Jonathan Coleman (physicist)

Jonathan N. Coleman
Jonathan Coleman in 2018
Born (1973-01-22) 22 January 1973
NationalityIrish
Alma materTrinity College Dublin (BA, PhD)
Known forLiquid phase exfoliation, 2D materials, Printed electronics
AwardsRoyal Irish Academy Gold Medal (2023)
Tabor Medal (2022)
ACS Nano Award (2018)
Kroll Medal (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsChemical physics
Nanomaterials
InstitutionsTrinity College Dublin
CRANN
AMBER Research Centre
Thesis Transport properties of nanostructured materials (1999)
Doctoral advisorWerner J. Blau
Doctoral studentsValeria Nicolosi
Claudia Backes

Jonathan Coleman is the Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in the School of Physics and a Principal Investigator in CRANN and the AMBER Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin. Coleman's research focuses on solution-processing of nanomaterials and their use in applications. He is most well known for the development of liquid phase exfoliation, a widely used method of preparing two-dimensional nanosheets.