Portrait of Andrew Geim
Date
2023
Sitter
Andre Konstantin Geim (Dutch) , Physicist
Creator
Anne-Katrin Purkiss (1959, British/German) , Photographer
Object type
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Andrew Geim shown in his office at the Schuster Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK, October 2023.
Sir Andre Geim, Russian-born Dutch-British physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007. He was awarded the Hughes Medal in 2010 ‘for his revolutionary discovery of graphene’ for which he also received the Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Konstantin Novoselov, the same year. He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2013 ‘for his numerous scientific contributions and, in particular, for initiating research on two-dimensional atomic crystals and their artificial heterostructures.’
Sir Andre Geim, Russian-born Dutch-British physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007. He was awarded the Hughes Medal in 2010 ‘for his revolutionary discovery of graphene’ for which he also received the Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Konstantin Novoselov, the same year. He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2013 ‘for his numerous scientific contributions and, in particular, for initiating research on two-dimensional atomic crystals and their artificial heterostructures.’