Andrea C. Ferrari

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Andrea Carlo Ferrari
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Ferrari at GrapheneConf in 2021
Born
Andrea Carlo Ferrari

November 1972 (age 52)
NationalityItalian
Alma mater Polytechnic University of Milan
Scientific career
FieldsGraphene, 2D materials, carbon-based materials, photonics, optoelectronics.
Institutions University of Cambridge
Thesis Nanoscale properties of amorphous carbon  (2001)
Website http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/nms/home.html

Andrea Carlo Ferrari (born 1972 [1] [2] [3] ) is a professor of nanotechnology at the University of Cambridge. Ferrari is a researcher in graphene and related materials.

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Academic career

Ferrari earned a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Cambridge [4] [5] after obtaining a Laurea in nuclear engineering at Polytechnic University of Milan, in Italy. He is the Founder and Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre at the University of Cambridge, [6] and the EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Graphene Technology. [7] Prof. Ferrari is the Science and Technology Officer [8] and the Chair of the Management Panel of the Graphene Flagship, [9] one of the biggest research initiatives ever funded by the European Commission. [10]

Awards

Ferrari is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, the Materials Research Society, the Optical Society, the European Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Engineering, [11] and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is also a Member of Academia Europaea. [12]

Ferrari has also received 4 European Research Council grants. [13]

Ferrari's papers have been cited over 140,000 times, yielding a h-index of 126. [14] He has been included on a number of highly cited researchers lists including the list of scientists with h-index beyond 100. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Andrea FERRARI perso". Companies House . Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  2. ↑ "Andrea FERRARI perso". Companies House . Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Andrea FERRARI perso". Companies House . Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. ↑ "EThOS - Nanoscale properties of amorphous carbon". EThOS. Retrieved 2022-04-02..
  5. ↑ "iDiscover - Nanoscale properties of amorphous carbon" . Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. ↑ "Andrea C. Ferrari". 6 November 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology" . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Director and management". Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Management Panel" . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Dexter. "Europe Invests €1 Billion to Become "Graphene Valley"" . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Academy celebrates first new Fellows elected under Fit for the Future diversity initiative". The Royal Academy of Engineering. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Academy of Europe: Ferrari Andrea". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  13. ↑ "ERC FUNDED PROJECTS" . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Andrea C. Ferrari".
  15. ↑ https://www.webometrics.info/en/hlargerthan100.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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