Dr. Alexander Kildishev is a Principal Research Scientist at the Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University. He leads the development of simulation strategies, methods, and software tools for applied electromagnetics and multiphysics simulations in the area of nanoplasmonic devices and optical metamaterials, MRI safety and magnetic silencing. Before joining Purdue, he was working as the Head of Laboratory at the Magnetism Division of the National Academy of Sciences in the Ukraine. Currently, his research interests are in the modeling of nanophotonics devices, optical metamaterials and transformation optics. Dr. Kildishev’s publications include 4 book chapters, 4 patents, more than 80 articles in peer reviewed journals, with above 1800 citations; more than 30 invited seminar and conference talks. He is a Senior member of IEEE (IEEE Photonics and Magnetic Societies), and a member of SIAM, OSA, SPIE, ACES, and COMPUMAG.