Nobel Laureate Faculty

Nobel Laureate Joins NUS Engineering as Faculty

Professor Sir Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, joined the Department of Materials

Science and Engineering as

Distinguished Professor on 8 April 2019. Although it is the first time a

Nobel Laureate joined a Singapore university, Prof Novoselov has been working with NUS Centre for

Advanced 2D Materials since 2015.

At NUS, Prof Novoselov leads a new research group focusing on advanced materials. The group aims to discover interesting combinations of materials that can behave as intelligent sensors and microcomputing devices. Prof Novoselov continues to have an academic presence at The University of Manchester – the birthplace of graphene – which will further strengthen Singapore’s links with Europe. In November 2019, Prof Novoselov gave a scientific lecture to researchers, students and other members of the Singapore’s scientific community, sharing about available opportunities since his breakthrough discovery of the world’s first two-dimensional (2D) material in 2004.

“I’m really excited by Singapore’s strong focus on research and exploration. I have seen first-hand the passion, resilience and spirit of innovation of the University’s talented researchers, particularly in the multidisciplinary area of materials science.”

– Prof Sir Konstantin Novoselov, NUS Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Watch Prof Novoselov’s scientific lecture on “Materials in the Flatland” here. https://youtu.be/aRpFgvrpJAI

About Professor Sir Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov

Prof Novoselov received his Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the material graphene”. Then 36, he was the youngest Nobel Laureate in Physics since 1971 and the youngest overall since 1992. Beyond his notable work in physics, Prof Novoselov is a trained artist in traditional Chinese art.