Alexander G. Ramm is a Professor of Mathematics at Kansas State University. He is a leading expert in Mathematical Physics (scattering theory, inverse scattering, wave propagation, theoretical numerical analysis, tomography). He consulted at Los Alamos National Laboratory and at major oil corporations. He is an editor of several journals, an invited plenary speaker at numerous major conferences, and is the author of more than 600 publications, including 13 monographs and editor of 3 books.