Konstantin Novoselov

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Konstantin Novoselov

physicist

Also known as: Sir Konstantin Sergeyevich Novoselov

Written by Erik Gregersen

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In full:: Sir Konstantin Sergeyevich Novoselov

Born:: August 23, 1974, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, U.S.S.R. (age 49)

Awards And Honors:: Nobel Prize (2010)

Subjects Of Study:: graphene

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Konstantin Novoselov (born August 23, 1974, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, U.S.S.R.) Russian-British physicist who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics for his experiments with graphene. He shared the prize with his colleague and former teacher Andre Geim. Novoselov held dual citizenship in Russia and Great Britain. Novoselov received a master’s degree from the Moscow Physical-Technical Institute (now the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) in 1997. He was a researcher at the Institute for Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials at Chernogolovka, Russia, from 1997 to 1999 and at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands from 1999 to 2001. ...(100 of 187 words)

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