Prof. Andre Geim FRS
Presentation
Graphene: Magic of Flat
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Prof. Andre Geim FRS
Langworthy & Royal Society (2010 Anniversary) Research Professor
Director of Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology
Chair of Condensed Matter Physics
Factual summary
- published over 150 peer-refereed papers including 14 Nature and Science articles and more than 20 papers in PRL and Nature Mater, Physics & Nano (see current research & selected publications)
- more than 25 papers are cited >100 times with 3 cited >1,000 times
- according to ScienceWatch, is responsible for initiating two research fronts (graphene & gecko tape)
- also, notoriously ;-) known for levitating the frog
Awards
- 2009 Körber Science Prize for “developing the first two-dimensional crystals made of carbon atoms”
- 2008 Europhysics Prize “for discovering and isolating a single free-standing atomic layer of carbon (graphene) and elucidating its remarkable electronic properties“ (shared with Kostya Novoselov)
- 2007 Mott Prize “for the discovery of a new class of materials – 2D atomic crystals – particularly graphene”
Extras
- Honorary Doctorates (“doctor honoris causa”) from the Delft University and ETH Zurich
- Named among “Scientific American 50” in 2006; 2000 IgNobel Prize for “levitating frogs” (shared with Michael Berry)
- Research on mesoscopic superconductivity was chosen twice by AIP among 50 annual highlights (1998 & 1999)
- “Einstein Professor” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2009); Honorary Fellow of Singapore Institute of Physics; Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK); EPSRC Senior Fellow (2008-2010).
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