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Sir Andre K. Geim FRS, HonFRSC, HonFInstP (Russian: Андре́й Константи́нович Гейм; born 21 October 1958) is a Russian-born Dutch-British physicist. He works at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.[1]

Geim was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics with Konstantin Novoselov for his work on graphene.[2][3]

He is Regius Professor of Physics and Royal Society Research Professor at the National Graphene Institute. He was born in Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

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  1. "Professor Andre Geim, FRS (Condensed Matter Physics Group – The University of Manchester)". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.
  2. Geim, A. K. (2009). "Graphene: Status and Prospects". Science. 324 (5934): 1530–1534. arXiv:0906.3799. Bibcode:2009Sci...324.1530G. doi:10.1126/science.1158877. PMID 19541989. S2CID 206513254.
  3. Geim, A. K.; Novoselov, K. S. (2007). "The rise of graphene". Nature Materials. 6 (3): 183–191. arXiv:cond-mat/0702595. Bibcode:2007NatMa...6..183G. doi:10.1038/nmat1849. PMID 17330084. S2CID 14647602.