Andre Geim

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Andre Geim is a Dutch-British physicist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on graphene and his playful "Friday night experiments," which also earned him an Ig Nobel Prize.

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instanceOf Ig Nobel Prize winner ⓘ
Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Europhysics Prize ⓘ
Hughes Medal ⓘ
Ig Nobel Prize ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Mott Medal and Prize ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
citizenship Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
coAuthor Konstantin Novoselov ⓘ
linked to: Kostya Novoselov
countryOfBirth Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1958-10-21 ⓘ
doctoralThesisTopic transport in mesoscopic systems ⓘ
educatedAt Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ⓘ
employer University of Manchester ⓘ
familyName Geim ⓘ
linked to: Andre Geim
fieldOfWork condensed matter physics ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
nanotechnology ⓘ
givenName Andre ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Vitaly Ginzburg ⓘ
IgNobelPrizeField physics ⓘ
IgNobelPrizeWork levitating a frog with magnets ⓘ
IgNobelPrizeYear 2000 ⓘ
knownFor Friday night experiments ⓘ
diamagnetic levitation of a frog ⓘ
graphene ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 2010 ⓘ
notableExperiment levitation of a frog using a strong magnetic field ⓘ
notableStudent Konstantin Novoselov ⓘ
linked to: Kostya Novoselov
notableWork isolation of graphene using adhesive tape ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sochi ⓘ
positionHeld Langworthy Professor of Physics ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharesNobelPrizeWith Konstantin Novoselov ⓘ
linked to: Kostya Novoselov
workLocation Manchester ⓘ

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Rumford Medal → notableRecipient → Andre Geim ⓘ
Andre Geim → familyName → Geim ⓘ
linked to: Andre Geim
Kostya Novoselov → doctoralAdvisor → Andre Geim ⓘ
graphene → discoveredBy → Andre Geim ⓘ
graphene → nobelLaureate → Andre Geim ⓘ