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 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.
Doğuş Akboğa Researcher
Engin Umut Akkaya Professor	Ph.D., Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus 1989. Molecular and Supramolecular Synthetic Chemistry and Exploration of Emerging Functions.
Hüseyin Can Aksoy Assistant Professor (on leave)	Ph.D., Law, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 2013. Civil Law, Basic Concepts of Law, Law of Obligations, International Sales Law, Comparative European and Turkish Data Protection Law.
Selim Aksoy Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 2001. Computer vision, statistical and structural pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining.
Ayça Arslan Ergül Instructor	Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, 2009. Cellular senescence, neurogenesis, aging brain, telomeres, pearl mullet, zebrafish, transcriptomics, gene editing, neuronal differentiation, neural stem cells, neurodegenerative diseases.
Abdullah Atalar Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1978. Analog and digital integrated circuit design, micromachined sensors.
Ergin Atalar Professor (on leave)	Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 1991. Image guided medical interventions, magnetic resonance imaging, antenna design for MRI.
Amirhoushang Bahrami 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.
Hilal İrem Baştürk Researcher
Bilge Baytekin Associate Professor	Ph.D., Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, 2008. Mechanochemistry, organic materials chemistry, electrostatics.
Luca Biancofiore Adjunct Associate Professor	Ph.D., University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 2011. Fluid Mechanics, Applied Mathematics.
Robert Ian Bowers Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Indiana University, USA, 2015. Cognitive Science and Animal Behaviour.
Hüseyin Boyacı Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Bilkent University, 1999. Visual Perception, Cognitive Neuroscience.
Hasan Tolga Bölükbaşı Associate Professor	Ph.D., Sociology, McGill University, 2007. Political Economy, European Politics, Comparative Politics.
Şahin Büyükdağlı Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University Joseph Fourier, 2007. Statistical physics, biophysical modelling.
Barbaros Çetin Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2009. Microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip technology, electrokinetic transport at microscale, heat transfer at microscale.
Onur Çizmecioğlu Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Cell Biology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), University of Heidelberg, 2009. Signaling pathways in cancer, PI3K pathway, regulation of cell and centrosome cycles.
Tolga Çukur Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2009. Biomedical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), signal processing, computational neuroscience.
Ömer Dağ Professor	Ph.D., Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 1994. Synthesis, characterization and spectroscopy of solid-state materials.
Turgay Dalkara Professor
John William Day Instructor	Ph.D., Social Anthropology ?amp; Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 2013.
Bahar Değirmenci Uzun Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, 2018. Intestinal stem cells, colorectal cancer, obesity.
Abdullah Demir 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. Optoelectronics light-emitting diodes (LEDs), semiconductor nanocrystals, energy transfer driven devices and sensors, nanoparticles/nanocomposites, optoelectronics, RF sensing bioimplants and medical devices.
Engin Durgun 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 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 ?amp; Brain Sciences Unit, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, 2011. Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience.
Sezin Galioğlu Özaltuğ Instructor	Ph.D., Micro and Nanotechnology Department, Middle East Technical University, 2015. Nanomaterials, nanoporous materials, zeolite, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), ultrafast laser-based synthesis, nucleation and growth, patterned thin films.
Serkan İsmail Göktuna Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Human Biology, Technical University of Munich, 2010. Cancer biology, tumor immunology, autoimmune diseases.
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis Associate Professor	Ph.D., Turkish Politics, University of London, 2005. Turkish Politics, European Politics.
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.
Refet Soykan Gürkaynak Professor	Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 2004. Monetary economics, financial economics, international economics.
Mehmet Selim Hanay Associate Professor	Ph.D., Physics, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2011. Nanoelectromechanical systems, mass sensing.
Fatih İnci 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 Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Material Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 2012. Computational physics, silicene, 2D materials, friction, nanowires and atomic chains.
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.
Yiğit Karpat Associate Professor	Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Rutgers University, 2007. Manufacturing systems and processes, micro/nano technologies.
Talip Serkan Kasırga Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, University of Washington, 2013. Experimental investigation of strong electronic correlation effects at low dimensional systems and their applications in hydrogen sensing, novel logic and storage devices, new generation light emitting diodes, using vanadium oxides and layered transition metal dichalcogenides.
Özlen Konu Karakayalı Associate 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 Researcher	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 2018. Photonic crystal fibers, semiconductor-core fibers, silicon photonics.
Bülend Ortaç Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, Rouen University,2004. Fiber optic concepts; CW and pulsed laser; amplification systems; nonlinear optics; ultrafast laser physics; THz generation; application of laser systems.
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.
Tayfun Özçelik Professor	M.D., Human Genetics, Istanbul University, 1986. Human molecular genetics, gene mapping, mutation analysis, identification of disease genes, X-chromosome inactivation.
İbrahim Özgür Özdamar Professor	Ph.D., Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, Decision-making.
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, Bilket 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.
Jong-Won Park Researcher	Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Utah, 2013. Experimental surface chemistry, chirality on the surface of metal nanoparticles and 2D materials for the development of asymmetric catalysts.
Emre Ozan Polat Assistant Professor
Laura Elizabeth Salgın Instructor	M.A., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Michigan State University, 2016.
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 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 Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Physics, University of Lowa, 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.
Urartu Özgür Şafak Şeker Assistant Professor	Ph.D., in Molecular Biology-Genetics and Biotechnology, Istanbul Technical University, 2009. Synthetic Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Bioinspired Materials and Bionanotechnology.
Fatma Taşkın Associate Professor	Ph.D., Economics, Boston College, 1987. International economics, macroeconomics.
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 Assistant 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.
Deniz Aybaş Tümtürk Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 2021. Experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics.
Yunus Emre Türkmen Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 2012. Non-covalent interactions in organocatalysis, natural product total synthesis.
Burak Ülgüt Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Analytical and Physical Chemistry, Cornell University, 2007. Electron Transfer through molecules and assemblies.
Burcu Ayşen Ürgen Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Cognitive Science, University of California, 2015. Multisensory integration, visual perception, computational neuroscience.
Gürkan Yeşilöz Researcher	Ph.D., Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017. BioMEMS, micro/nanofluidics devices, organ-on-chips and physiological systems, tissue engineering, drug delivery and drug screening, pathogen detection, droplet microfluidics, acoustofluidics, microwave integrated sensors/heaters, nanoparticle synthesis and multiphase fluid interactions.
Hasan Yılmaz 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.
Mehmet Yılmaz Assistant Professor of Practice	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2013. MEMS and nanomechanics for energy, and information technology applications. In-situ SEM nanomechanical characterization. Elastic strain engineering. Micro/nanofabrication based unit processes and novel integration processes. Scalable micro/nanofabrication at high yields, MEMS and CMUT devices.
Semiha Yılmazer Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, 1998. Building physics: architectural acoustics, lighting and, soundscape, artificial intelligence, virtual reality.
Işık Yuluğ Associate Professor	Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, University of London, 1996. Gene analysis in breast cancer, gene identification, gene expression in eukaryotic systems, epigenetics.

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