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Andre Geim

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Also known as Andrey Geim, Andrey K. Geim, Andre Konstantin Geim, Andre K. Geim, Sir Andre Konstantin Geim, A Geim, A. Geim, Andre K Geim

Russian-born Dutch-British physicist

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Andre Geim is a physicist, inventor, professor, and scientist born in Sochi in 1958. He holds citizenship in the Soviet Union, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Geim has worked at the University of Manchester and Radboud University. He is affiliated with the Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology and resides in Manchester. He speaks English and Russian.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Ig Nobel Prize, and the Copley Medal. Geim is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the title of Knight Bachelor. His work focuses on solid-state physics and nanotechnology. He was educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the University of Manchester. His doctoral student was Konstantin Novoselov.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2010

    “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Andrey
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Sochi
Occupation
scientist
Employer
Radboud University
Languages spoken
Russian
Noble title
Knight Bachelor
Doctoral student
Konstantin Novoselov
Field of work
solid-state physics
Image
Andre Geim 2010-1.jpg
Residence
Manchester
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Andre Geim
member of
Chinese Academy of Sciences
date of birth
1958-10-21
Erdős number
6
student
Konstantin Novoselov
name in native language
Андрей Константинович Гейм
affiliation string
Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Manchester
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Andre Konstantin Geim (Russian: Андре́й Константи́нович Гейм; 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.

Geim was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Konstantin Novoselov for his work on graphene. At that time he was a Dutch citizen. He later became a British citizen to accept a knighthood and considered himself Dutch-British. Geim is Regius Professor of Physics and Royal Society Research Professor at the National Graphene Institute. Geim was previously awarded an Ig Nobel Prize in 2000 for levitating a frog using its intrinsic magnetism. He is the first and only individual, as of 2025, to have received both Nobel and Ig Nobel prizes, for which he holds a Guinness World Record.

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