Nichtlineare Effekte sind für das Verhalten von DNA-Molekülen von entscheidender Bedeutung und erst ihre Berücksichtigung ermöglicht eine sinnvolle Auswertung von experimentellen Daten.

Ludmila Vladimirovna Yakushevich, Ukrainian, Russian physicist, researcher. Recipient medal 850th Anniversary of Moscow, 1997. Yakushevich, Ludmila Vladimirovna was born on October 20, 1947 in Chernovtsy, Ukraine. Diploma in physics, Moscow State University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical and Mathematics Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, 1978. Doctor of Science in Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 1998. Postgraduate fellow Institute Biological Physics, Academy of Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Pushchino, Russia, 1971-1973, junior researcher, 1973-1990. Researcher Institute Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1990-1991, senior researcher, 1991-1998, leading researcher, since 1998.