Stevens Institute of Technology
Founder and Chair of the Stevens Mathematics Olympiad, Pavel Dubovski harnesses a unique approach to problem-solving to serve the university through research, teaching, and outreach.
With nearly four decades of experience in math and mathematical physics and more than 100 combined presentations and publications, Stevens Institute of Technology mathematics professor Pavel Dubovski's C.V. is undeniably impressive. Yet the detail that perhaps best epitomizes his career is his self-described identity as a creative thinker.
"All professors who do research can identify themselves as creative thinkers as well," Dubovski said. "But what I mean here are attempts to take a new look at well-known things, to find new approaches in your understanding of a problem."
Dubovski is a long-time expert in the kinetics of particle coagulation (the rate at which particles suspended in a liquid adhere together over time) and inverse problems (determining the cause of a phenomenon based on its observed effects). More recently he has set his sights on two new areas of research: fractional differential equations and equations of percolation.
Or perhaps, he posits, a future melding of the two. . . .
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