Konstantin Novoselov#
| Membership Number: | 4088 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2026 President of the Constructor University, Germany
- 2019 - present Professor, Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, National University of Singapore
- since 2014 Royal Society Research Professor
- since 2013 Langworthy Professor of Physics, University of Manchester
- 2010 - 2013 Professor of Physics, University of Manchester
- since 2007 Royal Society Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK
- 2005 - 2006 Leverhulme Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK
- 2004 PhD at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 2001 - 2005 Researcher at the University of Manchester, UK
- 1999 - 2001 Researcher at the High Magnetic Field Lab., University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 1997 - 1999 Researcher at the Institute for Microelectronics Technology, Chernogolovka
- 1997 MSc with cum laude from the Moscow Physical-Technical University
Fields of Scholarship
- 2-D materials
- Nanotechnology
- Mesoscopic physics
- Condensed matter physics
- Graphene
Honours and Awards
- Prizes
- 2024 Contribution to Knowledge Platinum Medal Award (joint with Andre Geim) from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- 2023 Nano-Materials Science Award
- 2023 Kublai Khan Medal of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences
- 2022 Fray International Sustainability Award
- 2019 Otto Warburg Prize and Lecture by The Otto Warburg Chemistry Foundation "for the discovery of the unusual quantum properties of one atom thick two-dimensional materials"
- 2016 Dalton Medal
- 2016 Carbon Medal
- 2014 Onsager Medal ”for his work on van der Waals heterostructures”
- 2013 Leverhulme Medal “for revolutionary work on graphene, other two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures that has great potential for a number of applications, from electronics to energy”
- 2012 The Kohn Prize Lecture "for development of new class of materials: two-dimensional atomic crystals”
- 2011 W L Bragg Lecture Prize from International Union of Crystallography “… for his work on two-dimensional atomic crystals”
- 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
- 2008 Europhysics Prize …for discovering and isolating a single free-standing atomic layer of carbon (graphene) and elucidating its remarkable electronic properties.
- 2008 Technology Review-35 Young Innovator „...Technology Review honour the young innovators whose inventions and research they find most exciting“
- 2008 International Union of Pure and Applied Science, Young Scientist Prize "for his contribution in the discovery of graphene and for pioneering studies of its extraordinary properties"
- 2008 University of Manchester Researcher of the Year
- 2007 Nicholas Kurti European Prize "to recognise the novel work in the fields of Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields"
- Awards
- 2026 The first-ever EPFL Fellow, inaugurating a new honorary title created by the EPFL to recognize eminent scientific personalities of exceptional international stature
- 2026 Fellow, Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS)
- 2023 Foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2022 Award of the John von Neumann Professor title. The title is awarded jointly by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and the John von Neumann Computer Society
- 2019 Member of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials
- 2019 Foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences
- 2013 Europe Research Council (ERC) Synergy grant
- 2013 Elected a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Science
- 2013 Awarded Langworthy professor of physics, University of Manchester
- 2013 Awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City of Manchester for his groundbreaking work on graphene
- 2012 Chosen among “Britain’s 50 New Radicals” by NESTA and The Observer
- 2011 Awarded Knighthood of the British Empire (Knight Bachelor) for his service to Science
- 2011 Awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Manchester
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2011 Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2011 Elected Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- 2010 Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion for his service to Science
- 2010 Awarded Honorary Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
- 2008 European Research Council, Starting Grant “Physics and Applications of Graphene”
- 2006 Royal Society Research Fellowship “The scheme by The Royal Society aims to provide outstanding scientists, who should have the potential to become leaders in their chosen field, with the opportunity to build an independent research career.”
- 2004 The Leverhulme Trust, Early Career Fellowship
