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ABOUT ME

I am currently a research associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. I received my B.Sc. in Chemistry and Physics and M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. I conducted my doctoral work at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany studying synthesis and characterization of intermetallic clathrates with Prof. Yuri Grin. Before joining to Northwestern University, I was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology investigating novel thermoelectric materials with Prof. G. Jeffrey Snyder. My work has resulted in the publication of 52 research papers so far.

EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Reneaweble and Sustainable Energy

Particularly interested in thermoelectric waste heat recovery

2006 - 2012

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI-CPfS) – Dresden University of Technology

Dr. rer. nat. (Doctorate of Science) in Chemistry

Syntesis of Novel Compounds

Synthesis of novel functional materials e.g., Zintl compounds, clathrates, pnictides, chalcogenides, oxides...

Characterization of Materials

X-ray Crystallography, Microprobe and SEM Techniques, Optical Spectroscopy, Thermal Analysis Techniques (DSC, DTA, TG)

Electrical and Thermal Transport

Measuring the electrical and thermal transport properties of materials

2004-2006

Koç University

M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering

1998 - 2004

Koç University

B.Sc. in Chemistry and Physics (Double Major)

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