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Joel Lebowitz
Joel Louis Lebowitz (born May 10, 1930) is a

mathematical physicist widely acknowledged for his Joel Lebowitz
outstanding contributions to statistical physics,
statistical mechanics and many other fields of
Mathematics and Physics.[1]
Lebowitz has published more than five hundred papers

concerning statistical physics and science in general,
and he is one of the founders and editors of the Journal
of Statistical Physics, one of the most important peer-
reviewed journals concerning scientific research in this Lebowitz at Oberwolfach, 2004
area. He has been president of the New York Academy Born May 10, 1930
of Sciences. Tiachiv, Czechoslovakia
(now Ukraine)
Lebowitz is the George William Hill Professor of
Citizenship American
Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers University. He is
also an active member of the human rights community Alma mater Brooklyn College
and a long-term co-chair of the Committee of Syracuse University
Concerned Scientists.[2] Known for Statistical Physics
Statistical mechanics
Awards Boltzmann Medal (1992)
Biography Henri Poincaré Prize (2000)
Max Planck Medal (2007)
Lebowitz was born in Taceva, then in Czechoslovakia, Grande Médaille (2014)
now Ukraine, in 1930 into a Jewish family. During Dannie Heineman Prize for
World War II he was deported with his family to Mathematical Physics
Auschwitz, where his father, his mother, and his (2021)
younger sister were killed in 1944. After being Dirac Medal (ICTP) (2022)
liberated from the camp, he moved to United States by
Scientific career
boat, and he studied in an Orthodox Jewish school and
Institutions Rutgers University
Brooklyn College. He earned his PhD at Syracuse
Yeshiva University
University in 1956 under the supervision of Peter G.
Stevens Institute of
Bergmann.[3] Then he continued his research with Lars
Technology
Onsager, at Yale University, where he got a faculty
Yale University
position. He moved to the Stevens Institute of
Technology in 1957 and to the Belfer Graduate School Thesis Statistical Mechanics of
of Science of Yeshiva University in 1959. Finally he Nonequilibrium Processes.
got a faculty position at Rutgers University in 1977, (https://catalog.syr.edu/vwe
where he holds the prestigious George William Hill bv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2081
Professor position. During his years at the Yeshiva 447) (1956)
University and Rutgers University he has been in Doctoral advisor Peter G. Bergmann
contact with several scientists, and artists, like Fumio Other academic Lars Onsager
Yoshimura and Kate Millett. In 1975 he founded the advisors
Journal of Statistical Physics. In 1979 he was president Doctoral Michael Aizenman
of the New York Academy of Sciences. He has been students Sheldon Goldstein
one of the most active supporters of dissident scientists
Other notable de:Detlef Dürr
in the former Soviet Union, especially refusenik
students
scientists.
Website cmsr.rutgers.edu/people-
cmsr/joel-lebowitz (https://c
msr.rutgers.edu/people-cms
Scientific legacy r/joel-lebowitz)
Lebowitz has had many important contributions to
statistical mechanics and mathematical physics. He proved, along
with Elliott Lieb, that the Coulomb interactions obey the
thermodynamic limit. He also established what are now known as
Lebowitz inequalities for the ferromagnetic Ising model. His
current interests are in problems of non-equilibrium statistical
mechanics.
He became editor-in-chief the Journal of Statistical Physics in Lebowitz (left) and Mitchell
1975, one of the most important journals in the field, a position he Feigenbaum (right) (1998)
remained in until September 2018. Lebowitz hosts a biannual
series of conferences [4] held, first at Yeshiva University and later
at Rutgers University, which has been running for 60 years. He is also known as a co-editor of an
influential review series, Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena.
Awards and honors

Lebowitz has been awarded several honors, such as the Boltzmann Medal (1992),[5] the Nicholson Medal
(1994) awarded by the American Physical Society, the Delmer S. Fahrney Medal (1995), the Henri
Poincaré Prize (2000),[6] the Volterra Award (2001), the Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
(2021). His Heineman Prize citation reads: "For seminal contributions to nonequilibrium and equilibrium
statistical mechanics, in particular, studies of large deviations in nonequilibrium steady states and
rigorous analysis of Gibbs equilibrium ensembles."[7] Among other recognitions, Lebowitz was awarded
the Max Planck Medal in 2007 "for his important contributions to the statistical physics of equilibrium
and non-equilibrium systems, in particular his contributions to the theory of phase transitions, the
dynamics of infinite systems, and the stationary non-equilibrium states" and "for his promoting of new
directions of this field at its farthest front, and for enthusiastically introducing several generations of
scientists to the field."[8][9] In 2014 he received the Grande Médaille of the French Academy of
Sciences.[10] In 2022 he was awarded the Dirac Medal of the ICTP.[11]
Lebowitz is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. In 1966, he became a fellow
of the American Physical Society.[12] and in 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical
Society.[13]
He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree at Syracuse University's 158th Commencement in
2012.[14]
References
1. "Lebowitz, Joel Louis, 1930–" (https://history.aip.org/phn/11605002.html). history.aip.org.
American Institute of Physics. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
2. Committee of Concerned Scientists, Leadership List (http://www.libertynet.org/ccs/leaders.ht
m) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20080626191304/http://www.libertynet.org/ccs/lea
ders.htm) June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Committee of Concerned Scientists.
Accessed June 28, 2008.
3. Enslin, Rob (November 29, 2018). "A Moral Vision of Science: Physicist Joel L. Lebowitz
G'55, G'56, H'12 Believes Science and Morality are Inextricably Linked" (https://news.syr.ed
u/blog/2018/11/29/a-moral-vision-of-science-physicist-joel-l-lebowitz-g55-g56-h12-believes-
science-and-morality-are-inextricably-linked/). SU News. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
4. "Statistical Mechanics Conference" (https://web.archive.org/web/20080616044131/http://ww
w.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/index.html). Archived from the original (http://www.math.rut
gers.edu/events/smm/index.html) on June 16, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
5. "The Boltzmann Award 1992" (https://web.archive.org/web/20210812080628/https://www.sin
ica.edu.tw/~statphys/links/IUPAP_C3/Boltz_Award/BA1992.html). Archived from the original
(http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~statphys/links/IUPAP_C3/Boltz_Award/BA1992.html) on August
12, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2006.
6. "Laudatio for Joel L. Lebowitz by David Ruelle (IHES, Paris)" (http://www.iamp.org/poincare/
jl00-laud.html). www.iamp.org. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
7. APS Heineman Prize Announcement (https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizereci
pient.cfm?first_nm=Joel&last_nm=Lebowitz&year=2021), 2020
8. Rutgers Physics News (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/physicsnews/news.shtml#lebowitz0
6)
9. Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Pressemitteilung (https://web.archive.org/web/200712
30004434/http://www.dpg-physik.de/presse/pressemit/2006/dpg-pm-2006-029.html/), 2006,
archived from the original (http://www.dpg-physik.de/presse/pressemit/2006/dpg-pm-2006-0
29.html) on December 30, 2007, retrieved August 18, 2009
10. Grande Médaille of the French Academy of Sciences (http://www.academie-sciences.fr/pres
se/communique/grandemedaille_2014.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20141006
082422/http://www.academie-sciences.fr/presse/communique/grandemedaille_2014.pdf)
October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
11. Dirac Medal 2022 (ICTP) (https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2022/8/2022-dira
c-medal-winners-announced.aspx)
12. List of Fellows of the American Physical Society (https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fello
wships/archive-all.cfm?initial=L&year=2020&unit_id=&institution=-list).
13. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (https://www.ams.org/profession/fellow
s-list), retrieved January 27, 2013.
14. "Lebowitz, Moore, Schramm and Sorkin to receive Syracuse University honorary degrees"
(https://news.syr.edu/blog/2012/04/09/lebowitz-moore-schramm-and-sorkin-to-receive-syrac
use-university-honorary-degrees/). SU News. April 9, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
External links
Official website (https://www.math.rutgers.edu/component/comprofiler/userprofile/lebowitz)
Laudatio for Joel L. Lebowitz by David Ruelle (IHES, Paris) at the Poincaré Prize Ceremony
(2000) (http://www.iamp.org/poincare/jl00-laud.html)
Joel Lebowitz (https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=5946) at the Mathematics Genealogy
Project
"Oral History Interview: Joel Lebowitz" (https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-libra
ry/oral-histories/47532). American Institute of Physics. March 21, 2023. Retrieved
November 29, 2023.
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Joel Louis Lebowitz (born May 10, 1930) is a

Lebowitz has published more than five hundred papers

Awards and honors

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