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Mikhail Anisimov

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Mikhail Anisimov
Born (1941-11-02) November 2, 1941 (age 82)
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forCritical Phenomena and Phase Transitions in Fluids
Scientific career
FieldsThermodynamics
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park

Mikhail Alexeevich Anisimov (Russian: Михаил Алексе́евич Анисимов, born November 2, 1941, Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR) is a Russian and American interdisciplinary scientist.

Early life

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Anisimov received a degree in petroleum engineering from Grozny Petroleum Institute in 1964, a doctorate in physical chemistry from Moscow State University in 1969, and a doctor of science degree in molecular and thermal physics from the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy in Moscow in 1976.

Career

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From 1969 through 1977, Anisimov worked at the U.S.S.R. State Committee for Standards and Product Quality Management (Russian: Госстандарт), where his postdoctoral mentor was Alexander V. Voronel.[1][2] From 1978 until 1993, Anisimov was a professor and the chairman of the physics department of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. In 1994, Anisimov began working in the United States as a professor for both the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering and for the Institute of Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park.[3]

Research

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Anisimov’s field of research is thermodynamics of fluids and fluid mixtures, liquid crystals, polymers, and other soft-matter materials. His research group at the University of Maryland (jointly with Jan V. Sengers [2][4]) is one of the leading international authorities in the field of critical phenomena and phase transitions. Anisimov works in theory and experiments, fundamental problems and applications. He has been an author and a co-author of 2 books, 14 book chapters and review articles and more than 400 published journal and encyclopedia articles, conference proceedings and reports.

Personal life

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Anisimov has four children. His eldest daughter, Tanya Anisimova, is a cellist and composer.

Honors and awards

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Bibliography (partial)

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  • M. A. Anisimov, “50 years of breakthrough discoveries in fluid criticality”, Int. J. Thermophys. 32, 2001–2009 (2011).
  • Anisimov, Michail A. (1991). Critical phenomena in liquids and liquid crystals. Gordon and Breach. ISBN 2-88124-806-3. OCLC 1046262995.
  • M. A. Anisimov, V. A. Rabinovich, and V. V. Sychev, "Thermodynamics of the Critical State of Individual Substances", English Edition: CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1995, 171 pages

References

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  1. ^ "Alexander Voronel". Authors.library.caltech.edu. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Anisimov, Mikhail A. (2013). "Fifty Years of Breakthrough Discoveries in Fluid Criticality". International Journal of Thermophysics. 32 (10): 2001–2009. arXiv:1308.0048. Bibcode:2011IJT....32.2001A. doi:10.1007/s10765-011-1073-0. S2CID 118468118.
  3. ^ "University of Maryland, The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Newsletter" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Mesoscopic Fluctuations and Critical Phenomena, Joint Research Group of Professors Mikhail A. Anisimov and Jan V. Sengers, University of Maryland, College Park".
  5. ^ Office, University System of Maryland. "BOARD OF REGENTS FACULTY AWARDS". www.usmd.edu.
  6. ^ "Yeram S. Touloukian Award". www.asme.org.
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