Biography
Konstantin Novoselov — physics (nobel) with roots in the USSR
Konstantin Novoselov is a Russian-British physicist born in Nizhny Tagil (USSR) who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 with Andre Geim for the isolation of graphene — a single layer of carbon atoms with extraordinary properties. Their method involved nothing more exotic than Scotch tape and a pencil.
Russian Connection
Tracing the roots — Nizhny Tagil
Novoselov was born in Nizhny Tagil in 1974 and trained at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology before following Geim to the Netherlands and then Manchester.
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Origin
Nizhny Tagil🇷🇺 USSR
Historical context
Soviet Union (USSR) · 1922–1991
Nizhny Tagil. At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.
Map: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA)
Key Achievements
A career defined by ambition
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Nobel Prize in Physics (2010) — for isolation of graphene, shared with Andre Geim
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Isolated graphene using Scotch tape method (2004)
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Knight of the British Empire (2012)
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Professor at University of Manchester — National Graphene Institute
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Fellow of the Royal Society
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