Faculty

Prof. Dr. Lütfi ÖZYÜZER (Chairperson)

Education

B.Sc.: Phys. Eng., Hacettepe University, Turkey, 1991
M.Sc.: Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, 1995
Ph.D.: Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, 1999
Post-Doctoral Research: 
Argonne National Laboratory, 1999-2000

Research Areas

  • High temperature superconductors
  • Conventional superconductors
  • Point contact tunneling spectroscopy
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy
  • Superconductor-insulator-normal metal/superconductor junctions
  • Josephson junctions, Ion beam deposition/etching
  • Magnetron sputtering
  • UHV and low temperature characterization
  • Photolithography
  • Nanolithography, Terahertz waves

Prof. Dr. Cem ÇELEBİ

Education

B.Sc.: Physics Engineering, Hacettepe University, 2000
M.Sc.: Physics/Nanophysics, University of Antwerp, 2005
Ph.D.: Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2009
Post-Doctoral Research: 
Sabanci University, 2009-2012

Research Areas

  • Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  • Graphene and Other 2D Materials
  • Semiconductor Device Physics
  • Scanning Probe Microscopy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgür ÇAKIR

Education

B.Sc.: Bilkent University, 1998
M.Sc.: Bilkent University, 2000
Ph.D.: Bilkent University, 2005
Post-Doctoral Research: 
Kyoto Institute of Technology, 2005-2009

Research Areas

  • Theoretical Quantum Optics
  • Condensed Matter Theory
  • Quantum Information Processing in Sold State Systems
  • ozgurcakir[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Gürcan ARAL

Education

B.Sc.: Phys. Eng., Hacettepe University, 1991
M.Sc.: Physics, Louisiana State University, 1997
Ph.D.: Physics, Louisiana State University, 2003

Research Areas

  • Computational Material Science
  • Parallel Algorithm and Visualization for Large-Scale Materials Simulations
  • High-performance computing
  • Oxidation of Aluminum Nanocluster
  • gurcanaral[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Evren ATAMAN

Education

B.Sc.: Physics, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, 2003
M.Sc.: Physics, İstanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2006 
Ph.D.: Physics, Lund University, Sweden, 2011

Post-Doctoral Research: 
Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012-2014

Research Areas

  • Experimental (XPS, NEXAFS, STM) and computational (DFT) investigations for organic and/or inorganic interfaces
  • evrenataman[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serkan ATEŞ

Education

B.Sc.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, 2003
M.Sc.: University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2006
Ph.D.: University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2011

Research Areas

  • Solid-state quantum optics and Nanophotonics
  • Non-classical light sources for quantum information science
  • Quantum cryptology

Prof. Dr. Gülnur AYGÜN

Education

B.Sc.: Phys. Eng., Ankara University, 1991
M.Sc.:  Physics,  Ohio State University, 1997
Ph.D.: Physics, Middle East Technical University, 2005

Research Areas

  • Growth and in-situ ellispometric characterization of high k dielectrical materials
  • Fabrication of MOS capacitors, High Frequency Capacitor-Voltage Measurements and Analysis
  • Current-Voltage Measurements and Analysis of MOS capacitors
  • Experience on various Ellipsometers, FTIR, Spectrophotometers
  • X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • UHV techniques, Experience on Nd-YAG Laser
  • Familiarity with automated data acquisition systems
  • Labview, UNIX, DOS, FORTRAN, Latex, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Kaleidagraph, OriginPro
  • gulnuraygun[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Prof. Dr. Nejat BULUT

Education

B.Sc.: Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
Ph.D.: Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), 1991
Post-Doctoral Research: 
Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, 1991-1992
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992-1994

Research Areas

  • Theoretical condensed matter physics
  • Many-body physics
  • Computational physics
  • Magnetism and superconductivity
  • Correlated-electron materials
  • nejatbulut[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Prof. Dr. Recai ERDEM

Education

B.Sc.: Physics,  Middle East Technical University, 1982
M.Sc.: Physics,  Middle East Technical University, 1985
Ph.D.: Physics,  Middle East Technical University, 1991

Research Areas

  • Extra Dimensions
  • Cosmology
  • Discrete Space-Time Symmetries
  • Symmetries of the standard model and its extensions
  • recaierdem[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Prof. Dr. Alev Devrim GÜÇLÜ

Education

B.Sc.: Ecole Polytechnique, Université de Montréal, 1997
M.Sc.: Ecole Polytechnique, Université de Montréal, 1999
Ph.D.: McGill University, 2003
Post-Doctoral Research: 
Cornell Univerity, 2003-2006
Duke University, 2006-2008
National Research Council Canada, 2008-2012 

Research Areas

  • Quantum, electronic, magnetic, and photonic properties of semiconductor and graphene nanostructures
  • Correlated electron systems
  • Spintronic nanostructures
  • Many-body computational tools
  • devrimguclu[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Günnur GÜLER

Education

B.Sc.: Physics,  Izmir Institute of Technology, 2008
M.Sc.: Physics/Biophysics,  Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 2010
Ph.D.: Physics/Biophysics,  Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 2014.   Post-Doctoral Research: 
Ege University, 2015-2019

Research Areas

  • Applied Physics and Technology
  • Biophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Biomedical Optics and Biophotonics
  • Physicochemical characterization (nanoparticle, polymer, liposome)
  • Interaction and binding mechanisms of molecules (Experimental)
  • IR Spectroscopy, Far- & Near-UV CD Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Raman
  • Protein (structure-function-stability), Proteolysis, Cell membrane proteins and fluidity
  • Secondary-Tertiary structure determination, Characterization (Biosimilar drugs)
  • Molecular docking simulation (Protein-Ligand Docking)
  • gunnurguler[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Prof. Dr. Orhan ÖZTÜRK

Education

B.Sc.: Phys. Eng.,  Ankara University, 1985
M.Sc.: Physics, Michigan State University, 1989
Ph.D.: Applied Physics, Colorado School of Mines, 1994
Post-Doctoral Research: 
Colorado School of Mines, Golden,Colorado, 1995

Research Areas

  • Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
  • Applied Physics
  • Physics of Materials
  • Surface Modification of Materials with Ion Beams
  • orhanozturk[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami SÖZÜER

Education

B.Sc.: Physics, BogaziciUniversity, 1983
Ph.D.: Physics, University of Wyoming, 1992
Post-Doctoral Research: 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1992 -1994
Mississippi State University, 1994 -1995

Research Areas

  • Photonic crystals
  • Photonic Crystal waveguides
  • Parallel computing
  • samisozuer[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Enver TARHAN

Education

B.Sc.: Physics, Ege University, 1992
M.Sc.: Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology,1995
Ph.D.: Physics, Purdue University, 2004

Research Areas

  • Semiconductor Physics
  • Spectroscopy
  • envertarhan[at]iyte.edu.tr
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Heeseung ZOE

Education

B.Sc.: Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Sci. & Tech. (KAIST), 2001
M.Sc.: Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Sci. & Tech. (KAIST), 2003
Ph.D.: Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Sci. & Tech. (KAIST), 2009

Research Areas

  • Theoretical high energy physics and cosmology
  • Inflation theory and observations 
  • Small-scale structure of universe
  • Black hole information physics
  • Physics education research
  • heeseungzoe[at]iyte.edu.tr
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