
Experience
(Mar 2024 - Present)
PostDoc - Sabancı University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
Advisor: Prof. Dr. KürÅŸat Åžendur
Project:"GeliÅŸmiÅŸ 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.
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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 - EskiÅŸehir Technical University, Mechanical Engineering, EskiÅŸehir, Turkey
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Cem Sevik
Project:"İki boyutlu MXenlerin elektronik ve optik özelliklerinin yoÄŸunluk 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.
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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
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nejat Bulut

(2011 - 2013)
M. Sc. (GPA = 3.40/4.00) - Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Izmir, Turkey
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
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Condensed matter physics.
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Density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
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Theoretical calculations of many-particle quantum physics.
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Mean-field approximation calculations.
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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.
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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
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Gaussian and GaussView
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Quantum Espresso, Wannier90
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YAMBO
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Intel Fortran 77
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Python
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Windows and Linux Applications
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Microsoft Office applications
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LaTeX, Mathematica, Photoshop
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Origin, Xmgrace, Xcrysden, Supermongo, Vesta
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Siesta, VASP
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Lumerical-FDTD