Multidisciplinary Researcher @ ITU
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
| 2018 June | PhD in Bioeng. @ Nanyang Technological Univ. (NTU), Singapore Dissertation: Understanding and Unlocking the Potential of Graphene Oxide Nanosheets as Antibacterial Agents |
| 2012 Sep | MSc in Materials Science & Eng. @ Koç Univ., Istanbul, Turkey Thesis: Layer-by-Layer Spin-Assembly of Carbon Nanotube Incorporated H-Bonded Multilayer Films |
| 2009 June | BSc in Molecular Biology & Genetics @ Istanbul Technical Univ. (ITU), Istanbul Bachelor's Thesis: [Investigation of Coriolopsis polyzona lcc2 Laccase Gene] |
| 2008 June | BSc in Chemical Eng. (primary major in the DoubleMajor Prog.) @ Istanbul Technical Univ. (ITU), Istanbul |
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2024 Oct | onwards | Assist. Prof., Chemical Eng. @ ITU (BİDEB-2232-B Fellow by 01.Feb.2025) |
| 2023 Aug | 2025 Jan | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoc. Fellow, I2CT (IBMC) @ CNRS, France |
| 2022 Sep | 2023 Jun | Fulbright Postdoc. Fellow @ NEWT (Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment Center), Arizona State Univ., U.S.A. |
| 2022 Mar | 2022 Sep | Visiting Scientist, BİDEB-2221 Fellow @ SENTEK (Synthetic Fuels & Chemicals Technology Center), ITU |
| 2019 Nov | 2022 Jan | JSPS Int'l Research Fellow (2 years) & Program-Specific Research Assoc. @ iCeMS (Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences), Kyoto Univ., Japan |
| 2019 Jul | 2019 Oct | Visiting Researcher @ School of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., The Univ. of Sydney, Australia |
| 2017 Dec | 2019 Oct | Research Assoc./Fellow @ Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC), NEWRI (Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute), & School of Chemical & Biomedical Eng. (SCBE), NTU, Singapore |
| 2013 Aug | 2017 Aug | Research & Teaching Asst. @ NTU-SCBE & A*STAR-SIMTech (Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology), Singapore |
| 2009 Sep | 2013 July | Research & Teaching Asst. (Analytical and Organic Chemistry student laboratories) @ Koç Univ., Chemistry Dept., Istanbul |
| 2009 Feb | 2009 June | Student Teaching Asst. @ ITU, Molecular Biology & Genetics Dept., Istanbul |
| 2007 June | 2008 Nov | Intern, R&D Engineer @ Polychem Polyurethane Manufacturing Center (Poliser PU), Flokser Textile Inc. (Flokser Tekstil San. & Tic. A.Ş.), Istanbul |
NOTABLE SERVICES, MEMBERSHIPS, AND SCIENCE OUTREACH
| 2022 Nov | onwards | Assoc. editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering - Separation Processes |
| 2022 Aug | onwards | Bursary selection jury member, The Turkish Fulbright Commission |
| 2021 Feb | onwards | Board member, Editor,Coatings, Surface Coatings for Biomed. & Bioeng. 2021-Mar (one day) Guest outreach lecturer, JSPS Science Dialogue Prog. |
| 2021 Jan | onwards | Society member, Materials Research Society (MRS) 2021-Feb/onwards Guest editor, Frontiers in Nanotechnology (Topic:Nano-enabled Membranes for Carbon Capture) |
| 2019 Nov | onwards | Society member, American Chemical Society (ACS) |
| 2019 Sep | onwards | Review editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering |
| 2019 July | onwards | Board member, Extended Advisory Board, Carbon journal (Elsevier) |
| 2019 June | onwards | Society member, International Water Association (IWA) |
| 2018 Dec | onwards | Society member, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) |
| 2017 July | onwards | Founding member, science comm. writer/editor, epiSTEMTurkiye.org initiative. For an example write-up in Turkish, see: www.epistemturkiye.org/boya-kullanmadan-resim-yapmak-mumkun-mu/ |
| 2016 Sep | onwards | Peer reviewer, Carbon (40+), ChemComm (25+), Nat. Commun., ACS Nano, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., Chem. Eng. J.,FlatChem, Colloids Surf. B, Small, Adv. Mater., Adv. Mater. Interfaces, Adv. Mater. Technol., J. Mater. Chem. B, New J. Chem., Mater. Chem. Phys., WIREs Nanomed. Nanobi., Sci. Total Environ., Appl. Catal. B: Environ., ACS ES&T Water, open access journals (e.g., Carbon Trends (5),Membranes, Materials,Mater. Des., Chem. Eng. J. Adv., R. Soc. Open Sci.,ACS Omega,C,Coatings,Nanomaterials, Polymers, Applied Sciences, Molecules, Microorganisms) |
NOTABLE HONORS, AWARDS, AND FUNDING
| 2025 Feb | TÜBİTAK-BİDEB-2232-B International Fellowship for Early Stage Researchers, Türkiye |
| 2024 Nov | TÜBA-GEBİP (Outstanding Young Scientist) Award, Turkish Academy of Sciences, Türkiye |
| 2023 Feb | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, CNRS, France |
| 2022 Apr | TÜBİTAK-BİDEB-2221 Visiting Research Fellowship, Türkiye |
| 2022- Jan | Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fulbright Prog., U.S.A.-Türkiye |
| 2019 Nov | Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 2019 Aug | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 2019 May | Carbon Journal Prize 2019 by Elsevieron behalf of Carbon journal To "an outstanding PhD thesis in carbon material science and technology." |
| 2018 Aug | 2016 The Best Paper by Journal of Energy Chemistry |
| 2018 July | The Brian Kelly Award 2018 by the British Carbon Group, U.K. |
| 2017 July | Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing by Carbon journal |
| 2017 July | Best Poster Award @ The Int'l Symp. on Carbon Research Frontiers, Sydney |
| 2017 June | MRS Best Poster Award @ 9th Int'l Conf. on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT) byMaterials Research Society of Singapore (MRS-S) |
| 2017 May | Finalist, MRS-S Grad. Student Award @ ICMAT by MRS-S, Singapore |
| 2017 Jan | Best Poster Award @ SIMTech Student Poster Symposium2017 by A*STAR |
| 2013 Apr | Singapore Int'l Graduate Award (SINGA) by A*STAR (in cooperation with TEV) |
| 2011 July | Best Poster Award (and Travel Support) @ 6th ICMAT by MRS-S, Singapore |