Nonlinear Physics Down Under
Nonlinear Physics Center was established in 2002, as a small group working on various problems of nonlinear dynamics and solitons. Then it became a separate department of the Research School of Physics and Engineering which was continuously expanding with the support from the Australian Research Council (ARC) through a variety of different funding schemes — individual fellowships and the ARC Center of Excellence program. In August 2014, the Center's research was conducted by 17 researchers and 19 PhD students (see Fig 1). Currently, the Nonlinear Physics Center is engaged in theoretical and experimental research in several areas unified by the general concepts of nonlinear physics and photonics. The Center is composed of several major research groups with not sharply defined boundaries.