Prof Falko said: “The role of NGI, as a research platform, will be to help my colleagues at Manchester, across the UK and from 150 partners of the European Graphene Flagship to shorten the path from exciting ideas to their practical realisations and delivery of new technologies to the UK/EU high-technology industry sector.”
Prof Falko began his career by studying for his PhD at the Institute for Solid State Physics RAS, and gained postdoctoral experience at Max-Planck-Institut in Stuttgart and Oxford University, followed by 20 years of service at Lancaster University where he was Distinguished Professor and Head of Theory Division.
He has played a pivotal role in shaping the European research community in graphene and other two-dimensional materials, establishing the ‘Graphene Week’ conference series and leading the European Graphene Flagship work package: ‘Fundamental Science of Graphene and 2D Materials Beyond Graphene’.
Professor Stephen Watts, Head of School of Physics and Astronomy: “Professor Falko’s expertise will be paramount in helping us to realise graphene’s full potential. The University of Manchester has an unrivalled knowledge and expertise in graphene and other 2-D material research, I am confident that under Professor Falko’s direction our key knowledge base will continue to grow and through appropriate partnerships and collaborations, can be a model for graphene commercialisation over the next 20 years.”
