Nobel winner visits Dundee

Nobel Prize winner Professor Zhores Alferov, who was awarded an honorary degree by the university in 2005, returned to Dundee last month for a week-long visit hosted by the Physics Department.

During his visit he met physics, engineering and renewable energy students and gave two public lectures. He also toured the College of Life Sciences and met senior figures from the Energy sector.

Professor Alferov won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his work on heterostructures, devices which have been influential in driving forward the modern information age, including technological applications in high speed transistors and laser diode devices that control the flow of information on the internet, as well as well as energy converting devices such as the solar cells on the MIR space station.

As well as his work in Physics, Professor Alferov is also a very senior political figure in Russia, and sits in the State Duma.

Professor Anne Anderson, Vice Principal of the College of Art, Science and Engineering said she was delighted to host the visit.

'This visit reflects the excellent work that we are doing in Physics and Engineering at Dundee, and we are very much looking forward to discussions with such a distinguished visitor on Optoelectronics and Physics allied to life sciences where Dundee is making a real impact.'