Prof. Sir Andre Geim

2010 Nobel Laureate for Physics at the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Manchester/UK

Sir Andre Geim’s discoveries sparked breakthroughs across many fields – from materials to life sciences and from electronics to construction technologies.

Biography:

Andre Geim is Regius Professor at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking research on graphene, a one-atom-thick material made of carbon. He also received numerous international awards and distinctions, including medals from the Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences, and holds honorary doctorates and professorships from many countries and universities. Geim is a member of the British, Chinese and American academies of science, among others. Thomson-Reuters repeatedly named him among the world’s most active scientists and attributed to him three new research fronts – diamagnetic levitation, gecko tape and graphene. More than 40 of his papers were cited >1,000 times with nine of them >10,000 times. Two of the latter are among 100 most cited research papers in human history, according to journal Nature. He was also awarded the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize for his work on levitation, becoming the first and only recipient of both Nobel and Ig Nobel Prizes. Sir Andre was knighted twice, by Dutch and British monarchs.

Topic of keynote speech:

• Wonder materials

Schedule:

Monday, November 10, 2025:

10:00 Public keynote speech and dialogue at the National Taiwan University in Taipei

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