Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov to join the National University of Singapore

Professor Konstantin Novoselov, 44, starts work at the National University of Singapore on Monday (April 8) as Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. PHOTO: THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
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SINGAPORE - In a first for Singapore, a Nobel Prize winner is joining a university here.

Professor Konstantin Novoselov, 44, is part of the duo behind the revolutionary supermaterial graphene. He starts work at the National University of Singapore (NUS) next Monday (April 8) as Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.

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