Nobel Prize winner Konstantin Novoselov professor by special appointment at Radboud University
Professor Konstantin Novoselov has been appointed to the special chair in Electronic properties of novel materials at Radboud University Nijmegen. The chair is based at the High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML), where Novoselov also carried out his PhD research.
From 1999 to 2001 Konstantin (Kostya) Novoselov worked at the HFML as a research trainee from FOM. He obtained his PhD degree in 2004 for research into 'Mesoscopic Hall microprobes', his supervisors being Professor Jan Kees Maan and Professor Andre Geim. Six years later he won, together with Geim, the Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 for his groundbreaking research into graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of carbon. Since 2001 Konstantin Novoselov has been working at the University of Manchester in the Mesoscopic Physics Group where he researches materials between the microscopic and macroscopic scales.
Stacking layers
Novoselov is known to be an excellent and creative experimenter. His research focuses on two-dimensional systems, graphene being the most well-known example. However, there are other materials that possess special electronic properties in very thin layers. It is also possible to stack layers of different materials, thus constructing materials with specific properties. Research on materials like this often takes place in high magnetic fields such as those available at the HFML.
Jan Kees Maan, the director of HFML: "The HFML is a sort of home base for Kostya. He did his PhD research here and regularly returns to perform experiments. Winning the Nobel Prize hasn't changed that. We are honoured to be able to seal this collaboration with a special chair so that he is formally affiliated to our lab as well".