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Irina Grigorieva is Professor of Physics at the Condensed Matter Physics group, leading an experimental research programme on electronic properties of layered and two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures. She joined the University of Manchester in 2001, having completed her PhD in Condensed Matter Physics in 1989 at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, which was followed by several postdoctoral positions in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. Over the years she worked on a broad range of research topics, including the physics of vortices in superconductors, electronic properties of graphene and its derivatives, magnetic properties of graphene and its applications in spintronic devices, and properties and applications of atomically thin membranes and nanochannels created using van der Waals assembly. Her current research focus is on unconventional superconductivity, including materials with nontrivial topology and atomically thin superconductors, and on tuning the properties of 2D materials by ion intercalation. She was named a 'highly cited researcher' in physics every year since 2017, ranking in the top 1% worldwide by citations in her research field.
Irina is closely involved in postgraduate education. She is the founding director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Application of Graphene and Related Nanomaterials (Graphene NOWNANO) and of the new Centre for Doctoral Training in 2D Materials of Tomorrow (2DMoT) that will welcome its first cohort of PhD students in September 2025.
Areas of expertise
- QC Physics
- condensed matter physics
- electronic and magnetic properties
- graphene
- 2D crystals
- Van der Waals Heterostructures
- superconducting materials
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Advanced materials
- National Graphene Institute
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Multiphase superconductivity in PdBi2
Powell, L., Kuang, W., Hawkins-Pottier, G., Jalil, R., Birkbeck, J., Jiang, Z., Kim, M., Zou, Y., Komrakova, S., Haigh, S., Timokhin, I., Balakrishnan, G., Geim, A. K., Walet, N., Principi, A. & Grigorieva, I. V., 2 Jan 2025, In: Nature Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Proximity screening greatly enhances electronic quality of graphene
Domaretskiy, D., Wu, Z., Nguyen, V. H., Hayward, N., Babich, I., Li, X., Nguyen, E., Barrier, J., Indykiewicz, K., Wang, W., Gorbachev, R. V., Xin, N., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Hague, L., Fal’ko, V. I., Grigorieva, I. V., Ponomarenko, L. A., Berdyugin, A. I. & Geim, A. K., 21 Aug 2025, In: Nature .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spin polarised quantised transport via one-dimensional nanowire-graphene contacts
Burrow, D., Toscano Figueroa, J. C., Guarochico Moreira, V. H., Omari, K., Grigorieva, I. V., Thomson, T. & Vera-Marun, I. J., 22 Feb 2025, In: Communications Materials. 6, 33Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unconventional magnetization in the multiphase superconductor PdBi2
Kuang, W., Jiang, Z., Powell, L., Komrakova, S., Geim, A. & Grigorieva, I., 12 Dec 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Physical Review B.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Control of proton transport and hydrogenation in double-gated graphene
Tong, J., Fu, Y., Domaretskiy, D., Della Pia, F., Dagar, P., Powell, L., Bahamon, D., Huang, S., Xin, B., Costa Filho, R. N., Vega, L. F., Grigorieva, I., Peeters, F. M., Michaelides, A. & Lozada-Hidalgo, M., 19 Jun 2024, In: Nature. 630, p. 619–624Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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Graphene-based disruptive technologies (H2020 Graphene Flagship Core1)
Falko, V. (PI), Baker, J. (CoI), Bussy, C. (CoI), Dryfe, R. (CoI), Geim, A. (CoI), Grigorenko, A. (CoI), Grigorieva, I. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Kostarelos, K. (CoI), Novoselov, K. (CoI) & Young, R. (CoI)
1/04/16 → 31/03/18
Project: Research
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CDT in Science and Applications of Graphene and Related Nanomaterial
Grigorieva, I. (PI), Burnett, H. (PGR student), Cusworth, E. (PGR student), Deaconu, D.-A. (PGR student), Dumitriu-Iovanescu, A.-D. (PGR student), Kang, Y.-W. (PGR student), Little, J. (PGR student), Rees, E. (PGR student), Selles, F. (PGR student), Shaker, M. (PGR student), Soong, Y.-C. (PGR student), Swindell, J. (PGR student), Tainton, G. (PGR student), Wood, H. (PGR student), Astles, T. (PGR student), Carl, A. (PGR student), Chen, G. (PGR student), Richard De Latour, H. (PGR student), Dowinton, O. (PGR student), Haskell, S. (PGR student), Hills, K. (PGR student), Hoole, C. (PGR student), Huang, Y. (PGR student), Kalsi, T. (PGR student), Powell, L. (PGR student), Quiligotti, K. (PGR student), Rimmer, J. (PGR student), Smith, L. (PGR student), Thornley, W. (PGR student), Yang, J. (PGR student), Young, W. (PGR student), Zhao, M. (PGR student), Al Busaidi, R. (PGR student), Al Ruqeishi, E. (PGR student), Chadha, A. (PGR student), Chen, M. (PGR student), Dennis, G. (PGR student), Dunn, E. (PGR student), Gamblen, E. (PGR student), Gao, Y. (PGR student), Georgantas, Y. (PGR student), Jiang, Z. (PGR student), Karakasidi, A. (PGR student), Mcellistrim, A. (PGR student), Meehan, M. (PGR student), Okwelogu, E. (PGR student), Taylor, M. (PGR student), Wang, W. (PGR student), Xin, B. (PGR student), Castle, C. (PGR student), Clout, P. (PGR student), Dean, S. D. (PGR student), Fordham, A. (PGR student), Griffin, E. (PGR student), Hardwick, T. (PGR student), Hawkins-Pottier, G. (PGR student), Jones, A. (PGR student), Lewthwaite, K. (PGR student), Monteil, S. (PGR student), Moulsdale, C. (PGR student), Mullan, C. (PGR student), Orts Mercadillo, V. (PGR student), Sanderson, D. (PGR student), Skliueva, I. (PGR student), Skuse, C. (PGR student), Steiner, P. (PGR student), Winstanley, B. (PGR student), Barry, D. (PGR student), Brooks, D. (PGR student), Cai, J. (PGR student), Chen, Y. (PGR student), Chen, C. (PGR student), Draude, A. (PGR student), Emmerson, C. (PGR student), Gavriliuc, V. (PGR student), Greaves, M. (PGR student), Higgins, E. (PGR student), Mcmaster, R. (PGR student), Mcnair, R. (PGR student), O'Brien, C. (PGR student), Peasey, A. (PGR student), Pinter, G. (PGR student), Shao, S. (PGR student), Thomas, D. (PGR student), Thomas, D. (PGR student), Tsim, L. T. B. (PGR student), Wengraf, J. (PGR student), Weston, A. (PGR student), Yu, T. (PGR student), De Libero, H. (PGR student), Chan, K. C. (PGR student), Tan, Y. T. (PGR student) & Thomson, T. (CoI)
1/04/14 → 31/10/25
Project: Other
Prizes
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David Tabor Medal and Prize 2019, Institute of Physics.
Grigorieva, I. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Membership of board
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Graphene NOWNANO CDT: EPSRC CDT in Science and Applications of Graphene and Related Nanomaterials (External organisation)
Grigorieva, I. (Academic expert member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board › Research