Joel Lebowitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joel Lebowitz

American mathematical physicist

Date of Birth: 10-May-1930

Place of Birth: Tiachiv, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: physicist, mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Joel L.
Lebowitz (born May 10, 1930 in Taceva (Tiachiv), then in Czechoslovakia) is a mathematical physicist widely acknowledged for his outstanding contributions to statistical physics, statistical mechanics and many other fields of Mathematics and Physics. 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 area.
He has been president of the New York Academy of Sciences. Lebowitz is the George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers University.
He is also an active member of the human rights community and a long-term co-Chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists.