Andrea C. Ferrari#
Membership Number: | 5258 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2020 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Homepage(s): | https://www.graphene.cam.ac.uk/people/acf26@eng.cam.ac.uk |
ORCID: | 0000-0003-0907-9993 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1 April 2016-present: Science and Technology Officer, EU Graphene Flagship
- 1 April 2016-present: Chair of Management Panel, EU Graphene Flagship
- 22 November 2013-present: Director, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology, University of Cambridge
- 1 February 2013-present: Director Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, UK
- 11 October 2013-31 March 2016: Chair of Executive Board, EU Graphene Flagship
- 1 October 2011-present: Professor of Nanotechnology, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1 October 2009-30 September 2011:Reader in Nanotechnology, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1 October 2006-30 September 2009: University Lecturer, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1 October 2002-30 September 2010: Royal Society University Research Fellow, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1 October 2001-30 September 2002: Maudslay Research Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Nanoscience
- Graphene and related materials
- Raman spectroscopy
- Photonics and optoelectronics
- Nanotechnology
- Nanomaterials
Honours and Awards
- 23 July 2018 IMR-Lee Hsun Lecture Award
- 13 September 2017 Nanosmat Award
- 19 June 2017-Knight Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy
- 13 February 2017 Khwarizmi International Award, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology
- 19-October 2016 Fellow of Optical Society (OSA)
- 2014-2015-2016-2017-2018-2019 Highly Cited Researcher
- 30-August 2016 ACS Nano Award Lectureship
- 11-July 2016 Charles E. Pettinos Award, American Carbon Society
- 14-May 2016 Honorary Professorship, Beijing Information Science & Technology University (BISTU)
- 31-March 2016- Fellow, Materials Research Society
- 13 August 2014-Fellow, Institute of Physics
- 1 November 2013, ERC Synergy grant
- 20 July 2013- ScD (Doctor of Science), University of Cambridge (the highest degree awarded by the University for distinguished research in science)
- 14 November 2011-Fellow. American Physical Society
- 20 February 2011 EU-40 Materials Prize, European Materials Research Society
- 27 April 2010 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 1 October 2008, ERC Starting Grant
- 12 March 2008 EU Marie Curie Excellence Award for carbon nanotechnology
- 28 February 2008 Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation in Nanotechnology
- 20 October 2005: Philip Leverhulme Prize for research in carbon nanotechnology