Director & Management

Jari is Professor of Physics at the Chalmers University of Technology, and since 2013 he serves as the Graphene Flagship Director. As Director, he is responsible for the overall management of the Graphene Flagship and represents it towards key stakeholders including the European Commission. Before joining the flagship he was Director of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Chalmers, and was engaged in research and teaching in theoretical condensed matter physics. He holds a MSc degree in Theoretical Physics and Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Oulu in Finland, and a PhD in Physics from MIT in the US. Outside work he likes to solve puzzles and go for long, slow runs.

Vincenzo Palermo is the ​Vice-Director of the Gr​aphene Flagship. He obtained his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 2003 at the University of Bologna, after working at the University of Utrecht and the National Research Council of Canada. In 2005 he joined the ISOF institute of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), to work on the production and characterization of self-assembled materials and, since 2008, of graphene-organic composites.

Andrea C. Ferrari is the Science and Technology Officer and Chair of the Graphene Flagship Management Panel. Andrea earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Cambridge University, after a Laurea in nuclear engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is Professor of Nanotechnology and Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology. He is Fellow of Pembroke College, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics and the Materials Research Society.