Bilkent University

Academic Staff of Interdisciplinary Programs

Michelle Marie Adams Professor	Ph.D., Neurobiology, New York University, 2001. Cognitive Neurobiology.
Yasemin Afacan Professor	Ph.D., Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University, 2008. Inclusive Design, Residential Environments for elderly people, sustainable design, virtual reality.
Won mi Ahn Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, 2010. Nano-optics, plasmonics, nanophotonics, nanofabrication, light-matter interactions in the strong coupling regime, polaritonic chemistry, hot carrier-driven photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry.
Ergin Atalar Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 1991. Image guided medical interventions, magnetic resonance imaging, antenna design for MRI.
Deniz Aybaş Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 2021. Experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics.
Amirhoushang Bahrami Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Max Plank Institute Berlin, Germany, 2013. Active/living matter and biophysics, biomembranes and vesicles, cellular mechanics and mechanobiology, cellular and biological processes, cellular uptake of nanoparticles and drug delivery, synthetic biology, computational nanofluidics.
Bilge Baytekin Associate Professor	Ph.D., Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, 2008. Mechanochemistry, organic materials chemistry, electrostatics.
Hüseyin Boyacı Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Bilkent University, 1999. Visual Perception, Cognitive Neuroscience.
Şahin Büyükdağlı Associate Professor	Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University Joseph Fourier, 2007. Statistical physics, biophysical modelling.
İlyas Chachoua Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, Universit e. Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 2017. Signal transduction and molecular hematology, De duve institute and Ludwig institute for cancer research.
Barbaros Çetin Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2009. Microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip technology, electrokinetic transport at microscale, heat transfer at microscale.
Tolga Çukur Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2009. Biomedical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), signal processing, computational neuroscience.
Turgay Dalkara Professor	Ph.D., Pharmacology, Hacettepe University, 1981. Neurobiology of migraine, neuroinflammatory signaling, brain microcirculation, brain-derived extracellular vesicles.
Bahar Değirmenci Uzun Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, 2018. Intestinal stem cells, colorectal cancer, obesity.
Abdullah Demir Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, 2010. Optoelectronics, nanophotonic devices, semiconductor lasers, high power laser diodes, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELS), quantum cascade lasers, nanolasers.
Hilmi Volkan Demir Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2004. Nanoscience, nanotechnology, nanophotonies, optoelectronics light-emitting diodes (LEDs), semiconductor nanocrystals, RF sensing bioimplants and medical devices.
Grant Navid Doering Assistant Professor
Engin Durgun Unam Associate Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Bilkent University, 2007. Computational materials design, solar fuels, cement chemistry, surface phenomena, multiferroics, hydrogen storage, nanowires/nanoclusters, magnetism/spintronics, nanotribology.
Aykut Erbaş Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Technical University of Munich, 2011. Statistical mechanical and thermodynamic description of soft matter; nonequilibrium polymer physics, polyelectrolytes, hydrogels. Biophysics, protein-DNA interactions, chromosome organization, facilitated dissociation, reaction kinetics.
Emine Yegan Erdem Associate Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2013. Microfluidics, droplet-based systems, microreactors, nanoparticle synthesis, nanoimprinting.
Ausaf Ahmed Farooqui Assistant Professor	Ph.D., MRC-Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, 2011. Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience.
Oğuz Gülseren Professor	Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, Bilkent University, 1992. Theoretical Solid State Physics, nanoscience, metal nanowires, carbon nanotubes, exotic superconductors high pressure-high temperature properties of metals, phonons and vibrational spectra.
Ahmet Alperen Günay Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019. Renewable energy, thermal management, phase-change heat transfer.
Mehmet Selim Hanay Associate Professor	Ph.D., Physics, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2011. Nanoelectromechanical systems, mass sensing.
Fatih İnci Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Molecular Biology-Genetics and Biotechnology, Istanbul Technical University, 2013. Precision Health, Point-of-care Diagnostics, Biosensors, Microfluidics, Nanoplasmonics, Micro/Nano-scale Technologies, Bio-inspired Sensors, Mobile Health (mHealth), Infectious Diseases, Global Health, Disease Early Diagnosis and Screening.
Seymur Jahangirov Unam Associate Professor	Ph.D., Material Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 2012. Computational physics, silicene, 2D materials, friction, nanowires and atomic chains.
Hacı Hulusi Kafalıgönül Adjunct Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2007.
Ferdi Karadaş Associate Professor	Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Texas A ?amp; M University, 2009. Synthesis and characterization of magnetic and parous inorganic materials.
Emin Karagözoğlu Associate Professor	Ph.D., Economics, Maastricht University, 2010. Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Neuroeconomics.
Özlen Konu Karakayalı Professor	Ph.D., Biology, Texas Tech University, 1999. Microarray data analysis, gene networks in nicotine's pharmacological effects, zebrafish genetics.
Halil İbrahim Okur Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Chemistry, Penn State University, 2014. Biointerfaces, water, nano-emulsions, biomacromolecules, lipid droplet organelles, specific ion effects, nonlinear spectroscopy, second harmonic generation.
Mustafa Ordu Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 2018. Photonic crystal fibers, semiconductor-core fibers, silicon photonics.
Pınar Önal Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 2013. Developmental Genetics, Epigenetics, Transcriptional Regulation, Evo-Devo.
Ekmel Özbay Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1992. Nanotechnology, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, metamaterials, GaN MOCVD growth, GaN devices, photonic crystals, physics and applications of nanostructures, photonic devices, nanosensors.
Emrah Özensoy Professor	Ph.D., in Physical Chemistry, Texas A ?amp; M University , 2004. Catalytic properties of surfaces and nanostructures, model catalyst design at the atomic level, spectroscopic investigation of single crystals and ultra-thin metal-oxide films.
Zahide Pamir Karatok Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Neuroscience, Bilkent University, 2017. Underlying mechanisms of neuroplastic changes in the visual brain in typical and abnormal development occurring as a result of changes in sensory input (e.g., sensory deprivation), or brain injury.
Emre Ozan Polat Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Bilkent University, 2015. Quantum materials for nanophotonics, sensors and imaging technologies, flexible electronics.
Ronny Rosner Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Philosophy, Bielefeld University, 2009.
Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş Associate Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2010. Biomedical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic particle imaging (MPI), signal and image processing, safety limits of magnetic fields in medical imaging systems.
İbrahim Sarpkaya Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2016. Carbon Nanotube and 2D Material Based Nanophotonics, Experimental Quantum Optics
Şefik Süzer Professor	Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1976. Electron, ion and photon spectroscopic analyses of gases, solids and surfaces.
Cüneyt Şahin Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, University of Iowa, 2015. Theoretical and computational study of spin dynamics, spin lifetimes, and spin Hall conductivity in complex oxides and topological insulators, first principles materials discovery of novel quantum materials for quantum computations, modeling of transitional metals and rare earth dopants in semiconductors, anomalous Nernst conductivity in magnetic crystals, g-tensors in magnetic field induced Weyl semimetals, current induced magnetism and optical activity in helical metals.
Erdinç Tatar Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2016. MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Inertial sensors, Strain sensing, Microfabrication Technologies, Bio-inspired sensors, Acoustic gas sensing, Sensor control electronics.
Onur Tokel Associate Professor	Ph.D., Applied Physics, Cornell University, 2011.
Timothea Toulopoulou Professor	Ph.D., Neuropsychology, University of London, 2001. Abnormal Psychology, Biological Psychology, Neuropsychology, Schizophrenia, Behavioral genetics.
Burcu Ayşen Ürgen Associate Professor	Ph.D., Cognitive Science, University of California, 2015. Multisensory integration, visual perception, computational neuroscience.
Hasan Yılmaz Unam Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Appied Physics, University of Twente, 2015. Experimental and computational optics and photonics, light scattering, optical imaging and spectroscopy, computational imaging, wavefront shaping, spatiotemporal control of light, imaging through opaque media, complex photonic media, mesoscopic physics of light, statistical optics, laser physics, random matrix theory.

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