Sir Andre Konstantin Geim is a Russian born British physicist working at the University of Manchester who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010, shared with Konstantin Novoselov, for pioneering research on the two dimensional material graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms with unusual electrical and mechanical properties. He is also known for having won the satirical Ig Nobel Prize for levitating a frog using magnets, making him one of the few scientists to hold both a Nobel and an Ig Nobel Prize.
Facts
NationalityKingdom of the Netherlands 1 Field
Field (category) Connections
Member Of
Source Andre Geim (Wikipedia)
Source Andre Geim (Wikipedia)
Works In
Source Andre Geim (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Nationality
Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.
Source Andre Geim (Wikidata)
Sources
1. Andre Geim (Wikidata)
P27 (country of citizenship): Soviet Union
Q15180
P19 (place of birth): Sochi, Russia
Q39420
P27 (country of citizenship): Kingdom of the Netherlands
Q29999
P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
Q145
View the SourceAndre Geim (Wikipedia)
Works In: Physics, Infobox, fields
Infobox fields: Condensed matter physics
Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
Sir Andre Konstantin Geim (; born 21 October 1958) is a Russian-born British physicist working in England in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.
Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
Geim was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2007. His certificate of elect
Member Of: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Article text
Fellow of Singapore Institute of Physics, Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Geim was furthermore made a Knight Bac
View the SourceReader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.