Education
Dobrushin received his Doctor of Philosophy at Moscow State University under the supervision of Andrey Kolmogorov.
Dobrushin received his Doctor of Philosophy at Moscow State University under the supervision of Andrey Kolmogorov.
In statistical mechanics, he introduced (simultaneously with Lanford and Ruelle) the Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt equations for the Gibbs measure. Together with Kotecký and Shlosman, he studied the formation of droplets in Ising-type models, providing mathematical justification of the Wulff construction. The Dobrushin prize was established in his honour.
Academia Europaea; National Academy of Sciences]
He was a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europæa and United States National Academy of Sciences.