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| Born | Andrei Konstantinovich Geim, October 21, 1958, Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Dutch and British |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Manchester, Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| Thesis | Investigation of mechanisms of transport relaxation in metals by a helicon resonance method (1987) |
| Doctoral students | Soren Neubeck, Konstantin Novoselov, Rashid Jalil, Da Jiang, Rahul Raveendran-Nair, Ibtsam Riaz, Gareth Young |
| Known for | Discovering graphene, diamagnetic levitation, Gecko tape |
| Notable awards | Ig Nobel Prize (2000), Mott Medal (2007), EuroPhysics Prize (2008), Körber Prize (2009), John J. Carty Award (2010), Hughes Medal (2010), Nobel Prize in Physics (2010), Knight Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Knight Bachelor (2012), Copley Medal (2013), Carbon Medal (2016), Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (2018) |
| Spouse | Irina Grigorieva |
About Andre Geim
Physicist Andre Geim was born in Russia on October 21, 1958. He's 66 years old today.
Russian-born physicist who contributed to the development of graphite, the world's thinnest and hardest substance at the time. For his work with the crystaline allotrope of carbon, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010.
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Andre Geim before becoming famous
Andre Geim was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1958 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.
He applied to the elite Moscow Engineering Physics Institute twice and was rejected both times.
Achievement of Andre Geim
Because of the hostility and bureaucracy he encountered in Russia, he opted to pursue his physics career elsewhere.
Andre Geim's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
His grandmother was Jewish, and he faced prejudice because of his surname's Jewish ring to it.
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Another well-known Russian scientist was Biologist Ivan Pavlov.
Andre Geim Income & Net worth
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Latest information about Andre Geim updated on March 20 2023.
