The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010
Awarded on: 2010-10-05
"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
Affiliations:
- University of Manchester – Manchester, United Kingdom
Konstantin Novoselov
Born: 1974-08-23 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Gender: male
Field: Russian–British physicist known for graphene work
Biography
Sir Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov is a Russian–British physicist. His work on graphene with Andre Geim earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010. Novoselov is a professor at the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, National University of Singapore and is also the Langworthy Professor of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.