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Experience

(Mar 2024 - Present)

PostDoc - Sabancı University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey

Project:"Gelişmiş İlk Prensip Hesaplamaları Yoluyla Vanadyum Dioksitin Elektronik Ve Optik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi Ve Modern Uygulamalardaki Potansiyeli"

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) ARDEB 3501 - Career Development Program under project number 125F085.

Project: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments Program, PM: Dr. Ali Sayir) under award number FA8655-22-1-7023.

(Dec 2019 - Feb 2024)

PostDoc - Eskişehir Technical University, Mechanical Engineering, Eskişehir, Turkey

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Cem Sevik

Project:"İki boyutlu MXenlerin elektronik ve optik özelliklerinin yoğunluk fonksiyonel teorisi ve GW yaklaşımları kullanarak incelenmesi"

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 2218 - National Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program under project number 118C570.

Project: "Formation and Characterization of 2D Metal Carbides for EM Shielding Applications: Experimental and First Principles Computational Study"

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) under award number FA9550-19-1-7048.

Education

(2013 - 2019)

PhD. (GPA = 3.56/4.00) - Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Izmir, Turkey

Thesis: "Electronic struture of organic molecules containing transition-metal atoms"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nejat Bulut

(2011 - 2013)

M. Sc. (GPA = 3.40/4.00) - Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Izmir, Turkey

Thesis: "Mapping of the electronic structure of metalloproteins onto multi-orbital Anderson model using the density functional theory"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nejat Bulut

Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. R. Tugrul Senger

(2005 - 2011)

B. Sc. (GPA = 3.38/4.00) - Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Izmir, Turkey

Award: Top student of physics department

Research Interests

Condensed matter physics.
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
Theoretical calculations of many-particle quantum physics.
Mean-field approximation calculations.
Electronic properties of bioinorganic molecules (such as transition element-containing hemoglobin, myoglobin, and vitamin B12) and synthesized organic molecules used in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Electronic and optical properties of semiconductor and metal MXene materials in two-dimensional and bulk structures using DFT and GW approaches.

Computer Skills and Knowledge

Gaussian and GaussView
Quantum Espresso, Wannier90
YAMBO
Intel Fortran 77
Python
Windows and Linux Applications
Microsoft Office applications
LaTeX, Mathematica, Photoshop
Origin, Xmgrace, Xcrysden, Supermongo, Vesta
Siesta, VASP
Lumerical-FDTD