Professor Nail Akhmediev is one of the leading researchers in theoretical nonlinear optics internationally. He is a Professor of Optical Sciences Group, ANU and a Key Researcher for the Australian Photonics CRC. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America in recognition of his work on nonlinear guided optics. He is also a member of LEOS and Australian Optical Society. He is an associate editor of Optics Express

He has published over 200 papers in refereed international journals, more than 100 conference papers, a book "Solitons, nonlinear pulses and beams" Chapman and Hall, London (1997) with Dr. Ankiewicz and several chapters in books. He is the recipient of the DSc degree from the Higher Qualification Commission for the Counsel of Ministers of the USSR, the PhD and the MS degrees both from Moscow State University.