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UNAM Principal Investigators

Michelle Adams

PhD: New York University
Neuroscience Graduate Program, Dept. of Psychology and UNAM
michelle@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1090
Office: H349
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Cellular and synaptic changes in the aging brains

Wonmi Ahn

PhD: University of Utah
MSN Graduate Program UNAM
wonmi.ahn@unam.bilkent.edu.tr

Phone: +90 (312) 290 1579
Office: İAL-104
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Nano-optics, Plasmonics, Nanophotonics, Nanofabrication, Light-matter interactions in the strong coupling regime, Polaritonic chemistry, Hot carrier-driven photocatalysis, Photoelectrochemistry

Deniz Aybaş

PhD: Boston University and UNAM

deniz.aybas@bilkent.edu.tr

Phone: +90 (312) 290 1972
Office: SA-224
Group website: View Website

Research Interests: Experimental atomic physics, quantum sensors, optical magnetometers, nuclear magnetic resonance, dark matter.

Ayça Arslan

PhD: Bilkent University
UNAM
aycaergul@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3508
Office: UNAM207
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Cellular aging, neurogenesis, transcriptomics, telomeres, zebrafish

Abdullah Atalar

PhD: Stanford University
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and UNAM
aatalar@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1201
Office: EE302
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Micromachined sensors, analog and digital integrated circuit design

Amirhoushang Bahrami

PhD: Technical University Berlin
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
bahrami@unam.bilkent.edu.tr

Telefon: +90 (312) 290 3556

Office: UNAM Z06
Group website: View website
Research Interests: 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

PhD: Freie Universitat Berlin
Dept. of Chemistry and UNAM
b-baytekin@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2153
Office: SB311
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Mechanochemistry, polymers for energy applications, soft robots

Şahin Büyükdağlı

PhD: Joseph Fourier University. Bilkent University, Department of Physics

buyukdagli@fen.bilkent.edu.tr

Phone: +90 (312) 290 21 09
Office: SA-217
Group website: View website
Research interests: Bio- and soft matter physics, statistical mechanics of charged systems, electrostatic many-body interactions, polymer translocation, nanofluidic charge transport

Ömer Dağ

PhD: Middle East Technical University
Dept. of Chemistry and UNAM
dag@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3918
Office: SB123
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Mesoporous metal oxide, metal sulfide, and metal selenide materials, lyotropic liquid crystals and gel electrolytes, porous thin film electrode materials

Bahar Değirmenci Uzun

PhD: University of Zurich
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, and UNAM
bahar.degirmenci@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2154
Office: SB241
Group website:
Research Interests: Intestinal stem cell niche, organoids, pathway cross-talks, colorectal cancer, obesity.

Abdullah Demir

PhD: University of Central Florida
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
abdullah.demir@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone:
Office: ARL
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Optoelectronics, nanophotonic devices, semiconductor lasers, high power laser diodes, VCSEL, quantum cascade lasers, nanoscale light sources

Hilmi Volkan Demir

PhD: Stanford University
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dept. of Physics and UNAM
volkan@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1021
Office: UNAM Director’s Office
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Nanophotonics, nanocrystal optoeelectronics, devices and sensors, light-emitting diodes, lighting, energy research

Engin Durgun

PhD: Bilkent University
MSN Graduate Program UNAM
durgun@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 312 290 3578
Office: UNAM Director’s Office
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Hydrogen storage, 2D ultrathin material systems, solar-thermal fuels, cement chemistry, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials

Ilyas Chachoua

PhD: Université Catholique de Louvain MBG department, Bilkent University

ilyas.chachoua@bilkent.edu.tr

Website: View website

Phone: +90 312 290 2402

Office: SB-247

Research Interest: Gene expression regulation, MPN development by CALR mutants.

Barbaros Çetin

PhD: Vanderbilt University

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and UNAM

barbaros.cetin@bilkent.edu.tr

Website: View website

Phone: +90 (312) 290 2108

Office: EA124

Research Interest: Microfluidics for biological and chemical applications, modeling of particulate flow for microfluidics, micro-scale heat transfer

Aykut Erbaş

PhD: Technical University of Munich
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
aykut.erbas@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3542
Office: UNAM204A
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Statistical mechanical and thermodynamic description of soft matter, biophysics, polymer physics

Yegan Oyman

PhD: UC Berkeley
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and UNAM
yeganerdem@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3068
Office: EA122
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Droplet-Based Flow, Microreactors, and Nanomaterial Synthesis Applications

Oğuz Gülseren

PhD: Bilkent University
Dept. of Physics, and UNAM
gulseren@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1937
Office: SA-225
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience, Graphene, Solar cells, Plasmonics, Metal nanowires, carbon nanotubes, electronic structure of solids, material properties from first principles

Selim Hanay

PhD: Caltech
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and UNAM
selimhanay@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3435
Office: EA126
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Biosensor design, MEMS and NEMS, on-chip mass spectroscopy

Fatih İnci

PhD: İstanbul Technical University
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
finci@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 8987
Office: UNAM Director’s Office
Group website: View website
Research Interests: 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

PhD: Bilkent University
MSN Graduate Program, Neuroscience Graduate Program and UNAM
seymur@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 8048
Office: UNAM206
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Silicene, 2D monolayers and multilayers, friction and dissipation, atomic chains and nanowires

Hulusi Kafalıgönül

PhD: University of Houston UNAM
hulusi@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3016
Office: SB204
Webpage: View website
Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Neuroimaging, Neurobiology, Aging

Ferdi Karadaş

PhD: Texas A&M
Dept. of Chemistry and UNAM
karadas@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1997
Office: SB120
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Hydrogen storage, Water oxidation catalysis

Yiğit Karpat

PhD: Rutgers University
Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, and UNAM
ykarpat@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2263
Office: EA205
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Mechanical micro machining, Ultra precision diamond machining, Thermal energy micro machining, , Micro additive manufacturing

Talip Serkan Kasırga

PhD: University of Washington
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
kasirga@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 8026
Office: UNAM Director’s Office
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Strongly correlated materials, 2D materials

Özlen Konu

PhD: Texas Tech University
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Neuroscience Graduate Program, and UNAM
konu@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2123
Office: SB245
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Bioinformatics and genomics, cellular signaling in cancer, drug screening and disease models in zebrafish

Halil İbrahim Okur

PhD: Penn State University — Department of Chemistry and UNAM
 
halil.okur@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2401
Office: SB305
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Biointerfaces, water, nano-emulsions, biomacromolecules, lipid droplet organelles, specific ion effects, nonlinear spectroscopy, second harmonic generation

Mustafa Ordu

PhD: Boston University
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
ordu@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 8028
Office: UNAM307A
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Hollow-core optical fibers (HCF), piezoelectric-triboelectric fibers, wearable technologies, glass fiber composites

Bülend Ortaç

PhD: University of Rouen
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
ortac@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3526
Office: UNAM105
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Fiber lasers, saturable absorbers, development of high-power fiber amplification systems

Ekmel Özbay

PhD: Stanford University
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dept. of Physics, and UNAM
ozbay@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1966
Office: NANOTAM
Group website:
Research Interests: Nanophotonics, metamaterials, plasmonics, photonics crystals, GaN/AIGaN devices, MOCVD growth

Tayfun Özçelik

M.D. İstanbul University
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics,
and UNAM
tozcelik@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2139
Office: Z05
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Identification of inherited gene mutations, neurodevelopmental disorders, X-chromosome inactivation and autoimmunity, genetic predisposition to cancer

Sezin Galioğlu Özaltuğ

PhD: Middle East Technical University, Micro and Nanotechnology Department, and UNAM
sezin@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3538
Office: Z05
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Experimental studies on nanomaterials, synthesis, ultrafast laser-based synthesis nanoporous materials, hierarchical materials, zeolites, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), nucleation and growth, ultrafast laser lithography, patterned thin films, spectroscopy.

Emrah Özensoy

PhD: Texas A & M University
Dept. of Chemistry and UNAM
ozensoy@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2121
Office: SB312
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Photocatalysis, Nanomaterials for Energy Storage & Conversion, Environmental Catalysis, Renewable Energy Systems, Spectroscopy and Surface Science

Jong-Won Park

PhD: University of Utah MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
jongwon.park@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 8043
Office: UNAM204D
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Experimental surface chemistry, chirality on the surface of metal nanoparticles and 2D materials for the development of asymmetric catalysts

Emre Ozan Polat

PhD: Bilkent University Department of Physics and UNAM

emre.polat@bilkent.edu.tr

Phone: +90 (312) 290 1475
Office: SA-221
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Optoelectronics and photonics of low dimensional materials, Flexible electronics and wearable applications of quantum materials, Synthesis and device applications of graphene and related materials, Photodetectors, Supercapacitors, Optical Modulators and Electrochromic Devices.

Pınar Önal

PhD: Humboldt University of Berlin Molecular Biology and Genetics Department and UNAM

pinar.onal@ bilkent.edu.tr

Phone: +90 (312) 290 2505
Office: SB-242
Group website: View Website
Research Interests: We explore how the structured DNA-binding domains and disordered effector domains of transcription factors interact to regulate precise and robust transcription during development and homeostasis, using in vitro biochemical assays and in vivo studies in Drosophila embryogenesis.

Ahmad Rashad

PhD: University of Bergen
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
ahmad.rashad@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: –
Office: 407
Group website: 
Research Interests: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (bone, cartilage, skin, and dental tissue regeneration), biomaterials, biofabrication, bioprinting, preclinical animal models, clinical translation, bioethics, and academic entrepreneurship.

İbrahim Sarpkaya

PhD: Stevens Institute of Technology
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
sarpkaya@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3521
Office: UNAM204C
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Research Interests: Carbon Nanotube and 2D material based Nanophotonics, Experimental Quantum Optics, Plasmonics

Şefik Süzer

PhD: UC Berkeley
Dept. of Chemistry and UNAM
suzer@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1476
Office: SB216
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Layer-by-layer deposition and their antibacterial applications, electrical investigation on nano-scale structures with dynamic XPS, tribochemistry investigation of various materials, wettability of surfaces

Cüneyt Şahin

PhD: Iowa University, MSN Lisansüstü Programı ve UNAM

cuneyt@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 312 290 3579
Office: UNAM 405
Group website: Görüntüle
Research Interests: Quantum materials, spintronics, first-principles materials modeling, condensed matter theory 

Erdinç Tatar

PhD: Carnegie Mellon University
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and UNAM
etatar@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 90 (312) 290 3193
Office: EE301
Group website:
Research Interests: Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Inertial sensors, Strain sensing, Microfabrication Technologies, Bio-inspired sensors, Acoustic gas sensing, Sensor control electronics

Onur Tokel

PhD: Cornell University
Dept. of Physics and UNAM
otokel@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 8072
Office: ARL
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Fundamental light-matter interactions, from state-selective laser photolysis dynamics to fundamental photonics; and applying the resulting understanding towards novel micro/nano-fabrication technologies and optical devices

Fulya Türker

PhD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and UNAM

fulya.turker@bilkentedu.tr

Phone: +90 (312) 290 2419
Office: SB-246
Group website:
Research Interests: Proteasome-dependent protein degradation, neuronal membrane proteasome (NMP) and peptide biology, neuronal signaling and networks, alterations in proteostasis in neurodegenerative diseases.

Burak Ülgüt

PhD: Cornell University
Dept. of Chemistry and UNAM
ulgut@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 2403
Office: SB314
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Impedance based models of energy storage and conversion systems. Instrumentation, in-situ electrochemical techniques. Electrochemical noise measurements

Dönüş Tuncel

PhD: University of Cambridge and Imperial College Dept. of Chemistry and UNAM
dtuncel@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: –
Office: –
Group website: View website
Research Interests: Design and synthesis of novel organic and inorganic/organic hybrid, nanostructured functional materials with potential applications in the areas of photonics, photocatalysis and bionanotechnology

Gürkan Yeşilöz

PhD: University of Waterloo
MSN Graduate Program and UNAM
gurkan.yesiloz@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 8985
Office: UNAM305
Group website: View website
Research Interests: 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

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