MEMBERS

Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Önder Metin, Ph.D.

CV

2012 – 2013    Brown University, Department of Chemistry, Post-Doctoral Research Associate

2006 – 2010    Middle East Technical University, Chemistry, Ph.D.

2002 – 2006    Middle East Technical University, Chemistry M.Sc.

 

Academic awards, honors and fellowships:

Koç University “Outstanding Faculty Award”, 2020

Associate Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA), 2018.

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) “Research Encouragement Award”, 2017.

Scientific Heros Association, “The Scientist of the Year Award”, 2017.

Science Academy, “The Outstanding Young Scientists Award” (BAGEP), 2017.

Tsingua University Press “Nano Research Top Papers Award”, 2016.

Atatürk University Rectory Scientific Encouragement Program “The First Rank of the Total Citation Category”, 2016.

Feyzi Akkaya Science Foundation (FABED), “Eser Tumen Outstanding Young Scientist Award”, 2015.

Tsingua University Press “Nano Research Top Papers Award”, 2015.

The Prize Given for the Horizon-2020 Project Proposals Being above the Threshold of Consciousness, TUBITAK, 2015.

Atatürk University Rectory Scientific Encouragement Program “The First Rank of the Highest Impact Factor Paper Category”, 2015.

Turkish Academy of Sciences “The Outstanding Young Scientists Award” (TÜBA-GEBİP), 2014.

Atatürk University Rectory Scientific Encouragement Program “The First Rank of the Highest Impact Factor Paper Category”, 2014.

Middle East Technical University Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. PARLAR Education and Research Foundation Awards “Research Encouragement Award”, 2013.

Atatürk University Rectory Scientific Encouragement Program “The First Rank of the Highest Impact Factor Paper Category”, 2013.

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Fellow to attend “63rd Lindau Nobel Laurates Meeting”, Lindau, Germany, 2013.

The Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, (2012-2013).

Atatürk University Rectory Scientific Encouragement Program “The First Rank of the Highest Impact Factor Paper Category”, 2012.

The 9th of Serhat ÖZYAR ‘Young Scientist of the Year Prize’, Middle East Technical University (2011).

TUBITAK 2214-Research Fellow for Studying Abroad during PhD, 2009.

 

Research interests:

Metal nanoparticles, nanocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, 2D materials, hydrogen production and storage.

Zafer Eroğlu

2018 – 2022 Atatürk University, Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Ph.D.

2014 – 2017 Atatürk University, Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, M.Sc.

2013 – 2016 Atatürk University, Chemistry Education,  M.Sc.

2008 – 2013  Atatürk University, Chemistry Education, B.Sc.

Research interests: Carbon Quantum Dots, Metal Nanoparticles, Nanocatalysis, Photocatalysis, 2D Materials, Polymer Nanocomposites.

Research interest: C-H functionalizations, Photoredox catalysis

 

Melek Sermin Özer 

2011 – 2015 University of Cologne, Organic Chemistry, Ph.D.

2008 – 2011 Middle East Technical University, Organic Chemistry, M.Sc.

2003 – 2007 Gazi University, Chemistry, B.Sc.

 

 

 

 

Research interests: Organic reaction catalysis, Nanomaterial synthesis

Buse Sündü 

2020 –          Koç University, Chemistry, Ph.D. Student

2016 – 2018 Atatürk University, Chemistry, M.Sc

2014 – 2016 Atatürk University, Chemistry, B.Sc.

 

 

 

Tuana Ayla Demircioğlu

Research interests: Photocatalysis, 2D materials, Hydrogen gas production and storage

2022 –           Koç University, Chemistry, Ph.D. Student

2017 – 2022 Istanbul University, Chemistry High Performers In Natural Sciences Program, B.Sc.

2017 – 2022 Hacettepe University, Chemistry, B.Sc.

Research interests: Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction, C–H Functionalization, C–P bond formation, Characterizations and Synthesis of Nanomaterials

Ecem Ezgi Özkahraman

2020 –           Koç University, Chemistry, Ph.D. Student

2018 – 2020 İzmir Institute of Technology, Chemistry, M.Sc.

2014 – 2018 İzmir Institute of Technology, Chemistry, B.Sc.

Research interests: Electrochemistry, Sensors, 2D Materials

 

Research interests: Photocatalysis, 2D materials, Semiconductors

 

Barbaros Bolat

2022 – Koç University, Chemistry B.Sc.

 

Ecem Şimşek

Research interests: C–H Functionalizations, C–C and C–N couplings, Photoredox catalysis

2020 – Koç University, Chemistry B.Sc.

 

Research interests: Photocatalysis, Dye degradation, Nanomaterial, Heterojunctions synthesis