| Andrea Ferrari | |
| Birth Name: | Andrea Carlo Ferrari |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Fields: | Graphene, 2D materials, carbon-based materials, photonics, optoelectronics. |
| Workplaces: | University of Cambridge |
| Alma Mater: | Polytechnic University of Milan |
| Thesis Title: | Nanoscale properties of amorphous carbon |
| Thesis Url: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621037 |
| Thesis Year: | 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
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]
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]