Research Grants

    1. Grant of the European Programme INTAS: Energy Localization and Collapse with Applications, INTAS-93-139, 1994-1996.
    2. International Science Foundation grant: Dynamics of Coherent Structures in Active Media, ISF-RCF000, 1994-1995.
    3. Volkswagen Stiftung grant: Nonlinear Pulse Dynamics in Optical Coupler Arrays, Volkswagen Stiftung - I/69 053, 1995.
    4. Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Forschungsprojekt: "Nichtlineare Wellen" - 436 RUS 113/8/0 S, 1995.
    5. (Principal Investigator - PI) Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research: Wave Collapse as a Mechanism of the Energy Localization, 1995.
    6. Volkswagen Stiftung grant: Coherent Structure Dynamics in Semiconductors, Volkswagen Stiftung - I/69 289, 1996.
    7. Deutsche Telekom Research Center Grant: Physical Backgrounds of High Bitrate Nonlinear Optical Transmission Systems: Principles, Modeling, Applications, N 4160/55049, 1996-1997.
    8. (PI) Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research: Controlled Collapse and the Energy Localization in the Nonlinear Discrete Systems, RFBR-02-19131-a, 1996-1998.
    9. UPGRADE Project AC045: High Bit-Rate 1300nm Upgrade of the European Standard Monomode Fiber Network (in the framework of Advanced Communications Technologies and Services Program funded by Comission of the European Communities) 1995-2000, with 4 Industrial partners and 5 Universities.
    10. Volkswagen Stiftung grant: Mathematical Modeling of Soliton-Based Optical Transmission Systems, Volkswagen Stiftung - I/71 824, 1997-1998.
    11. Grant of the European Programme INTAS: Wave Turbulence, Condensation and Collapses: Theory, Numerics and Aapplications in Nonlinear Optics, Plasmas and Fluids, 1997-1999.
    12. (PI) Volkswagen Stiftung grant: Dispersion-managed soliton. Novel concept of high-bit-rate optical data transmission, Volkswagen Stiftung - I/74 686, 1999-2003.
    13. (PI) Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research: Nonlinear waves in media with periodically varying dispersion, RFBR-99-02-16688, 1999-2001.
    14. (PI) Grant of the EPSRC (Mathematical response mode): Perturbation theory for dispersion-managed solitons, GR/M71954, 1999-2001.
    15. The Royal Society UK-Japan Joint Project, MK7F782, 2000-2001 (PI from 10/06/2000).
    16. (PI) Grant of the EPSRC (Information Technology response mode): Design and optimization of Terabit/s dispersion-managed soliton optical communications systems, GR/N33409, 2000-2002.
    17. Grant of the EPSRC (Information Technology response mode): NONLINEAR WDM OPTICAL TRANSMISSION, GR/L63358, 1997-2002. (PI from 19/06/2000).
    18. (PI) KDD Research Grant: Theoretical Study of 40 Gb/s for Terabit Transmission over Transoceanic Distances, MK 787, 2000.
    19. (PI) France Telecom Research Grant: Optimisation of the dispersed-managed optical fibre links based on SMF and DCF, MK 7B792, 2000.
    20. (PI) The Leverhulme Trust. Project: Non-Gaussian statistics in soliton systems with applications to non-linear lightwave communications, 2001-2003.
    21. (PI) France Telecom Research Grant: Optimisation of the dispersed-managed optical fibre links using distributed Raman amplification, MK 7B792, 2001.
    22. (PI) Research Grant: APPLICATIONS OF FBGs IN OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, Innovative Cluster Fund - Midlands Photonics Cluster, 2001-2002.
    23. (PI) Grant of the European Programme INTAS. Hosting of the young scientists from Eastern Europe. INTAS-YS 2002-165, 2001-2002.
    24. (PI) Aclatel (France) Research Grant: Optimisation of the dispersed-managed systems with in-line saturable absorbers, 2002-2003.
    25. (PI) NATO research grant PST.CLG.980074. Collaborative project with Novosibirsk University: Design and optimisation of Raman amplifiers for telecom applications, 2003-2004.
    26. Grant of the European Programme INTAS: Supercontinuum generation and frequency conversion of ultrafast laser pulses in photonic crystals and tapered fibres, 2004-2006.
    27. (PI) European Programme INTAS: Innovation Grant,03-56-203, Dispersion-managed soliton differential phase-shift keying optical data transmission, 2004-2005.
    28. EPSRC PLATFORM GRANT: Photonic Device and System Research,GR/S16577/01 (Co-Investigator), 2003-2007.
    29. (PI) Grant of the EPSRC (Information Technology response mode): Fibre communications using differnetial phase shift-keying modulation format, 2004-2005.
    30. (PI) EPSRC Industrial CASE Studentship N03302750, 2004-2007.
    31. (PI) Department of Trade and Industry, Link Basic Technologies for Industrial Applications (BTIA) Programme, Advanced Codding Schemes and Components for Next Generation Transmission Systems (with Cambridge University), 2004-2006.
    32. (PI) EPSRC Mathematics CASE Project - CASE 010/004: Statistics of optical digital signal in nonlinear fibre channels, 2004-2007.
    33. (PI) Grant of the EPSRC (Physics and Engineering Collaboration): Acceleration of rain initiation by cloud turbulence, 2005-2007.
    34. (PI) France Telecom, France Research: Raman-assisted high bit-rate DWDM 40 Gbit/s long-haul and ultra long-haul transmissions, 2005-2007.
    35. (PI) Azea Networks Ltd., UK, 2005-2007.
    36. (PI) EPSRC Mathematics CASE Project - CASE 027/005: Mathematical theory and statistical modeling of novel modulation formats in high speed fibre communications, 2005-2007.
    37. (PI) Grant of the EPSRC (Information Technology, Photonics): Application of Nonlinear Integrable Systems to Optical Data Processing, Transmission and Detection, 2006-2009.
    38. The Leverhulme Trust. Visiting Professorship, 2006-2007.
    39. EPSRC PLATFORM GRANT: PHOTONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM RESEARCH, EP/E026397/1 (Co-Investigator), 2007-2011.
    40. (PI) FP6 Human Mobility Program, Marie Curie Chair (host Professor), 2007-2009.
    41. (PI) The Royal Society UK-Ukraine Joint Project, 2007-2008.
    42. (PI) British Council Researcher Exchange Programme - Exchange Awards, 2007-2008.
    43. (PI) European Research and Development Award (ERDA), Advantage West Midlands, 2007.
    44. (PI) Azea Networks Ltd. (now Xtera Communications), UK, 2008-2010.
    45. (PI) HEFCE SRIF, Ultralong fibre lasers, 2009-2012.
    46. (PI) The Leverhulme Trust. Research project: Optical wave turbulence in ultra-long fibre lasers, 2009-2012.
    47. (PI) Advantage Proof of Concept Fund, 2009-2010.
    48. (PI) ERDF, Fibre laser and bio-nano-sensing technologies, 2009-2012.
    49. (PI) EPSRC Industrial CASE Studentship (with Ericsson), 2010-2013.
    50. (PI) FP7 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (host Professor), 2010-2012.
    51. (PI) British Council UK-Israel Exchange Programme, 2010-2011.
    52. (PI) FP7 Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) (coordinator), 2011-2014.
    53. (PI) The European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant, 2011-2016.
    54. (PI) EPSRC Dorothy Hodgkin postgraduate award (with Astasense), 2011-2014.
    55. (PI) FP7 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (host Professor), 2012-2014.
    56. (Co-Director) EPSRC Program grant UNLOC (with UCL), 2012-2016.
    57. (PI) FP7 Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship (host Professor), 2013-2015.
    58. (PI) ERDF, Photonics for West Midlands, Phase 2, 2012-2015.
    59. (PI) The Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellowship award (host Professor), 2013.
    60. (PI) FP7 Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship project TUNEMODE(host Professor), 2014-2016.
    61. (PI) FP7 Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship project SPAFIL(host Professor), 2014-2016.
    62. (PI) The European Office of Aerospace Research and Development of the US Air Force, 2014-2016
    63. (PI- host professor) The Leverhulme Trust. Visiting Professorship, 2015-2017.
    64. (PI) Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship project WAVEFIL (host Professor), 2015-2017.
    65. (PI) Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship project INNOVATION (host Professor), 2015-2017.
    66. (PI) The European Research Council Proof-of-Principle project, 2015-2016.
    67. (PI) Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE), 2015-2018.
    68. (PI-Coordinator) Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: COFUND Fellowship in Photonics Programme MULTIPLY, 2016-2021.
    69. (PI) European Structural Investment Fund, Innovative Product Support Service, 2016-2019.
    70. (PI) The Royal Society Newton Advanced Fellowship: Random Distributed Erbium-doped Fiber Laser (host professor), 2016-2019.
    71. (PI) European Structural Investment Fund, Big Data Corridor, 2017-2020.
    72. (PI) Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship project OMICRON (host Professor), 2017-2019.
    73. (PI) Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship project RANPOFIL (host Professor), 2017-2019.
    74. (PI) Horizon 2020, MSCA ITN European Industrial Doctorate FONTE, 2018-2022.
    75. (PI) The Leverhulme Trust. Research project: Riemann-Hilbert problem and geometrical approach in optical communications, 2018-2023.
    76. (PI) British Council Newton project with Indonesia: Fibre optic sensor for food safety applications, 2018-2020.
    77. (PI) The Royal Society, Collaborative project with Russia, 2018-2020.
    78. (Co-Director) EPSRC Program grant TRANSNET (with UCL and Cambrdige), 2018-2024.
    79. (PI) European Structural Investment Fund, Enabling Technologies and Innovation Competences Challenge, 2018-2021.
    80. (PI) Horizon 2020, MSCA ITN European Industrial Doctorate REAL NET, 2018-2022.
    81. (II) Horizon 2020, MSCA ITN European Training Network WON, 2020-2024.
    82. (PI) Horizon 2020, MSCA ITN European Training Network POSTDIGITAL, 2020-2024.
    83. (PI) EPSRC grant Advanced Optical Frequency Comb Technologies and Applications, 2022-2027.
    84. (PI) British Council Fellowships for Women in STEM, 2023-2024.