Dmitry Shirkov

Dmitry Shirkov
Born	(1928-03-03)3 March 1928 Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died	23 January 2016(2016-01-23) (aged 87) Dubna, Russia
Nationality	USSR Russia
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	significant contribution to quantum field theory and to the renormalization group method
Scientific career
Fields	Quantum field theory
Institutions	Steklov Institute of Mathematics Lomonosov Moscow State University Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Doctoral advisor	Nikolay Bogolyubov

Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov (Russian: Дми́трий Васи́льевич Ширко́в; 3 March 1928 – 23 January 2016) was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to quantum field theory and to the development of the renormalization group method.