Richard Friend

Professor
Sir Richard Friend
FRS HonFInstP FREng
Professor Sir Richard Friend FRS HonFInstP FREng
	Friend in Finland in 2010
Born	Richard Henry Friend; 18 January 1953; London
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge; University of Paris-Sud;
Known for	Plastic electronics; OLED; Organic field-effect transistor;
Spouse	Carol Anne Maxwell (née Beales)
Awards	Millennium Technology Prize (2010); IOP Swan Medal and Prize (2009); Kt (2003); Faraday Medal (2003); FREng (2002); Rumford Medal (1998); Europhysics Prize (1996); FRS (1993); Isaac Newton Medal (2024); ;
	Scientific career
Fields	Optoelectronics; Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes; Thin-Film Field-Effect Transistors; Time-resolved optical spectroscopy; Perovskite solar cell; Photovoltaics;
Institutions	Eight19 Ltd; Cavendish Laboratory; University of Cambridge; Cambridge Display Technology (CDT); Plastic Logic; St John's College, Cambridge; National University of Singapore;
Thesis	Transport properties and lattice instabilities in one and two dimensional metals (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Abraham Yoffe; Denis Jérome;
Doctoral students	Henry Snaith ; Ana Claudia Arias ; Anna Köhler (scientist)
Website	phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/friendr;

Sir Richard Henry Friend (born 18 January 1953) is a British physicist who was the Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge from 1995 until 2020 and is Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore. Friend's research concerns the physics and engineering of carbon-based semiconductors. He also serves as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore.

Professor Sir Richard Friend FRS HonFInstP FREng
Friend in Finland in 2010
Born	Richard Henry Friend (1953-01-18) 18 January 1953 London
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge University of Paris-Sud
Known for	Plastic electronics OLED Organic field-effect transistor
Spouse	Carol Anne Maxwell (née Beales)
Awards	Millennium Technology Prize (2010) IOP Swan Medal and Prize (2009) Kt (2003) Faraday Medal (2003) FREng (2002) Rumford Medal (1998) Europhysics Prize (1996) FRS (1993) Isaac Newton Medal (2024)
Scientific career
Fields	Optoelectronics Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes Thin-Film Field-Effect Transistors Time-resolved optical spectroscopy Perovskite solar cell Photovoltaics
Institutions	Eight19 Ltd Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) Plastic Logic St John's College, Cambridge National University of Singapore
Thesis	Transport properties and lattice instabilities in one and two dimensional metals (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Abraham Yoffe Denis Jérome
Doctoral students	Henry Snaith Ana Claudia Arias Anna Köhler (scientist)

Website	phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/friendr