Rate My Professor Andrea Ferrari

Professor Andrea C. Ferrari is Professor of Nanotechnology in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Professorial Fellow of Pembroke College. He earned a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Cambridge following a Laurea in nuclear engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Ferrari founded and directs the Cambridge Graphene Centre and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology. He chairs the management panel and serves as Science and Technology Officer of the European Graphene Flagship. He leads the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy Group within the Department of Engineering.

Ferrari's research specializations encompass the growth, modeling, characterization, and device applications of nanomaterials, with a focus on graphene, carbon nanotubes, diamond-like carbon, and nanowires for electronics and photonics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Institute of Physics, and Optical Society. His major awards include the Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation, Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, Marie Curie Excellence Award, Philip Leverhulme Prize, EU-40 Materials Prize, and four European Research Council grants. In 2021, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; in 2017, he received a Knighthood from the Italian Republic; and in 2016, he was named MRS Fellow and received the American Carbon Society Pettinos Award. Key publications feature 'Raman spectrum of graphene and graphene layers' (Physical Review Letters, 2006), 'Interpretation of Raman spectra of disordered and amorphous carbon' (Physical Review B, 2000), 'Graphene photonics and optoelectronics' (Nature Photonics, 2010), 'Raman spectroscopy as a versatile tool for studying the properties of graphene' (Nature Nanotechnology, 2013), and 'High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite' (Nature Nanotechnology, 2008). His contributions have profoundly impacted graphene research and nanotechnology applications.