Recently, at the invitation of Qiu Xueqing, President of Guangdong University of Technology, Professor Kostya Novoselov, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics and foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2023, came to Guanggong to attend the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Materials and Green Electrochemistry and the Institute of Sustainable Innovation Technology of Guangdong University of Technology (IST) The inaugural meeting and the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the university on the establishment of a joint laboratory for Nobel laureates in smart materials and green electrochemistry will be built into a high-level international platform for joint training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, further promoting the development of Guangzhou engineering disciplines and promoting international cooperation in related research fields.
Professor Konstantin Novoselov gave a report entitled "Materials for the Future World", introducing the research progress and important application fields of graphene and two-dimensional materials.
Professor Qiu Xueqing, Professor Konstantin Novoselov, Academician Sun Shigang, Academician Chen Xiaoming, Academician Zhao Huijun, Academician Zhang Hua, Academician Wang Lianzhou, Academician Guo Zaiping, Professor Lu Jun and Professor Darien Andreva unveiled the plaque of the Institute of Sustainable Innovation Technology of Guangdong University of Technology. According to the relevant person in charge, the institute will become a platform for the common development of academia and industry, and promote global cross-border cooperation in smart materials and green electrochemistry.
Professor Konstantin Novoselov, accompanied by Yu Lin, Vice President of the University, and the main person in charge of the School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, visited the large-scale instrument platform of the No. 4 Hall of Engineering, the chemical simulation laboratory and the laboratories of the scientific research teams of the college, and had a cordial exchange with the student representatives. Konstantin Novoselov fully affirmed the university's scientific research, personnel training, international exchanges and cooperation. He said that researchers should stay in the same field as much as possible, focusing on one thing, rather than three minutes of heat. At the same time, young students should not be anxious about the technical bottlenecks and possible problems in the future large-scale production, as the backbone of future scientific research and industrialization, it is a compulsory course for every graduate student and scientific researcher to focus on overcoming scientific research and technical problems and rationally allocating time and energy. Konstantin Novoselov provided valuable advice on scientific research, personnel training and laboratory construction in Guanggong, brought the most cutting-edge scientific knowledge and research trends to the teachers and students of the university, and broadened the academic research horizons of teachers and students.
Professor Konstantin Novoselov's research interests include condensed matter physics, mesoscopic transport, superconductivity and ferromagnetism, nanomaterials and their preparations, graphene and other two-dimensional crystals. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, in 2004. During his PhD, he was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of graphene, the youngest winner of the Physics Prize since 1973, and was knighted in 2012 on the British New Year's Eve Awards. Academician Konstantin is also an expert in condensed matter physics, microphysics, and nanotechnology, and was elected as a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2023.
Text丨Reporter Chen Liang Correspondent Zhang Lirong Zhang Haoyun
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