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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, and professor who has held citizenship in the Soviet Union, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Born in Sochi in 1958, he was educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the University of Manchester. His field of work includes solid-state physics and nanotechnology. He has been employed by the University of Manchester and Radboud University, and he is affiliated with the Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology.

Geim has received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Ig Nobel Prize, the Copley Medal, and the title of Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a member of the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He holds the noble title of Knight Bachelor and resides in Manchester. His doctoral student was Konstantin Novoselov.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1949-10-01
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5 total works indexed

  1. Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films

    · 2004 · cited 62,342x

  2. The rise of graphene

    · 2007 · cited 37,343x

  3. The electronic properties of graphene

    · 2009 · cited 22,719x

  4. Two-dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene

    · 2005 · cited 19,977x

  5. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,988x

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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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