Andre Geim

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Andre Geim
Born 1958
Sochi, Russia
Citizenship Netherlands
Ethnicity German[1] and/or Jewish[2]
Institutions University of Nijmegen 1994-2000, University of Manchester 2001-
Known for discovery of graphene; levitating the frog and making gecko tape
Notable awards 2007 Mott Prize, 2000 Ig Nobel Prize

Andre Geim FRS is a scientist known primarily for the discovery of graphene[3][4].

His other notable achievements include the development of a biomimetic adhesive that has later become known as gecko tape [5] and experiments on diamagnetic levitation including the famous flying frog [6]

Geim gained his PhD from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Chernogolovka, University of Nottingham, University of Bath and, shortly, Copenhagen before becoming professor at the University of Nijmegen and, since 2001, at Manchester University. Currently, he is director of Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology and chair of condensed matter physics [7].

The Institute of Physics awarded Geim the 2007 Mott Medal and Prize "for his discovery of a new class of materials – free-standing two-dimensional crystals – in particular graphene".

Geim also won the 2000 IgNobel Prize with Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University, for levitating the frog and co-authored a research paper with his favorite hamster[8], according to Nature Nanotechnology (April 2008, page 179).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Personal Profile in British magazine Physics World
  2. ^ another Interview in Scientific Computing
  3. ^ Novoselov, K.S. et al. Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films. Science 306, 666 (2004) doi:10.1126/science.1102896
  4. ^ It’s a thinner winner bbc.co.uk 19th October 2006
  5. ^ Gecko inspires sticky tape BBC News 1 June, 2003
  6. ^ The Frog That Learned to Fly; webpage in Holland
  7. ^ nanotech.net
  8. ^ A.K. Geim and H.A.M.S. ter Tisha, Physica B 294-295, 736-739 (2001) doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(00)00753-5. The hamster contributed to the levitation experiment most directly and, later, applied for a PhD at the University of Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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