Sir Andre Geim
Regius Professor & Royal Society Research Professor
Bio Sketch | one page CV | List of publications
Factual Summary
- Published over 400 peer-refereed papers; h-index is above 150
- More than 40 papers are cited >1,000 times with 8 cited >10,000 times
- According to ISI’s Essential Science Indicators, is responsible for initiating two research fronts (graphene and gecko tape)
- Also, notoriously ;-) known for levitating the frog
Awards
2010 Nobel Prize for "groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
2018 Creativity Prize (PSIPW) for "developing membranes based on graphene oxide laminates which act as atomic scale sieves"
2013 Copley Medal for "numerous scientific contributions and, in particular, for initiating research on two-dimensional atomic crystals and their artificial heterostructures"
2011 Niels Bohr Medal for "outstanding contributions to the development of physics"
2010 Royal Society Hughes Medal for "discovery of graphene and elucidation of its remarkable properties"
2010 US National Academy of Sciences' John Carty Award for "the realisation and investigation of graphene, the two-dimensional form of carbon"
2009 Korber 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"
2007 Mott Prize for "the discovery of a new class of materials 2D atomic crystals particularly graphene"
Knighthoods from the Netherlands (C.N.L. 2010) and UK (Kt 2012)
Extras
- 2000 Ig Nobel Prize for "levitating the frog" (shared with Michael Berry)
- Fellow of the Royal Society; Foreign Associate of the US National Academy Sciences; Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; etc.
- Honorary Doctorates from Delft, ETH Zurich, Antwerp, Manchester, etc.
- Highly cited researcher over many years
- Repeatedly named by Thomson-Reuters among world 'hottest' researchers
- Honorary Professsor at Moscow PhysTech, Nijmegen & CAS; Hon Fellow of RSC & Institute of Physics, etc.
More Personal
Nobel Lecture: Early Years and Random Walk to Graphene
Interviews
- Bloomberg 2017: Brexit quietly strangling science
- The Independent 2014: Interview: Father of Graphene
- The Economist 2014: The Godfather of Graphene
- Science Watch 2007: Gecko Tape
- Science Watch 2006: Graphene
- Scientific Computing 2006: 'Renaissance scientist with fund of ideas'
- Physics World 2006: 'A physicist of many talents'
Opinion pieces in Financial Times: Science neglect; Beware of patents; Be afraid, very afraid
A reminder of Andre's 'levitation experiments'