Andre Geim

Andre Geim is genuinely one of the most interesting scientists alive, and I mean that in the best possible way — this is a man who won both a Nobel Prize and an Ig Nobel Prize, which has to be the most gloriously unhinged achievement in the history of science. Born in Sochi, Russia in 1958 and eventually landing at the University of Manchester, Geim co-discovered graphene with Konstantin Novoselov using nothing more exotic than sticky tape, which netted them the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. But before that, in 2000, he levitated a frog using magnets and happily collected the Ig Nobel for it. The fact that he doesn't seem even slightly embarrassed about the frog — and shouldn't be — tells you everything about his philosophy: curiosity first, prestige second. A knight bachelor who'd rather play than pose. Absolute legend.

Name (English)

Andre Geim

Name (Japanese)

アンドレ・ガイム

Reading

あんどれ・がいむ

Born

October 21, 1958 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Origin

Sochi, Russia

Occupation

physicist / inventor / professor / scientist

University

University of Manchester

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics
• 2000 Ig Nobel Prize
• 2007 Fellow of the Royal Society
• 2013 Copley Medal
• 2010 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
• 2009 Körber European Science Prize
• 2010 Hughes Medal
• 2011 Knight Bachelor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0

Tags

• physicist
• inventor
• professor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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