Andre Geim
Andrey Geim, Andrey K. Geim, Andre Konstantin Geim, Andre K. Geim, Sir Andre Konstantin Geim
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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. Geim has been appointed as a chair professor at the University of Hong Kong in February 2026 and will assume his tenure in April 2026.
Career
- 1958Born
- 2000Won Ig Nobel Prize
- 2007Member of Royal Society
- 2007Won Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2010Won Nobel Prize in Physics
- 2010Won John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
- 2012Member of National Academy of Sciences
- 2013Won Copley Medal
- 2017Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Sochi
- •Citizenship: Soviet Union, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- •Known as: physicist, inventor, professor, scientist
- •Spouse: Irina Grigorieva
What happened recently
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Andre Geim Delivers Inaugural Lecture: “Random Walk to Graphene” at HKU
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Andre Geim takes HKU on a “Random Walk to Graphene” in inaugural lecture - EurekAlert!
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Andre Geim joins HKU as Chair Professor - EurekAlert!
Graphene at 20: Still no sign of the promised space elevator, but the material is quietly changing the world
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Physics Nobel Prize Goes to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for Graphene's Unusual and Useful Properties
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