Academician Mikhail Mikhailovich Dubinin, the scientist with a world-wide name, outstanding physic-chemist, organizer of science, teacher and public figure, the Hero of Socialist labour, was born on the 1st of January 1901. In 2011 his 110th anniversary is celebrated. For many years M.M. Dubinin had been working as a professor of Bauman High Technical School, a head of the laboratory of chemical protection in Military Academy of chemical protection. In 1943 M.M. Dubinin was elected as a full member of USSR Academy of Science.
M.M. Dubinin was a twice winner of Stalin’s prize (1942 and 1950) for scientific achievements in the area of physical chemistry, adsorption, adsorbent structure, and anti-gas protection of the troops of Soviet Army.
In 1946 a laboratory of sorption processes was created under his supervision in the Institute of Physics Chemistry of Academy of Science of USSR. M.M. Dubinin was leader of the investigations on thermodynamics, kinetics, dynamics of sorption processes and adsorbent structure. He was the author of the theory of micropores volume filling that is well known in Russia and abroad and successfully applied for solving the various scientific and practical problems in the area of adsorption interactions of the substances with solid surface. M.M. Dubinin gave scientific proofs for a rational classification of adsorbents on structural types. In 1972 the classification proposed by M.M. Dubinin was adopted by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
M.M. Dubinin devoted himself to educational, science organization and public activities. He trained more than 100 Candidates of Science. He was a supervisor and consultant of more than 30 Doctors of Science. On M.M. Dubinin’s initiative Zeolyte committee was created under Presidium of Academy of Science of USSR transformated into Scientific Councel of synthesis, invesdtigation and application of adsorbents USSR Academy of Science that coordinated all scientific and practical work on adsorption in the country. As a scientist, M.M. Dubinin was notable for great knowledge, exceptional hard working, efficiency, adherence to his principles in aggregate with invariable benevolence. M.M. Dubinin life is an example of selfless survice to science and people.
M.M. Dubini was gone on 13th July of 1993. The scientific school created by him continues to develop, his numerous pupiles and followers in Russia and abroad go on the work to which M.M. Dubinin devoted all his life.
A.Yu. Tsivadze, A.A. Fomkin