low Temperature Physics. – 2025. – V.51, No 6. – P. 763–773.
  2. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina, A.Y. Holovashchenko. Vibration spectra of benzene-like models with Hooke’s law interactions. Low Temperature Physics. – 2023. – V.49, No 12. – P. 1444–1457.
  3. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Structure of soliton bound states in the parametrically driven and damped nonlinear systems. Low Temperature Physics. – 2022. – V.48, No 12. – P. 1062–1070.
  4. O.V. Charkina, V.I. Belan, M.M. Bogdan. Structural transformation of spin nanoclusters in low-dimensional anisotropic ferromagnets under applied magnetic field. Low Temperature Physics. – 2021. – V.47, No 12. – P. 1001–1010.
  5. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Nonlinear oscillations of topological structures in the sine-Gordon systems. Low Temperature Physics. – 2021. – V.47, No 6. – P. 449–456.
  6. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Generation of wave packets and breathers by oscillating kinks in the sine-Gordon system. Low Temperature Physics. – 2021. – V.47, No 2. – P. 155–156.
  7. O.V. Charkina, M.M. Bogdan. Metastable breathers and local diamagnetism in two-dimensional nonlinear metamaterials. Low Temperature Physics. – 2020. – V.46, No 7. – P. 712-723.
  8. M.M. Bogdan,V.I. Belan, O.V. Charkina. The effect of the magnetic field on the stability and excitation spectrum of spin nanoclusters in anisotropic ferromagnetic chains. Low Temperature Physics. – 2018. – V.44, No 12. – P. 1331-1340.
  9. O.V. Charkina, M.M. Bogdan. Localized excitations and scattering of spin waves in ferromagnetic chains containing magnetic nanoclusters. Low Temperature Physics. – 2018. – V.44, No 7. – P. 644-650.
  10. M.M. Bogdan and D.V. Laptev. Exact Description of the Discrete Breathers and Solitons Interaction in the Nonlinear Transmission Lines Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. V.83, No.6, 064007-1-064007-9 (2014).
  11. D.V. Laptev M.M. Bogdan. Nonlinear periodic waves solutions of the nonlinear self-dual network equations. Journal of Mathematical Physics. V.55, No.4, 042903-1-042903-22, (2014).
  12. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Local negative magnetic permeability and possibility of observation of breather excitations in magnetic metamaterials Low Temperature Physics. V.40, N3, 234-238 (2014).
  13. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Spin waves in easy-axis antiferromagnets with precessing domain walls Low Temperature Physics. V.40, N1, 84-90 (2014).
  14. M.M. Bogdan and D.V. Laptev. Quasiclassical spectra of the solitons of the continual and discrete modified Korteweg - de Vries equations. Uzhhorod University Scientific Herald. Series Physics. Iss.24, 100-107 (2009) [in Ukrainian].
  15. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Dynamics of bound soliton states in regularized dispersive equations. Low Temperature Physics. V.34, No 7, 564-570 (2008).
  16. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Dynamics and stability of solitons in the sine-Gordon models with a strong dispersion Nonlinear world. V.6, No.5-6, 324-333 (2008) [in Russian].
  17. M.M. Bogdan, O.V. Charkina. Dynamical features of bound states of topological solitons in highly dispersive low-dimensional systems Low Temperature Physics. V.33, No.12, 1073-1076 (2007).
  18. L. Kroon, M.M Bogdan, A.S. Kovalev and E.Yu. Malyuta. Bifurcation picture and stability of gap and out-gap discrete solitons. Low Temperature Physics. V.33, No.5, 481-483 (2007).
  19. O.V. Charkina, M.M. Bogdan. Processes of formation of soliton complexes and breathers in highly dispersive media. Uzhhorod University Scientific Herald. Series Physics. Iss.21, 196-204 (2007) [in Ukrainian]
  20. O.V. Charkina, M.M. Bogdan. Internal Modes of Solitons and Near-Integrable Highly-Dispersive Nonlinear Systems SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications). V.2, No.047, 1-12 (2006).
  21. S. Boscolo, S.A. Derevyanko, S.K. Turitsyn, A.S. Kovalev andM.M. Bogdan. Autosoliton propagation and mapping problem in optical fiber lines with lumped nonlinear devices. Phys. Rev. E. V.72, No.1 , 016601-1-016601-4 (2005).
  22. S. Boscolo, S.A. Derevyanko, S.K. Turitsyn, A.S. Kovalev andM.M. Bogdan. Evolution of optical pulses in fiber lines with lumped nonlinear devices as a mapping problem. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. V. 144, No.2, 1117-1127 (2005).
  23. O.V. Charkina, M.M. Bogdan. Internal Modes of Oscillations of Topological Solitons in Highly Dispersive Media. Uzhhorod University Scientific Herald. Series Physics. Iss. 17, 30-37 (2005).
  24. M.M. Bogdan. The frustrated vortex in a two-dimensional antiferromagnet. Low Temperature Physics. V.31, No.8/9, 968-973 (2005).
  25. M.M. Bogdan, A.S. Kovalev, and E. Malyuta. Spectrum of nonlinear excitations of modulated nanoclusters. Low Temperature Physics. V. 31, No.7, 613-618 (2005).
  26. M.M. Bogdan and G.A. Maugin. Exact discrete breather solutions and conservation laws of lattice equations. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Phys. Math. V.52, No.1, 76-84 (2003).
  27. M.M. Bogdan, C.E. Zaspel. Vortex Patterns in Layered Magnets with Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Impurities. Physica Status Solidi (a). V.189, No. 3, 983-988 (2002).
  28. M.M. Bogdan, A.M. Kosevich, and G.A. Maugin. Soliton Complex Dynamics in Strongly Dispersive Medium. Wave Motion. V.34, No.1, 1-26 (2001).