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cultural studıes 9

economıcs 17

european studıes 26

history 34

International studıes 39

political science 49

psychology 63

publıc polıcy 66

turkish studıes 72vısual arts & communıcatıon desıgn 75

engineering and natural sciences computer scıence and engıneerıng 83

electronics engineering 89

ındustrial engineering 100

manufacturing engineering 111

materials science and Nano Engineering 120

mathematics 130

mechatronics engineering 137

molecular biology, genetics and bioengineering 148

physics 157

school of managementaccounting & fınance 165

management & strategy 170

organızatıon 173

marketıng 177

operations & ınformation systems management 181

ııcecistanbul international center for energy and clımate 191

ipc istanbul policy center 215

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AYŞE GÜL ALTINAY (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Cultural Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9286

E-Mail [email protected]

Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/altinay/

Reasearch Area Keywords

Political Anthropology; Nationalism; Militarism; Peace Education; Gender and Sexuality.

Current Research Activities

Altınay’s current research and writing focus on gender-based violence and the feminist struggle against it; representations of political violence and trauma; political and social processes of militarization and efforts at de-militarization; manifestations of militarism in textbooks and education; and post-nationalist imaginaries. Her co-authored book with Yeşim Arat, Türkiye’de Kadına Yönelik Şiddet(Violence Against Women in Turkey) was awarded the 2008 PEN Duygu Asena Award.

ATEŞ ALTINORDU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Cultural Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9283


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/atesaltinordu/


Religion and Politics, Religious Parties, Secularism, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Political Sociology, Social Theory.


Ateş Altınordu’s work focuses on religionand politics, particularly on religious parties and secularist movements. He received his Ph.D. degree from the sociology department at yale University in may 2010. His dissertation, titled “Religious politics: Political Catholicism and political Islam in Comparative perspective”, has won the marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize in 2011. Altinordu has recently received a Jean Monnet Teaching Module Grant from The European Commission for his proposal on “Religion and European Integration”. Altinordu’s recent publications Include “After secularization?” (with Philip S. Gorski), Annual Review of Sociology (2008) and “The Politicization of Religion: Political Catholicism and Political Islam in Comparative Perspective” Politics and Society (2010). He is currently completing an article manuscript on the political incorporation of anti -system religious parties.

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BÜLENT ARAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science/

International Studies/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9251


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bulent/


Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East, Arab Spring, Arab Authoritarianism, Caucasus and Central Asia, Geopoltics, Peacebuilding, Mediation and Conflict Resolution.


Turkey, the Arab Spring and Beyond (with Fuat Keyman, Routledge: London, 2016). “The Educational Opportunities and Challenges of Syrian Refugee Students in Turkey: Temporary Education Centers and Beyond” (with Salih Yasun, IPC, 2016). “State, region and order: geopolitics of the Arab Spring” (published at Third World Quarterly in 2016).A Multi-Year Project Entitled Project on Middle East and Arab Spring (POMEAS) Funded by Diplomatic Academy of Qatar (2014-2016). This Project Aims to Promote Scholarly Debate on the Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Arab Spring Environment in the Middle East and North Africa. POMEAS Hosts High Quality Academic Pieces and Policy Briefs on Its Website. 18 Month Long Project on Civilian Capacity in Turkey’s Peace-Building Funded by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) (2014-2016) - Project Will Bring Turkish and International Experts and Active NGOs Together to Combine Knowledge and Expertise in the Specifics of Civilian Dimension of Peacebuilding.A multi-year project to establish an Asia Studies at Istanbul Policy Center. Pursuing a Fellowship at Wilson Center in Washington DC Entitled “Global Fellow” in between 2013-2017. This Fellowship Includes Short Term Stays at the Center, Organizing Workshops and Conferences, Writing Academic Pieces at the Center to Wider Washington Policy Community. Op-Eds and Policy Pieces to Orsam Journal, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Project-Syndicate, Mark News, Wilson Center Global Europe Series, Pomease Brief, Pomeas Paper, Hurriyet Daily News, Today’s Zaman, Daily Sabah, Daily Star (Beirut), The Hill.

AYŞE BETÜL ÇELİK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9298


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bcelik/


Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict; Civil Society and NGOs; Forced Migration; Culture and Conflict Resolution; Role of Organizations in Conflict Resolution.


Ayşe Betül Çelik’s research interests focus around ethnicity, migration and cultural elements in conflict and conflict resolution. Recently, she is involved in projects, which study possible reconciliation attempts in Kurdish Question; indigenous conflict resolution methods in blood feuds, and honor killings in southeastern Anatolia; and intercultural negotiation. She is a member of the intercultural negotiation project led by the University of Maryland, where a computer-based mediator will analyze the negotiation style differences between the Turkish and American students. She is also working on a research which analyzes the different roles played by the NGOs and state actors in addressing the problems of the internally displaced Kurds. She is also interested in studying the differences among Turkish political parties in their understanding of gender policies.

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EMRE HATİPOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science/

International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9260


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ehatipoglu/


Comparative Foreign Policy; International Conflict; Economic Sanctions; Foreign Aid.


Emre Hatipoğlu’s research employs quantitative and formal methods to examine the intersection of domestic and interstate politics. His expertise covers issues relating to economic sanctions, foreign aid, U.S. foreign policy and international conflict. Dr. Hatipoğlu has also worked extensively in the Mlitarized Interstate Disputes Dataset project under the Correlates of War program. He has presented papers on U.S. Congress and economic sanctions, automated data collection issues in international conflict research, the application of “Two-Good Theory of Foreign Policy” to Turkey, and co-authored a forthcoming article on the state of quantitative international conflict studies at Terrorism and Political Violence. He is also working on a project that gauges the effect of foreign aid on economic and political development.

KERİM CAN KAVAKLI (VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science/


Phone 90 (216) 483 9258


Web https://kerimcan81.wordpress.com/


International Conflict; Human Rights; Foreign Aid.


Kerim Can Kavaklı is working on three projects currently. The first project is on trade sanctions and introduces a new measure of global market power to predict which sanctions will succeed in changing a target state’s behavior. The second project is on human rights and studies how the international community response to state repression varies with the tactics used by the protestors and the state. The third project is on labor rights in developing countries and investigates when globalization helps improve labor laws and practices in poor countries.

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He is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Turkey, The Arab Spring and Beyond (with Bülent Aras, 2016), Global Turkey in Europe 3: Democracy, Trade, and the Kurdish Question in Turkey-EU Relations (2015), Democracy, Identity and Foreign Policy in Turkey (with Şebnem Gümüşçü, 2014); Global Turkey in Europe 2: Energy, Migration, Civil Society and Citizenship Issues in Turkey-EU Relations (2014); Global Turkey in Europe: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU (2013); Remaking Turkey (in Turkish, 2013); Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey (with Ayşe Kadıoğlu, 2011); Cities: The Transformation of Anatolia, the Future of Turkey (2010); Competing Nationalism in Turkey (2010), Turkey in a Globalizing World (2010); Remaking Turkey, Globalization, Alternative Modernities and Democracy (2008); Turkish Politics in a Changing World (with Ziya Öniş, 2007), Citizenship in a Global World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences (2005); Changing World, Transforming Turkey (2005). Keyman has also authored numerous articles published in prestigious, peer-reviewed international journals such as Third World Quarterly, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Relations, Journal of Democracy, European Journal of Social Theory, Theory Culture & Society, and Review of International Political Economy. He received his PhD in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations and Comparative Politics from Carleton University. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

FUAT KEYMAN (IPC DIRECTOR-FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science/

Public Policy/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9115


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/fuat/


Globalization; Democratization; Turkish Politics; International Studies Theory.


Fuat Keyman is Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Keyman is a leading Turkish political scientist and an expert on democratization, globalization, International Relations, Turkey – EU relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development. He is a member of the Science Academy. He has worked as a member on the Council of Wise People as part of the Peace Process to the Kurdish issue. He also serves on advisory and editorial boards for a number of respected international and national organizations as well as for academic journals.Prior to joining Sabancı University, Keyman taught in the Department of International Relations at Koç University between 2002 and 2010 and in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University between 1994 and 2002. He was also Visiting Professor at Carleton University in the summer of 1997. Keyman holds several post-doctoral fellowships from Wellesley College and Harvard University. He has received numerous prestigious grants from the EU Framework Programme and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Furthermore, Keyman has been the research director for various projects such as Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington’s Many Globalizations, CIVICUS, and Mapping Civil Society in Turkey. Keyman has conducted the first extensive research project and written copiously on the political and social trends in Turkey, urban transformation, and living together in Anatolian cities.

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LEYLA NEYZİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Cultural Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9243


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/neyzi


Oral History; Cultural Identity; Minorities and Nationalism; Memory; Subjectivity; Middle Eastern Ethnography and Social History.


Leyla Neyzi is currently working on a series of articles based on the data collected during two consecutive research projects she conducted in 2009-2012 and 2012-2013. one article is forthcoming in New Perspectives on Turkey, and three other articles are planned to be submitted to indexed journals in 2014.

cultural studıes

HÜLYA ADAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9287


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/hadak/


Literary Theory; Nationalism; Gender and Sexuality; Theories of Autobiography; British, French and Turkish Novel; Modern Drama.


In collaboration with a group of colleagues from Duke University, University of Texas-Austin, NorthwesternUniversity, she received a grant from the British Arts and Humanities Research Council to conduct the project “Women’s Autobiographies in Islamic Societies.” As part of this three-year long project that terminates in 2012, she would like to finish a book on the work of Halide Edib Adıvar. In the summer of 2010, she would like to finish the book on National Myths of Turkey analyzing political memoirs. The special dossier of New Perspectives on Turkey (SSCI) on “gender and ethnicity” for which she is the guest editor will be published in May 2010. The anthology I prepared with Prof. Erika Glassen (FreiburgUniversity) Moderne Türkische Geschichte explores key social and cultural events of the twentieth century through a series of heretofore-dismissed, yet quite significant auto/biographical sources. The German version will be published in the summer of 2010. Erika Glassen and Hülya Adak would like to expand the anthology and publish it in Turkish in Turkey. The book işte böyle güzelim… based on interviews with women from Turkey and Germany on sexuality was published in 2008, the German translation so ist das, meine Schöne… was published by Orlanda Frauenverlag in 2009. The long-term goals of the project consist of preparing a second book including our current interviews on sexuality, and publishing an edited volume (an academic book) on “feminism, sexuality and theater” in Turkey. Her long-term research goals include working on how World War I and the Armenian Catastrophe were represented in Turkish fictional and auto/biographical narratives.

ARZU KIBRIS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science/


Phone 90 (216) 482 9255


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/akibris/


Civil Conflict, Linkage Politics, Quantitative Methods, Game Theory.


Arzu Kıbrıs’s research ınterests focuses on the dynamics and socio-political effects of civil conflicts, and the linkages between domestic and foreign policy. She mostly conducts empirical work, but also employs game theoretical tools in her analyses. Her current projects are about the impact of PKK’s terrorist campaign on voting behavior and on educational sector in turkey. she is also working on a game theoretical model of ethnic civil conflicts project aimed at understanding the interplay between public opinion and the long duration of these conflicts.

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AYŞE GÜL ALTINAY (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Phone 90 (216) 483 9286


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/altinay/


Political Anthropology; Nationalism; Militarism; Peace Education; Gender and Sexuality.


Altınay’s current research and writing focus on gender-based violence and the feminist struggle against It; representations of political violence and trauma; political and social processes of militarization and efforts at de-militarization; manifestations of militarism in textbooks and education; and post-nationalist imaginaries. Her co-authored book with Yeşim Arat, Türkiye’de Kadına Yönelik Şiddet (Violence Against Women in Turkey) was awarded the 2008 Pen Duygu Asena Award.

cultural studıes

ATEŞ ALTINORDU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Phone 90 (216) 483 9283


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/atesaltinordu/


Religion and Politics, Religious Parties, Secularism, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Political Sociology, Social Theory.


Ates Altinordu’s work focuses on religionand politics, particularly on religious parties and secularistmovements. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Sociology Departmentat Yale University in May 2010. His dissertation, titled ”Religious Politics: Political Catholicism and Political Islam in Comparative Perspective”, has won the Marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize in 2011. Altinordu has recently received a Jean Monnet Teaching Module Grant from the European Commission for his proposal on “Religion andEuropean Integration”. Altinordu’s recent publications include “After Secularization?” (with Philip S. Gorski), Annual Review of Sociology (2008) and “The Politicization of Religion: Political Catholicism and Political Islam in Comparative Perspective” Politics and Society (2010). He is currently completing an article manuscript on the political incorporation of anti-system religious parties.

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GÜROL IRZIK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/Philosophy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9348


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/irzik/


Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Social Sciences; Causation; Social and Political Philosophy; Science Education.


Science, its commercialization and democracy: There is growing concern that certain segments of academic science are being rapidly commercialized in USA in the last three decades and that other countries are following suit. In several recent papers I have examined this phenomenon from a Polanyian theoretical perspective and argued why philosophers of science should pay attention to it. I am now working on how democratizing social policy may contribute to the de-commercialization of science.Philosophy of science in the 20th century: My work in this area focuses on the history of philosophy of science in the 20th century. I am a team member of an ESF-sponsored research network program called “The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective”. This is a five-year program that took off in 2008. Towards a political philosophy of science:This is a longer term project whose goal is to I examine the ways in which, and the reasons why, philosophy of science has been politicised in the first half of the 20th century, and then de-politicised after the WWII until the 80’s after which we again witness a re-politicisation, but in a radically different way. This project is informed by my research described in (2) above.

cultural studıes

SİBEL IRZIK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9332


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/sibeli/


Literary Theory; 20th Century British, American and Turkish Novel; Narrative Theory; Postcolonial Studies; Literature and Politics.


My main current research area is politics and the novel in Turkish literature. I am working on coup d’etat novels, especially those concerning the 1980 coup, and the representation of politics as well as the relation between aesthetics and politics in contemporary Turkish novels. I will extend this study further through a comparative analysis including political novels from Latin America and other relevant regions.I am also a member of the steering committee of a joint ESF-COST project titled “Cultural Literacy in Contemporary Europe,” which aims to highlight and advance the contribution of literary and cultural studies to European society and intellectual culture as well as addressing the challenges presented to these studies by new forms of literature, textuality, and communication. I am involved specifically in the study of electronic textuality within the framework of this project.

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FAİK KURTULMUŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/Philosophy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9282


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/afaikkurtulmus/


Distributive Justice; Epistemic Justice; Social Epistemology.


Until recently, I have worked on questions of distributive justice. Inparticular, I have worked on normative and methodological challengesto John Rawls’s theory of justice. Currently, I am working onquestions such as how science should be governed in democraticsocieties and whether knowledge, and other epistemic goods, give riseto questions of justice.

LEYLA NEYZİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Phone 90 (216) 483 9243


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/neyzi


Oral History; Cultural Identity; Minorities and Nationalism; Memory; Subjectivity; Middle Eastern Ethnography and Social History.


Leyla Neyzi is currently working on a series of articles based on the data collected during two consecutive research projects she conducted in 2009-2012 and 2012-2013. One article is forthcoming in New Perspectives on Turkey, and three other articles are planned to be submitted to indexed journals in 2014.

cultural studıes

CENK ÖZBAY (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/Gender Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9253


Web www.cenkozbay.com


Gender and Sexualities, Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities, Queer Studies, Urban Studies, Sociology of Work, Neoliberalism, Mobilities, Contemporary Social Theory, Qualitative Research Methods.


My current research and writing practice focuses broadly on the intersection of gender, sexuality, class and other social inequalities in the everyday life and through institutional settings in urban contexts. Gender and sexual rights activism among youth, aging bodies, male sex work, politics of masculinity the drawn stories, social organization of retail stores, hegemonic masculinity in Turkey, and the construction of urban mobilities in Istanbul are some of the main topics I have examined. I recently coedited a volume on the neoliberalization process (The Making of Neoliberal Turkey, 2016) and urban change (Yeni Istanbul Calismalari, 2014) and my new book will be published in 2017 (Queering Sexualities on Turkey).

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AYŞE PARLA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Cultural Studies/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9263


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ayseparla/


Globalization and Transnational Processes; Migration Policies; Citizenship and Belonging; Postsocialism; Europe; Turkey.


Ayse Parla’s ongoing research, supported by a three-year long TÜBİTAK career grant, explores legalization processes among the post-nineties labor migrants from Bulgaria to Turkey. This research was designed on the basis of a recently completed collaborative TÜBİTAK research project (with Mine Eder and Didem Danış) on the comparative analysis of three migrant groups: Bulgarian Turks, Iraqi Turks and Moldavians. Some of the findings of these two projects have been published in journals such as the American Ethnologist, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political and Toplum ve Bilim. Parla is also collaborating in a research project on “Migrants and Settlers on both sides of the Turkish Bulgarian border,” led by a research team at the New Bulgarian University. She is also an affiliate of the project “Liberalism’s Others” undertaken by the Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference at Columbia University.

economics

MUSTAFA OĞUZ AFACAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9326


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/mafacan/


Matching Theory, Market Design, Game Theory.


Mustafa Oguz Afacan is broadly interested in Matching Theory, Market Design, and Game Theory. Specifically, discreet object allocation and two-sided matching problems are his fields of expertise. Mustafa OguzAfacan is currently working on the generalization of the conventional priority-based object allocation problem.

AHMET ALKAN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9233


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/alkan/


Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory; Matching and Auctions.


His research interests are in economic theory and game theory in general matchings, auctions, mechanism and market design in particular. currently he is working on an information acquisition problem in matching markets and on multiobject auction design. he is also interested in the education sector where matching rules and institutions are particularly important and engaged in an empirical study of the secondary education sector in turkey, specifically on the determinants of successs in university placements.

http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/alkan/

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İZAK ATİYAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/European Studies/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9241


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/izak/


Industrial Organization; Regulation of Network Industries; Political Economy.


My current research areas are competition law and policy, regulation in telecommunications and electricity industries, and privatization. In the field of competition law, I am currently conducting a TÜBİTAK-sponsored Project on the Examination of Competition Board Decisions from the Perspective of Law and Economics. The decisions of the Competition Board are examined with two objectives in mind: The first is to evaluate the extent and sophistication of economic analysis they contain. The second is to compare them with the decisions undertaken in the application of competition law in the European Union. In the field of regulation, I am studying the interaction between ex-ante regulation and ex-post enforcement of competition law in the telecommunications industry. In electricity regulation, I am writing a paper on the general assessment of restructuring in the electricity industry in Turkey. In privatization, I have recently published a book chapter on the assessment of the recent privatization experience in Turkey.

economıcs

ABDURRAHMAN AYDEMİR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9344


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~aaydemir/


Applied Microeconomics; Labour Economics; Migration; Education.


Abdurrahman Aydemir’s research focuses on immigration, education, and intergenerational mobility. He is currently working on a number of projects that investigates the role of ethnic networks on human capital investments, the labor market outcomes of Turkish immigrants across Europe, and the impact of the change in compulsory schooling laws on educational attainment and labor market outcomes in Turkey.

MEHMET BAÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9257


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bac/


Microeconomics; Industrial Organization; Law and Economics.


Recent papers focus on the following topics: (a) Theoretical analysis of the interaction between the defensive and offensive demands for guns, optimal gun control policies; (b) The equilibrium analysis of opinion expressions under social sanctions imposed by the majority, dominant, culture, (c) Emergence of old-boy networks of entrepreneurs and their welfare effects (with Eren Inci), (d) Prohibition policies when goods can be offered as bribes and gifts.

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MEHMET BARLO (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9284


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~barlo/


Microeconomics and Game Theory; Mechanism Design; Contract Theory; Monetary Theory; Growth Theory and Development; International Finance and Trade.


Mehmet Barlo’s field of research consists of bounded rationality in game theory, a subfield of microeconomics. The theory of games analyzes optimal behavior of decision makers when the returns of each of them depend on the choices of others. In this analysis rationality is an essential ingredient, and in some cases the assumption of rationality implies formulations with agents’ ability to compute/foresee extremely complex analytical and computational operations. This, of course, is hardly realistic. Barlo’s research, on the other hand, concerns the analysis of agents’ optimal behavior when each one of them is boundedly rational, meaning that their ability to process information and computations is bounded.

İNCİ GÜMÜŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9318


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/incigumus/


International Finance, Open Economy, Macroeconomics.


Inci Gümüş’s research areas are international finance and open economy macroeconomics. Her research focuses mainly only on sovereign default risk, currency crises, exchange rate regimes and business cycles in emerging market economies. Dr. Gümüş is currently working on business cycle properties of emerging market economies under different exchange rate regimes, and the relationship between real exchange rates and macroeconomic fluctuations.

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ÖZGÜR KIBRIS (FACULTY MEMBER-VICE DEAN)Area Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9267


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozgur/


Game Theory; Economic Design; Political Economics.


Recently, his research efforts has focused on two topics. The first topic is rationality of solutions to allocation problems. The analysis falls into the realms of both decision theory (more specifically, revealed preference theory) and axiomatic allocation theory. Here, professor Kibris introduces alternative notions of rationality and characterizes the classes of allocation rules that satisfy them. The second topic falls under the general title of bankruptcy. Here, professor Kibris analyzes several issues such as the investment implications of alternative bankruptcy laws, manipulation games induced by standard bankruptcy rules, and designing desirable solutions to dynamic bankruptcy problems.

EREN İNCİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9340


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ereninci/


Applied Microeconomic Theory (Public Economics, Urban Economics, and Industrial Organization); and Economics of Entrepreneurship.


Eren İnci’s Recent research projects are concentrating primarily on two topics: economics of entrepreneurship and economics of parking. His work in entrepreneurship has focused on it from an occupational choice perspective to answer who become entrepreneurs from which particular wealth classes. He has contributed to the analysis of public policies to improve the quality of entrepreneurs in the presence of informational constraints on behalf of both financiers and policy makers. His more recent work ramifies into two branches. On the one side, he has analyzed entrepreneurs’ financing choice between debt- and equity-based instruments when equity providers take certain amount of control in the ventures that they are financing, which is particularly relevant for venture capital agreements. On the other side, he has examined the effects of social ties and informal networks on the price of loans to entrepreneurs and on their incentives to invest in themselves and innovative start-up projects. Dr. Inci’s research in economics of parking considers optimal pricing of and land allocation for parking. He has analyzed cruising for parking in downtown areas in order to come up with policies to mitigate traffic congestion. He also modeled the evolution of downtown parking and traffic congestion to different states in time to understand how and why catastrophic transitions to hypercongested traffic occur. His most recent work focuses on pricing of parking in shopping malls, which is mostly provided free all over the world. In this context, he provides the theoretical foundations of minimum parking requirements, and as opposed to the common view, he shows why embedding parking fees into the price of goods sold in the mall may be socially optimal.

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BAHRİ YILMAZ (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Economics/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9236


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bahri/


International Economics; Macroeconomics, History of Economic Thought, European Economic Integration; Economic Development (Eastern Asia and China).


Institutions and Economic Development; World Economic Crisis and its Impacts on Turkey; European Energy Security and the Role of Turkey; Relations of Turkey with the EU.

HAKKI YAZICI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9331


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/hakkiyazici/


Macroeconomics; Public Finance.


Hakki Yazıcı’s primary fields of research are Macroeconomics and Public Finance. Currently, he is especially interested in optimal education policy. He is working on how to design public programs to provide equality of opportunity for children from poor families with Prof. Nicola Pavoni of University College London and Tommy Leung of Chinese University of Hong Kong.

SELÇUK ÖZYURT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9254


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozyurt/cv/


Game Theory (Bargaining, Reputation, Equilibrium Concepts, Repeated Games); Mechanism Design (Social Choice, Matching, Auctions); Microeconomic Theory; Industrial Organization; Experimental Economics.


Dr. Ozyurt’s recent projects mainly investigate (in a game theoretical framework) how reputation and commitment on inflexibility during negotiation processes would effect the structure and the equilibrium outcomes of imperfectly competitive search markets. He also works on a project entitled “Wishful Thinking and Rationally Motivated Beliefs” in which he proposes a new equilibrium concept for strategic form games. In another ongoing work, Dr. Ozyurt examines school matching mechanisms under circumstances where commuting cost may significantly affect students’ preferences.

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HÜLYA ADAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area European Studies/Cultural Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9287


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/hadak/


Literary Theory; Nationalism; Gender and Sexuality; Theories of Autobiography; British, French and Turkish Novel; Modern Drama.


In collaboration with a group of colleagues from Duke University, University of Texas-Austin, Northwestern University, she received a grant from the British Arts and Humanities Research Council to conduct the project “Women’s Autobiographies in Islamic Societies.” As part of this three-year long project that terminates in 2012, she would like to finish a book on the work of Halide Edib Adıvar. In the summer of 2010, she would like to finish the book on National Myths of Turkey analyzing political memoirs. The special dossier of New Perspectives on Turkey (SSCI) on “gender and ethnicity” for which she is the guest editor will be published in May 2010. The anthology I prepared with Prof. Erika Glassen (Freiburg University) Moderne Türkische Geschichte explores key social and cultural events of the twentieth century through a series of heretofore-dismissed, yet quite significant auto/biographical sources. The German version will be published in the summer of 2010. Erika Glassen and Hülya Adak would like to expand the anthology and publish it in Turkish in Turkey. The book işte böyle güzelim… based on interviews with women from Turkey and Germany on sexuality was published in 2008, the German translation so ist das, meine Schöne… was published by Orlanda Frauenverlag in 2009. The long-term goals of the project consist of preparing a second book including our current interviews on sexuality, and publishing an edited volume (an academic book) on “feminism, sexuality and theater” in Turkey. Her long-term research goals include working on how World War I and the Armenian Catastrophe were represented in Turkish fictional and auto/biographical narratives.

İZAK ATİYAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area European Studies/Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9241







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BÜLENT ARAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area European Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9251




Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East, Arab Spring, Arab Authoritarianism, Caucasus and Central Asia, Geopoltics, Peacebuilding, Mediation and Conflict Resolution .


Turkey, the Arab Spring and Beyond (with Fuat Keyman, Routledge: London, 2016).“The Educational Opportunities and Challenges of Syrian Refugee Students in Turkey: Temporary Education Centers and Beyond” (with Salih Yasun, IPC, 2016).“State, region and order: geopolitics of the Arab Spring” (published at Third World Quarterly in 2016).A Multi-Year Project Entitled Project on Middle East and Arab Spring (POMEAS) Funded By Diplomatic Academy of Qatar (2014-2016). This Project Aims To Promote Scholarly Debate On The Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Arab Spring Environment in The Middle East and North Africa. POMEAS Hosts High Quality Academic Pieces and Policy Briefs On Its Website. 18 Month Long Project On Civilian Capacity in Turkey’s Peace-Building Funded By Turkish Cooperation And Coordination Agency (TIKA) (2014-2016) - Project Will Bring Turkish and International Experts and Active NGOs Together To Combine Knowledge and Expertise in The Specifics of Civilian Dimension of Peacebuilding.A multi-year project to establish an Asia Studies at Istanbul Policy Center. Pursuing A Fellowship At Wilson Center in Washington DC Entitled “Global Fellow” in Between 2013-2017. This Fellowship Includes Short Term Stays At The Center, Organizing Workshops and Conferences, Writing Academic Pieces At The Center To Wider Washington Policy Community.Op-Eds and Policy Pieces To Orsam Journal, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Project-Syndicate, Mark News, Wilson Center Global Europe Series, Pomease Brief, Pomeas Paper, Hurriyet Daily News, Today’s Zaman, Daily Sabah, Daily Star (Beirut), The Hill.

AHMET EVİN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area European Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9230


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/aevin/


Turkish and Comparative Politics; Theories of the State; the European Union and Its Enlargement.


Evin’s research has centered on cultural contexts of political change, in particular the theory of the state and development of democracy as a form of state. As Jean Monnet Professor, he has worked on policy issues relating to the European enlargement and the EU’s eastern partnership, their significance for Turkey and the region, as well as their effect on transatlantic relations. His research as a former senior fellow of the Transatlantic Academy focused on Turkey’s foreign and energy policy in the context of Europe’s energy supply security and its transatlantic implications. His more recent research interests on the “Future of the Liberal Order,” has resulted in three in three reports, the most recent of which is “The Sliding West: Populism and Religion as Challenges to the Liberal Order” (co authored with Megan Gisclon published by IPC in July, 2016). His most recent book, and he published a book o “Turkey and the EU: Energy, Transport and Competition Policies” was published in the European Energy Studies Series by Claeys & Casteels (2016).


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BROOKE LUETGERT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area European Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9335


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/luetgert/


European Legislation; Public Support for European Integration; Compliance with International Law.


Brooke Luetgert specializes in public opinion formation as well as quantitative legislative and compliance research. Her expertise in the collection and evaluation of legislative data has contributed to a series of popularly cited legislative archives at both the European and national levels. She has published in European Union Politics and British Journal of Political Science, winning best article of the year in 2009 (EUP) for a contribution testing competing explanations in the compliance debate in Europe and emphasizing the importance of sample design. During her Margarete von Wrangell post-doctoral fellowship, she began exploring bureaucratic delegation in four European countries. She is currently involved in continued research on public opinion formation and the empirical link between policy evaluation, awareness and support for continued European integration.

MELTEM MÜFTÜLER-BAÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area European Studies/Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9247


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/muftuler/


International Studies Theory; Politics of European Integration; Turkey’s Relations with the EU.


Meltem Müftüler-Baç is actively involved in research on the EU, particularly its political integration process, the foreign, security and defense policies, and its enlargement. Her work is most cited on Turkey-EU relations and Turkey’s accession process. Her current research activities include the EU’s security aspirations and the legitimacy crisis the EU is currently facing. Her research expertise is on the Turkish-EU relations, the EU’s security integration and the Turkish and European foreign policies, and the political dynamics of the European integration process, as well as on the possible role that Islam will have on the contestation of values and as a cause of conflict.She authored Turkey’s Relations with a Changing Europe published by the Manchester University Press in 1997, co-edited Turkey and the European Union: Dilemmas, constraints and Opportunities with Yannis Stivachtis which was published by Lexington books in 2008. She has numerous articles in refereed SSCI journals and book chapters in collections on the European integration published by reputable international presses. For her research activities, she received two prestigious awards from the Turkish vAcademy of Sciences: Young Social Scientist Investigator Award in 2002,Distinguished Young Scientist Award in 2003, and the Jean Monnet ad personam title from the European Commission in 2004. She participates in the FP6 Project RECON-Reconstituting Democracy in Europe for the time period of 2006-2011. She also serves as the Chair for the Standing Group on the EU, ECPR for 2009-2011.

AYŞE KADIOĞLU (DEAN)Area European Studies/Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9235


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ayse/


Comparative Politics; Political Ideologies (Nationalism,Fascism, Liberalism); Women and Islam; Citizenship Studies.


Laicism in Turkey: a comparison of the views of the key republican elite on religion in the 1920s.The political choreography of the Justice and Development Party, an analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy agendas.How was citizenship described by the republican elite in the 1930s


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IŞIK ÖZEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area European Studies/Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9275


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozel/


Comparative Political Economy, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics.


Işık Özel is interested in political economy of market transitions and democratization, state-society relations, and comparative political economy of regulation. She is currently working on a project entitled ‘Regulation in Economic Governance.’ Funded by TÜBİTAK, this project focuses on regulatory capacity and quality by carrying out a cross-sectoral analysis in Turkey. It examines the regulatory quality in three sectors, finance, energy and telecommunications to understand economic, political and institutional determinants affecting regulatory quality. Özel also works on the role of institutions and formation of institutions in market transition processes in middle income countries. She is generally interested in institutional explanations of development.

AYŞE PARLA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area European Studies/Cultural Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9263


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ayseparla/


Globalization and Transnational Processes; Migration Policies; Citizenship and Belonging; Postsocialism; Europe; Turkey.


Ayse Parla’s ongoing research, supported by a three-year long TÜBİTAK career grant, explores legalization processes among the post-nineties labor migrants from Bulgaria to Turkey. This research was designed on the basis of a recently completed collaborative TÜBİTAK research project (with Mine Eder and Didem Danış) on the comparative analysis of three migrant groups: Bulgarian Turks, Iraqi Turks and Moldavians. Some of the findings of these two projects have been published in journals such as the American Ethnologist, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political and Toplum ve Bilim. Parla is also collaborating in a research project on “Migrants and Settlers on both sides of the Turkish Bulgarian border,” led by a research team at the New Bulgarian University. She is also an affiliate of the project “Liberalism’s Others” undertaken by the Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference at Columbia University.

BAHRİ YILMAZ (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area European Studies/Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9236






Institutions and Economic Development; World Economic Crisis and Its Impacts on Turkey; European Energy Security and the Role of Turkey;Relations of Turkey with the EU.


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TÜLAY ARTAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9238


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/tulay/


Historiography; Prosopographic Studies of the Ottoman Elite; Applications of Ottoman Law and its Impact on Social/Family Life; Ottoman Households, 17th-18th Century Ottoman and Middle Eastern History in Comparative Perspective.


Prosopographic Studies of the Ottoman Grand Viziers; Ottoman Royal Hunt; Ottoman Collecting Culture; Books and Reading Culture; Treasury Account Book of the Topkapı Palace-1680; Teşvikiye Mahallesi Araştırmaları:Tarih, Mimari, Yaşam 1800-1900.

HÜLYA CANBAKAL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9240


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/hcanbakal/


Early Modern Ottoman History; Urban History; Legal Culture; Political Culture; Social and Economic History.


18th-century Rebellions in South Eastern Anatolia and Northern Syria; Distribution of Wealth in the Ottoman Empire (1500-1840); Household Patterns in the Ottoman Empire (1500-1840); Labor Relations in the Ottoman Empire (1500-1840)

HAKAN ERDEM (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History/Turkish Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9295


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~erdemy/


History of Ottoman Slavery, Modern State Construction in the Late Ottoman Empire; Repercussions of the Greek War of Independence in the Ottoman Empire; Introduction of the New Conscript Army, Transformation of Ottoman Political Language and Culture.


A Documentary History of the Greek Revolution from the Ottoman Archives (book); Selim III: The Sultan with Two States (book); Magic, Theft and Arson: The Life and Death of an Enslaved African Woman in Ottoman Izmit (Article/book).

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FERENC PETER CSIRKES (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9374


Web


History of the Medieval and Early Modern Persianate World; History of Iran and Central Asia; Persian Literature, Turkish Literature, Turkic Literature, Cultural History, Ottoman Literature, Language and Literacy.


History of Turkic Literature in Safavid Iran; Life and literary works of Sadıqi Beg (ca. 1533-1609); Language ideologies and vernacularization in the medieval and Early Modern Persianate World.

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EMRE EROL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History/Turkish Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9264


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/erolemre


Late 19th – Early 20th Century Ottoman/Turkish History, History of Socialisms and Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Personal Histories and Ego-Documents of the Young Turks, History of Port-Towns and Port-Cities In The Eastern Mediterranean, History of capitalism in the Eastern Mediterranean, history of migrations in the Ottoman Empire with special focus on forced displacement in Balkans and Western Anatolia during the late Ottoman Period.


Heuristic research on the ego documents of the Unionists and Kemalists, collection and analysis of local history material on the late 19th century Ayvalık (Aivali), research on the overlapping patterns of cultural, demographic and economic pillars of the Unionists’ and Kemalists’ nation-state building projects, advanced readings on multiple modernist trajectories in the making of modern Turkey.

AYŞE ÖZİL (VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9288


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ayseozil/


Late Ottoman History, Social and Urban History, Nationalism, Ethno-Religious Communities, Minority Questions, Ottoman-Greek Studies, Modern Greek History.


Ayşe Ozil specializes in the history of the Greek communities in the late Ottoman empire. She has published on the modernization of Greek education in the nineteenth century, educational policies of the early republican period, the contribution of Greek communities to the urban development of Istanbul, and the political experiences of western Anatolian Greeks in the First World War. Her monograph, entitled Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Empire: A Study of Communal Relations in Anatolia (London: Routledge, 2013) deals with issues of communal belonging through an examination of institutional, legal and administrative matters involving Ottoman Greeks. A Turkish edition of the monograph has recently been published under the title, Anadolu Rumları: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Son Döneminde Millet Sistemini Yeniden Düşünmek (İstanbul: Kitap Yayınevi, 2016). She is currently working on the urban history of late Ottoman Istanbul and is contributing to a collaborative project on the modernization of the city.

CEMİL KOÇAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History/Turkish Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9239


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ckocak/


Turkish Political History; Turkish Foreign Policy; Historical Writing and Methodology.


Turkish Political History; History of Turkish Foreign Policy (Turkish-American diplomatic relations after Second World War); Historiography; Methodology of the Discipline of History.

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BRATISLAV PANTELIC (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History/Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9262


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~pantelic/


Late Classical and Byzantine Art and Architecture; 19th-Century Art and Architecture of Southeastern Europe; Archaeological Methodology; Art History; Art Theory.


Bratislav Pantelic is an art historian who specializes in the art and architecture of Southeastern Europe. He has published on late classical, Byzantine and medieval art and architecture. In his most recent works he has ventured into the modern age to concentrate on issues relating to the visual arts, nationalism and identity. His focus is on the past -- how the past has been perceived and in particular how perceptions of the past and notions of heritage and cultural belonging are used in identity construction and eventually to influence political action.

AKŞİN SOMEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History/Turkısh Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9278


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/somel/


Peripheral Populations in the Otoman Empire; Relationship Between Center and Periphery; History of Ottoman Education; Gender Issues During the Ottoman Reform Period.


Ottoman educational policies in Syria; historical statistics of Istanbul; biographies of Ottoman bureaucrats.

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SENEM AYDIN DÜZGİT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9292


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/saduzgit/


European Studies, EU-Turkey Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy, International Studies Theory, Discourse Analysis.


Senem Aydın-Düzgit is currently working on three research projects. Her project on “Changing Perceptions of Europe in a Changing Turkey”, funded by the Science Academy (BAGEP) is close to completion. She has recently started working on a project on the culture and identity dimensions of the EU-Turkey relationship funded by Horizon 2020. She is also co-directing a project on “Democracy Promotion in the Non-West” with Tsveta Petrova from Columbia University. Aydın-Düzgit was previously a Jean Monnet Chair of EU Political and Administrative Studies at Istanbul Bilgi University. She is the author of Constructions of European Identity (Palgrave 2012) and co-author (with Nathalie Tocci) of Turkey and the European Union (Palgrave 2015). Her articles have been published in West European Politics, Cooperation and Conflict, Alternatives, International Studies, Journal of Language and Politics, South European Society and Politics and Politique Européenne.

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BÜLENT ARAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Political Science/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9251






Turkey, the Arab Spring and Beyond (with Fuat Keyman, Routledge: London, 2016).“The Educational Opportunities and Challenges of Syrian Refugee Students in Turkey: Temporary Education Centers and Beyond” (with Salih Yasun, IPC, 2016).“State, region and order: geopolitics of the Arab Spring” (published at Third World Quarterly in 2016).A Multi-Year Project Entitled Project on Middle East and Arab Spring (POMEAS) Funded By Diplomatic Academy of Qatar (2014-2016). This Project Aims To Promote Scholarly Debate On The Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Arab Spring Environment in The Middle East and North Africa. POMEAS Hosts High Quality Academic Pieces and Policy Briefs On Its Website. 18 Month Long Project On Civilian Capacity in Turkey’s Peace-Building Funded By Turkish Cooperation And Coordination Agency (TIKA) (2014-2016) - Project Will Bring Turkish and International Experts and Active NGOs Together To Combine Knowledge and Expertise in The Specifics of Civilian Dimension of Peacebuilding.A multi-year project to establish an Asia Studies at Istanbul Policy Center.Pursuing A Fellowship At Wilson Center in Washington DC Entitled “Global Fellow” in Between 2013-2017. This Fellowship Includes Short Term Stays At The Center, Organizing Workshops and Conferences, Writing Academic Pieces At The Center To Wider Washington Policy Community. Op-Eds and Policy Pieces To Orsam Journal, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Project-Syndicate, Mark News, Wilson Center Global Europe Series, Pomease Brief, Pomeas Paper, Hurriyet Daily News, Today’s Zaman, Daily Sabah, Daily Star (Beirut), The Hill.


EMRE HATİPOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9260






Emre Hatipoğlu’s research employs quantitative and formal methods to examine the intersection of domestic and interstate politics. His expertise covers issues relating to economic sanctions, foreign aid, U.S. foreign policy and international conflict. Dr. Hatipoğlu has also worked extensively in the Mlitarized Interstate Disputes Dataset project under the Correlates of War program. He has presented papers on U.S. Congress and economic sanctions, automated data collection issues in international conflict research, the application of “Two-Good Theory of Foreign Policy” to Turkey, and co-authored a forthcoming article on the state of quantitative international conflict studies at Terrorism and Political Violence. He is also working on a project that gauges the effect of foreign aid on economic and political development.

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KERİM CAN KAVAKLI (VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Political Science/

Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Phone 90 (216) 483 9258







ÖZGE KEMAHLIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9268


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozgekemah/


Politics of Developing Countries, Political Parties, Formal Modeling, Latin American Politic.


She is currently conducting reseach on clientelism in Argentina and Turkey, state spending in Brazil, party switching in Turkey, turnout in legislative elections of Turkey and electoral accountability in the gubernatorial elections of Argentina. In September 2010, she will start a new project on incumbency advantage in municipal and legislative elections of Chile and Turkey.


AYŞE KADIOĞLU (DEAN)Area International Studies/European Studies/Political Science/

Phone 90 (216) 483 9235






Laicism in Turkey: a comparison of the views of the key republican elite on religion in the 1920s. The political choreography of the Justice and Development Party, an analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy agendas. How was citizenship described by the republican elite in the 1930s.

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FUAT KEYMAN (IPC DIRECTOR-FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Political Science/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9115


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/fuat




Fuat Keyman is Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Keyman is a leading Turkish political scientist and an expert on democratization, globalization, International Relations, Turkey – EU Relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development. He is a member of the Science Academy. He has worked as a member on the Council of Wise People as part of the Peace Process to the Kurdish issue. He also serves on advisory and editorial boards for a number of respected international and national organizations as well as for academic journals.Prior to joining Sabancı University, Keyman taught in the Department of International Relations at Koç University between 2002 and 2010 and in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University between 1994 and 2002. He was also Visiting Professor at Carleton University in the summer of 1997. Keyman holds several post-doctoral fellowships from Wellesley College and Harvard University. He has received numerous prestigious grants from the EU Framework Programme and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Furthermore, Keyman has been the research director for various projects such as Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington’s Many Globalizations, CIVICUS, and Mapping Civil Society in Turkey. Keyman has conducted the first extensive research project and written copiously on the political and social trends in Turkey, urban transformation, and living together in Anatolian cities.


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MELTEM MÜFTÜLER-BAÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/European Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9247






Meltem Müftüler-Baç is actively involved in research on the EU, particularly its political integration process, the foreign, security and defense policies, and its enlargement. Her work is most cited on Turkey-EU relations and Turkey’s accession process. Her current research activities include the EU’s security aspirations and the legitimacy crisis the EU is currently facing. Her research expertise is on the Turkish-EU relations, the EU’s security integration and the Turkish and European foreign policies, and the political dynamics of the European integration process, as well as on the possible role that Islam will have on the contestation of values and as a cause of conflict.She authored Turkey’s Relations with a Changing Europe published by the Manchester University Press in 1997, co-edited Turkey and the European Union: Dilemmas, constraints and Opportunities with Yannis Stivachtis which was published by Lexington books in 2008. She has numerous articles in refereed SSCI journals and book chapters in collections on the European integration published by reputable international presses. For her research activities, she received two prestigious awards from the Turkish Academy of Sciences: Young Social Scientist Investigator Award in 2002,Distinguished Young Scientist Award in 2003, and the Jean Monnet ad personam title from the European Commission in 2004. She participates in the FP6 Project RECON-Reconstituting Democracy in Europe for the time period of 2006-2011. She also serves as the Chair for the Standing Group on the EU, ECPR for 2009-2011.

ARZU KIBRIS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9255






Arzu Kıbrıs’s research interests focuses on the dynamics and socio-political effects of civil conflicts, and the linkages between domestic and foreign policy. She mostly conducts empirical work, but also employs game theoretical tools in her analyses. Her current projects are about the impact of PKK’s terrorist campaign on voting behavior and on educational sector in Turkey. She is also working on a game theoretical model of ethnic civil conflicts project aimed at understanding the interplay between public opinion and the long duration of these conflicts.


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BÜLENT ARAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

International Studies/ European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9251






Turkey, the Arab Spring and Beyond (with Fuat Keyman, Routledge: London, 2016).“The Educational Opportunities and Challenges of Syrian Refugee Students in Turkey: Temporary Education Centers and Beyond” (with Salih Yasun, IPC, 2016).“State, region and order: geopolitics of the Arab Spring” (published at Third World Quarterly in 2016).A Multi-Year Project Entitled Project on Middle East and Arab Spring (POMEAS) Funded By Diplomatic Academy of Qatar (2014-2016). This Project Aims To Promote Scholarly Debate On The Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Arab Spring Environment in The Middle East and North Africa. POMEAS Hosts High Quality Academic Pieces and Policy Briefs On Its Website.18 Month Long Project On Civilian Capacity in Turkey’s Peace-Building Funded By Turkish Cooperation And Coordination Agency (TIKA) (2014-2016) - Project Will Bring Turkish and International Experts and Active NGOs Together To Combine Knowledge and Expertise in The Specifics of Civilian Dimension of Peacebuilding.A multi-year project to establish an Asia Studies at Istanbul Policy Center.Pursuing A Fellowship At Wilson Center in Washington DC Entitled “Global Fellow” in Between 2013-2017. This Fellowship Includes Short Term Stays At The Center, Organizing Workshops and Conferences, Writing Academic Pieces At The Center To Wider Washington Policy Community. Op-Eds and Policy Pieces To Orsam Journal, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Project-Syndicate, Mark News, Wilson Center Global Europe Series, Pomease Brief, Pomeas Paper, Hurriyet Daily News, Today’s Zaman, Daily Sabah, Daily Star (Beirut), The Hill.

IŞIK ÖZEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/European Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9275






Işık Özel is interested in political economy of market transitions and democratization, state-society relations, and comparative political economy of regulation. She is currently working on a project entitled ‘Regulation in Economic Governance.’ Funded by TÜBİTAK, this project focuses on regulatory capacity and quality by carrying out a cross-sectoral analysis in Turkey. It examines the regulatory quality in three sectors, finance, energy and telecommunications to understand economic, political and institutional determinants affecting regulatory quality. Özel also works on the role of institutions and formation of institutions in market transition processes in middle income countries. She is generally interested in institutional explanations of development


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AYŞE BETÜL ÇELIK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Phone 90 (216) 483 9298


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bcelik/


Reconcilation in Kurdish Question, Indigenous Conflict Resolution Methods, Iintercultural Negotiation, Women in Politics.


Ayşe Betül Çelik’s research interests focus around ethnicity, migration and cultural elements in conflict and conflict resolution. Recently, she is involved in projects, which study possible reconciliation attempts in Kurdish Question; indigenous conflict resolution methods in blood feuds, and honor killings in southeastern Anatolia; and intercultural negotiation. She is a member of the intercultural negotiation project led by the University of Maryland, where a computer-based mediator will analyze the negotiation style differences between the Turkish and American students. She is also working on a research which analyzes the different roles played by the NGOs and state actors in addressing the problems of the internally displaced Kurds. She is also interested in studying the differences among Turkish political parties in their understanding of gender policies.

SENEM AYDIN DÜZGİT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9292




European Studies, EU-Turkey Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy, International Studies Theory, Discourse Analysis.


Senem Aydın-Düzgit is currently working on three research projects. Her project on “Changing Perceptions of Europe in a Changing Turkey”, funded by the Science Academy (BAGEP) is close to completion. She has recently started working on a project on the culture and identity dimensions of the EU-Turkey relationship funded by Horizon 2020. She is also co-directing a project on “Democracy Promotion in the Non-West” with Tsveta Petrova from Columbia University. Aydın-Düzgit was previously a Jean Monnet Chair of EU Political and Administrative Studies at Istanbul Bilgi University. She is the author of Constructions of European Identity (Palgrave 2012) and co-author (with Nathalie Tocci) of Turkey and the European Union (Palgrave 2015). Her articles have been published in West European Politics, Cooperation and Conflict, Alternatives, International Studies, Journal of Language and Politics, South European Society and Politics and Politique Européenne.

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AHMET EVİN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Political Science/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9230







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EMRE HATİPOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/


Phone 90 (216) 483 9260






Emre Hatipoğlu’s research employs quantitative and formal methods to examine the intersection of domestic and interstate politics. His expertise covers issues relating to economic sanctions, foreign aid, U.S. foreign policy and international conflict. Dr. Hatipoğlu has also worked extensively in the mlitarized interstate disputes dataset project under the correlates of war program. He has presented papers on U.S. congress and economic sanctions, automated data collection issues in international conflict research, the application of “Two-Good Theory of Foreign Policy” to Turkey, and co-authored a forthcoming article on the state of quantitative international conflict studies at terrorism and political violence. he is also working on a project that gauges the effect of foreign aid on economic and political development.

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AYŞE KADIOĞLU (DEAN)Area Political Science /International Studies/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9235






Laicism in Turkey: a comparison of the views of the key Republican elite on religion in the 1920s.The Political choreography of the justice and development party, an analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy agendas.How was citizenship described by the republican elite in the 1930s.

ERSİN MAHMUT KALAYCIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/Turkish Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9345


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/kalaycie/


Political Respresentation, Political Participation, Voting Behavior.


Kalaycığlu published a report on “Citizenship in Turkey and in the world: 2014 ISSP Research Report” co-authored with Ali Çakaroğlu in December 2015. Kalaycıoğlu is currently publishing a report on “Nationalism in Turkey and The World,” which was prepared as part of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). He also conducted a Turkish Public Opinion Dynamics Poll for the June 2015 General Elections with Ali Çarkoğlu, Selim Erdem, Erik Nisbet, and Özge Kemahlıoğlu.

political science

ÖZGE KEMAHLIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9268


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozgekemah/


Politics of Developing Countries, Political Parties, Formal Modeling, Latin American Politics.


She is currently conducting reseach on clientelism in argentina and Turkey, state spending in Brazil, party switching in Turkey, turnout in legislative elections of Turkey and electoral accountability in the gubernatorial elections of Argentina. in September 2010, she will start a new project on incumbency advantage in municipal and legislative elections of Chile and Turkey.

KERİM CAN KAVAKLI (VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/International Studies/

Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Phone 90 (216) 483 9268







[email protected]

http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozgekemah/

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FUAT KEYMAN (IPC DIRECTOR-FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Public Policy/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9115


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/fuat







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ARZU KIBRIS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/


Phone 90 (216) 483 9255






Arzu Kıbrıs’s research interests focuses on the dynamics and socio-political effects of civil conflicts, and the linkages between domestic and foreign policy. She mostly conducts empirical work, but also employs game theoretical tools in her analyses. Her current projects are about the impact of PKK’s terrorist campaign on voting behavior and on educational sector in Turkey. She is also working on a game theoretical model of ethnic civil conflicts project aimed at understanding the interplay between public opinion and the long duration of these conflicts.

BROOKE LUETGERT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9335


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/luetgert/


European Legislation; Public Support for European Integration; Compliance with International Law.


Brooke Luetgert specializes in public opinion formation as well as quantitative legislative and compliance research. Her expertise in the collection and evaluation of legislative data has contributed to a series of popularly cited legislative archives at both the European and national levels. She has published in European Union Politics and British Journal of Political Science, winning best article of the year in 2009 (EUP) for a contribution testing competing explanations in the compliance debate in Europe and emphasizing the importance of sample design. During her Margarete von Wrangell post-doctoral fellowship, she began exploring bureaucratic delegation in four European countries. She is currently involved in continued research on public opinion formation and the empirical link between policy evaluation, awareness and support for continued European integration.

political science political science

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political science

MELTEM MÜFTÜLER-BAÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/European Studies/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9247






Meltem Müftüler-Baç is actively involved in research on the EU, particularly its political integration process, the foreign, security and defense policies, and its enlargement. Her work is most cited on Turkey-EU relations and Turkey’s accession process. Her current research activities include the EU’s security aspirations and the legitimacy crisis the EU is currently facing. Her research expertise is on the Turkish-EU relations, the EU’s security integration and the Turkish and European foreign policies, and the political dynamics of the European integration process, as well as on the possible role that Islam will have on the contestation of values and as a cause of conflict. She authored Turkey’s Relations with a Changing Europe published by the Manchester University Press in 1997, co-edited Turkey and the European Union: Dilemmas, constraints and Opportunities with YannisStivachtis which was published by Lexington books in 2008. She has numerous articles in refereed SSCI journals and book chapters in collections on the European integration published by reputable international presses. For her research activities, she received two prestigious awards from the TurkishAcademy of Sciences: Young Social Scientist Investigator Award in 2002,Distinguished Young Scientist Award in 2003, and the Jean Monnet ad personam title from the European Commission in 2004. She participates in the FP6 Project RECON-Reconstituting Democracy in Europe for the time period of 2006-2011. She also serves as the Chair for the Standing Group on the EU, ECPR for 2009-2011.

political science

NEDİM NOMER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9327


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/nnomer/


Political and Moral Theory; Theories of Rights; 19th Century German Philosophy; Aesthetics; Political Psychology.


I work in the general areas of political philosophy and the history of political ideas. The basic concern that motivates my research is to understand the place of concepts in political action as well as in political thinking. Until recently my research was focused on the writings of 19th century German political thinkers. Some of my work appeared in the Journal of Political Philosophy and the Journal of History of Philosophy. Recently i began working on the early 20th century Turkish political thought, and especially on Ziya Gokalp and H.E.Adivar.

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DENİZ ATALAYER (VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area Psychology

Phone 90 (216) 483 9245


Web


Eating Behavior And Disorders, Stress, Decision-Making, Brain-Gut Signaling, Sexually Dimorphic Brain, Neuroendocrinology, Neuroeconomics, Psychobiology.


In general, her research areas include psychology of eating, brain-gut communication, biochemistry of the eating behavior, neuroendocrine system, obesity, as well as decision making and neuroeconomics related to reward related behavior.

ÇAĞLA AYDIN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Psychology

Phone 90 (216) 483 9130


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/caglaaydin/


Social Cognition, Language And Theory Of Mind Development, Source Memory, Memory and Metamemory Development.


Çagla Aydın’s research interests are directed at two lines of inquiry related to cognition in social context. Specifically, her current work focuses on social cognition; development of skills such as understanding of other minds, judgments of credibility of information sources and detection of misinformation. Other line of interest focuses on metacognition and memory –awareness people have about their own recollective processes.

IŞIK ÖZEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Political Science/European Studies/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9275






Işık Özel is interested in political economy of market transitions and democratization, state-society relations, and comparative political economy of regulation. She is currently working on a project entitled ‘Regulation in Economic Governance.’ Funded by TÜBİTAK, this project focuses on regulatory capacity and quality by carrying out a cross-sectoral analysis in Turkey. It examines the regulatory quality in three sectors, finance, energy and telecommunications to understand economic, political and institutional determinants affecting regulatory quality. Özel also works on the role of institutions and formation of institutions in market transition processes in middle income countries. She is generally interested in institutional explanations of development.

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ASUMAN BÜYÜKCAN TETİK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Psychology

Phone 90 (216) 483 9122


Web https://sites.google.com/site/asumanbuyukcantetik/home


Interpersonal Relationships, Romantic Relationships, Self-Control, Wellbeing.


Asuman Buyukcan Tetik’s research integrates social, clinical, and developmental psychology. Her research focuses on interpersonal relationships, mostly close relationships (i.e., marriages, dating relationships, and parent-child relationships). Some of the topics she is currently working on include, but are not limited to, the role of ideal partner standards in relationship satisfaction, the predictors and consequences of intrusive behaviors toward the partner, and the growth of forgiveness in marriages.

SUNAE KİM (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Psychology

Phone 90 (216) 483 9242


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/


Developmental; Social Cognition: Metacognition.


Selective learning and teaching, Metacognition in young children, Children’s understanding of supernatural power.

ACHILLE PASQUALOTTO (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Psychology

Phone 90 (216) 483 3184


Web http://cult.sabanciuniv.edu/en/people/faculty/detail/2316


Multisensory Cognition; Spatial Cognition; Vision; Haptics; Brain Stimulation.


Brain stimulation and human cognition; sensory substitution for spatial representation;eye-tracking studies on attractiveness.

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OLESYA BLAZHENKOVA (VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area Psychology

Phone 90 (216) 483 3183


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/olesya/


Visual-Spatial Cognition; Visual Imagery; Visualization Abilities; Individual Differences.


My research focuses on individual differences in visualization abilities and styles, from both theoretical and applied perspectives. It investigates the dissociation between different types of visualization among individuals of different ages and specializations. Specifically, I am interested in the differences between object visualization (representation and processing of the literal appearances of objects in terms of their pictorial properties such as shape, color, and texture) and spatial visualization (representation and processing of spatial relations, locations of objects in space, and spatial transformations). My research includes studies with children, college students and members of different professions that involve group, individual, quantitative and qualitative assessment.

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İZAK ATİYAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Public Policy/Economics/European Studies/

Phone 90 (216) 483 9241







ABDURRAHMAN AYDEMİR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Public Policy/Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9344


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~aaydemir/


Applied Microeconomics; Labour Economics; Migration; Education.


Abdurrahman Aydemir’s research focuses on immigration, education, and intergenerational mobility. He is currently working on a number of projects that investigates the role of ethnic networks on human capital investments,the labor market outcomes of Turkish immigrants across Europe, and the impact of the change in compulsory schooling laws on educational attainment and labor market outcomes in Turkey.

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MEHMET BAÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9257


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bac/


Microeconomics; Industrial Organization; Law and Economics.


Recent papers focus on the following topics: (a) Theoretical analysis of the interaction between the defensive and offensive demands for guns, optimal gun control policies; (b) The equilibrium analysis of opinion expressions under social sanctions imposed by the majority, dominant, culture, (c) Emergence of old-boy networks of entrepreneurs and their welfare effects (with ErenInci), (d) Prohibition policies when goods can be offered as bribes and gifts.

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EREN İNCİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Public Policy/Economics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9340


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ereninci/


Applied Microeconomic Theory (Public Economics, Urban Economics, and Industrial Organization); and Economics of Entrepreneurship.


Eren Inci’s recent research projects are concentrating primarily on two topics: economics of entrepreneurship and economics of parking. His work in entrepreneurship has focused on it from an occupational choice perspective to answer who become entrepreneurs from which particular wealth classes. He has contributed to the analysis of public policies to improve the quality of entrepreneurs in the presence of informational constraints on behalf of both financiers and policy makers. His more recent work ramifies into two branches. On the one side, he has analyzed entrepreneurs’ financing choice between debt- and equity-based instruments when equity providers take certain amount of control in the ventures that they are financing, which is particularly relevant for venture capital agreements. On the other side, he has examined the effects of social ties and informal networks on the price of loans to entrepreneurs and on their incentives to invest in themselves and innovative start-up projects. Dr. Inci’s research in economics of parking considers optimal pricing of and land allocation for parking. He has analyzed cruising for parking in downtown areas in order to come up with policies to mitigate traffic congestion. He also modeled the evolution of downtown parking and traffic congestion to different states in time to understand how and why catastrophic transitions to hypercongested traffic occur. His most recent work focuses on pricing of parking in shopping malls, which is mostly provided free all over the world. In this context, he provides the theoretical foundations of minimum parking requirements, and as opposed to the common view, he shows why embedding parking fees into the price of goods sold in the mall may be socially optimal.

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FUAT KEYMAN (IPC DIRECTOR-FACULTY MEMBER)Area Public Policy/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9115







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HAKKI YAZICI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9331


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/hakkiyazici/


Macroeconomics; Public Finance.


Hakki Yazıcı’s primary fields of research are Macroeconomics and Public Finance. Currently, he is especially interested in optimal education policy. He is working on how to design public programs to provide equality of opportunity for children from poor families with Prof. Nicola Pavoni of University College London and Tommy Leung of ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong.


He is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Turkey, The Arab Spring and Beyond (with Bülent Aras, 2016), Global Turkey in Europe 3: Democracy, Trade, and the Kurdish Question in Turkey-EU Relations (2015), Democracy, Identity and Foreign Policy in Turkey (with Şebnem Gümüşçü, 2014); Global Turkey in Europe 2: Energy, Migration, Civil Society and Citizenship Issues in Turkey-EU Relations (2014); Global Turkey in Europe: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU (2013); Remaking Turkey (in Turkish, 2013); Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey (with Ayşe Kadıoğlu, 2011); Cities: The Transformation of Anatolia, the Future of Turkey (2010); Competing Nationalism in Turkey (2010), Turkey in a Globalizing World (2010); Remaking Turkey, Globalization, Alternative Modernities and Democracy (2008); Turkish Politics in a Changing World (with Ziya Öniş, 2007), Citizenship in a Global World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences (2005); Changing World, Transforming Turkey (2005). Keyman has also authored numerous articles published in prestigious, peer-reviewed international journals such as Third World Quarterly, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Relations, Journal of Democracy, European Journal of Social Theory, Theory Culture & Society, and Review of International Political Economy. He received his PhD in Political Science with a concentration in International Studies and Comparative Politics from Carleton University. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

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turkish studıes

ERSİN MAHMUT KALAYCIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Turkish Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9345






Kalaycığlu published a report on “Citizenship in Turkey and in the world: 2014 ISSP Research Report” co-authored with Ali Çakaroğlu in December 2015. Kalaycıoğlu is currently publishing a report on “Nationalism in Turkey and The World,” which was prepared as part of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). He also conducted a Turkish Public Opinion Dynamics Poll for the June 2015 General Elections with Ali Çarkoğlu, Selim Erdem, Erik Nisbet, and Özge Kemahlıoğlu.

turkish studıes

CEMİL KOÇAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Turkish Studies/History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9239


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ckocak/


Turkish Political History; Turkish Foreign Policy; Historical Writing and Methodology.


Turkish political history; history of turkish foreign policy (turkish-american diplomatic relations after second world war); Historiography; methodology of the discipline of history.

HAKAN ERDEM (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Turkish Studies/History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9295


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~erdemy/


History of Ottoman Slavery, Modern State Construction in the Late Ottoman Empire; Repercussions of the Greek War of Independence in the Ottoman Empire; Introduction of the New Conscript Army, Transformation of Ottoman Political Language and Culture.


A Documentary History of the Greek Revolution from the Ottoman Archives (book); Selim III: The Sultan with Two States (book); Magic, Theft and Arson: The Life and Death of an Enslaved African Woman in Ottoman Izmit (Article/book).

EMRE EROL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Turkish Studies/History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9264


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/erolemre


Late 19th – Early 20th Century Ottoman/Turkish History, History of Socialisms and Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Personal Histories and Ego-Documents Of The Young Turks, History of Port-Towns And Port-Cities in the Eastern Mediterranean, History Of Capitalism in the Eastern Mediterranean, History of Migrations in the Ottoman Empire With Special Focus on Forced Displacement In Balkans and Western Anatolia During the Late Ottoman Period.


Heuristic research on the ego documents of the Unionists and Kemalists, collection and analysis of local history material on the late 19th century Ayvalık (Aivali), research on the overlapping patterns of cultural, demographic and economic pillars of the Unionists’ and Kemalists’ nation-state building projects, advanced readings on multiple modernist trajectories in the making of modern Turkey.

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AKŞİN SOMEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area History/Turkish Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9278


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/somel/


Peripheral Populations in the Otoman Empire; Relationship between Center and Periphery; History of Ottoman Education; Gender Issues During the Ottoman Reform Period.


Ottoman educational policies in Syria; historical statistics of Istanbul; biographies of Ottoman bureaucrats.

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ERDAĞ AKSEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9249


Web http://www.nesneler.com/


Visual Arts; Painting; Sculpture Photography Installations; Visual Literacy; Foundations Studies in Visual Art and Visual Communication.


Site-specific installations with a particular broad approach to the notion of site that allows political, sociological and psychological aspects of ‘site’ integrated into the installation, unbound from the mere physical or visual characteristics. Current work also involves 3-D modeling of sculpture drawings that will not be produced, to be exhibited in modeled 3-D museums that do not exist.

SELÇUK ARTUT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9319


Web http://www.selcukartut.com/


Sound Design, Digital Art, Interactive Design, Physical Computing, Sonic Arts, Contemporary Art.


Currently he is working on an online web research project which is based on 3D interactions with sounds that are submitted by online participants. Consequently, he is working on a research project for a theater performance collaborating with artists and producers from Germany.

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ELİF AYİTER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9289


Web http://www.citrinitas.com/, http://syncretia.wordpress.com/,http://alphatribe.tumblr.com/ ,http://www.alphaauer.com/


Computer Science/Art & Design Hybrids, Visual Art, Design (Graphic Design), Metaverse (And Other 3D Virtual Worlds), Avatar, Virtual Identity, (Electronic) Art Education.


PhD candidate writing dissertation at the Planetary Collegium studying with Roy Ascott, Plymouth University, UK (thesis subject: the design of an art educational strategy to be implemented in a metaverse). Extensive artistic as well as research activity in Second Life®.(http://syncretia.wordpress.com,http://alphatribe.tumblr.com ) Editor in chief of forthcoming academic journal “Metaverse Creativity” (http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=179/ ).


SELİM BİRSEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9248


Web http://www.selimbirsel.com


Painting; Sculpture; Installation; Video; Photography; Performace in Art; Exhibition Organisation.


‘Cabinet’ as artist studio, ‘Flaneurie’ and ‘Rhizome’ as being, interactions with the visitor, play, use of multi disciplinary creation language as medium, human movement thru the history due to social, economic, ecologic, conflits reasons. What do they drain, the remains, the traces, from a presonal view point are subjects to my current research domains.

MURAT GERMEN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9281


Web http://www.muratgermen.com/


Photography; Visual Communication Design; Information Design; Interface Design; Architecture; Virtual Environments; Virtual Architecture; Art; Art Theory.


Current research topics and paper/article titles include: “Content creation and propagation: tools for subjective hegemony”, “Using 2D photography as a 3D constructional tool within the second life environment”, “Chronophotography” (Time dependent narrative photography), “Redesigning architecture through photography”, “Inadvertent - Arsaccidentalis” (Accidental digital art), “Looking aside: collective constructs, autarchic assemblage”. I have presented at several seminars, symposia and conferences like SIGGRAPH, ISEA2009, Mutamorphosis, Towards a Science of Consciousness, CAe 2008-9, CAC2, EVA-London’08, eCAADe, ASCAAD.

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BRATISLAV PANTELIC (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design/History

Phone 90 (216) 483 9262


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~pantelic/


Late Classical and Byzantine Art andArchitecture; 19th-Century Art and Architecture of Southeastern Europe; Archaeological Methodology; Art History; Art Theory.


Bratislav Pantelic is an art historian who specializes in the art and architecture of Southeastern Europe. He has published on late classical, Byzantine and medieval art and architecture. In his most recent works he has ventured into the modern age to concentrate on issues relating to the visual arts, nationalism and identity. His focus is on the past -- how the past has been perceived and in particular how perceptions of the past and notions of heritage and cultural belonging are used in identity construction and eventually to influence political action.

ONUR YAZICIGİL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9334


Web http://onuryazicigil.com/


Typography, Type Design, Information Design, Mixed Media Illustration, Graphic Design.


Currently working on a contemporary sanserif type design which supports central and eastern european languages for continuous typesetting. The type is accompanied by a series of alternative forms, which boosts readability in Turkish typesetting as well as other diacritic marks found in other Latin alphabets. The type takes its historical reference from the humanist forms of the Renaissance time period and synchronizes them with the contemporary digital screen technology for optimum legibility.


WIESLAW ZAREMBA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9266


Web http://wieslawzaremba.com/


Teaching of the Arts; Drawing; Painting; Mechanical Media; Lithography.


My research activities are currently focused on a few different fields thanks to the international teaching experience I had at Gdansk State Academy of Fine Arts in Poland and Bilkent University and for last 10 years at Sabancı University in Turkey.Since 2003 I have been cooperating with some American, Italian, Malaysian and Singapore universities and visiting these countries by taking part in international group exhibitions as well as workshops and conferences. Having gained a multidisciplinary approach and methods in teaching of arts, I have been currently continue my researches from visual arts & visual arts design to stage performing arts and psychology and have been excavating new things and following the updated informations in these fields. As a ‘learning’ instructor I have also been focusing on the other fields of our Visual Arts and Visual Communication Dept. at SU and improving my skills in design and photography during last 10 years. I have been investing on photography cameras and the technical equipment for last 4 years and have been doing my own researches. Photography always takes part in my artistic and teaching activities and I also design all my and students’ exhibitions posters by myself thanks to my works on computer design and photoshop programs. I also give my students photography tasks and encourage them to combine photography and video together with their painting and drawings. I provide my students a theater atmosphere with lighting and posing models in the studio and organize a series of lectures given my Ms. MeralÇulha, psychology advisor at SU, regarding ‘face expressions’ every year while I teach them how to draw portraits.

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YOONG WAH ALEX WONG (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Phone 90 (216) 483 9276


Web http://www.aw-alexwong.com/


3D Animation (Games and Movies); Video and Photography; Motion Graphics; Digital Art and Design.


His current research topic include “Non photo realistic character transformation and morphing” for movie, game and education purposes. On top of that, he has been active in photography for the past 15 years. He received numerous honors from International Photography Award (IPA), PX3 Award, The Spider Award, World Photographic Arts Award, Worldwide Photography Gala Award and etc. He is a regular editor/photographer to Photo creator publication and guest speaker to MalaysiaNationalArtGallery for photography seminar since 2004. His 2009 - recent exhibit is being showcase in Nikon Ginza Gallery, Tokyo and Museum of HigasniKawa, Hokkaido – Japan, Farmani Gallery, New York and Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia – USA, Escape Dupon Gallery, Paris – France, Earl Lu Gallery at Lasalle College of Arts – Singapore, Annexe Gallery and Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia and Sabanci University/FASS Art Gallery, Istanbul – Turkey.

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computer science and engineering

SELİM BALCISOY (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9569


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/balcisoy/

Research Area Keywords

Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Data Visualization, Visual Analytics and Cultural Heritage.


Dr. Balcisoy is a Director of Behavioral Analytics & Visualization Lab, co-founded by Sabanci University and MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics Group in 2015. The Lab conducts research on Big Data Analytics and Data Visualization using large data sets and supported by Akbank, Sigorta Bilgi ve Gözetim Merkezi and SAS.

ESRA ERDEM (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9574


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~esraerdem/


Artificial Intelligence; Knowledge Representation and Reasoning; Cognitive Robotics.


Our group focuses on research in the AREAs of artificial intelligence, knowledge representation and reasoning, and cognitive robotics along two lines: on the mathematical foundations and their applications (e.g., biomedical informatics, computational biology, Semantic WEB , multi-agent path planning, service robotics, cognitive factories, rehabilitation robotics).

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KEMAL İNAN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Computer Science and Engineering/Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9518


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Technological Unemployment, Automation.


Social Consequences of Automation Technologies.

KAMER KAYA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9566


Web people.sabanciuniv.edu/kaya/


High Performance Computing, Parallel Algorithms, Cryptography, Social Network Analysis.


Dr. Kaya is working on high-performance computing and developing efficient parallel algorithms using sparse, irregular and multi-dimensional data on various architectures including clusters, multicore CPUs, GPUs and other manycore accelerators etc. He is also working on Cryptography; mainly on secret sharing and privacy preserving query processing.


MEHMET KESKİNÖZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering/Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9539


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/keskinoz/


Wired and Wireless Digital Communications, Multimedia and Biometric Security, Information Hiding, Information and Data Fusion, Soft-Decodable Error Correction Codes.


One of Dr. Keskinöz’s research interests is to design robust physical and link layer algorithms for wired and wireless digital communications systems including UWB communications, OFDM UWB systems, Wireless Mesh Networks, DSL, magnetic and optical data storage systems, distributed detection and data fusion for wireless sensor networks. His another interest is data processing and coding for information hiding and security including multimedia and biometric security, fuzzy vaulting, stenography, public and private watermarking, biometric hashing. He also conducts research for iterative soft-decodable codes such as turbo and LDPC coding and their implementations . He is a recipient of Turkish NSF Research grant on distributed detection in wireless sensor networks and Career Award on wireless mesh networks.

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ERKAY SAVAŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9606


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~erkays/


Cryptography and Security, Computer Arithmetic, High Perfomance Computing, Distributed Computing.


Security and Privacy in Embedded Systems, Privacy-Aware Security Systems, Private Information Retrieval, Privacy-Preserving Data Mining, Trusted Computing.

BERRİN YANIKOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9528


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/berrin/


Biometrics, Document Recognition, Plant Recognition, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition.


Dr. Yanıkoğlu works in the general AREAs of computer vision and machine learning with applications in biometrics, document recognition and retrieval, and plant image recognition. Together with her students, they have developed award winning signature verification systems and novel biometric template protection schemes. Her research in document analysis includes handwriting and sketch recognition for English and Turkish and document retrieval.


ALBERT LEVI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9563


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/levi/


Information and Network Security; Wireless System Security; Certificate Systems and Public Key Infrastructures; E-commerce Security; Application Layer Security Protocols; Data Privacy.


Dr. Levi's recent research mostly focus on development of efficient and privacy preserving communication frameworks for RFID systems, mesh networks, MANETs and sensor networks; design and analysis of email security protocols; security analysis of various existing secure systems; development of secure e-commerce and e-payment schemes. Dr. Levi's research is funded by TÜBİTAK, Türk Telekom and Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology.

YÜCEL SAYGIN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9576


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/ysaygin/


Data Mining, Spatio-Temporal Data Management, Privacy Preserving Data Mining, Privacy Preserving Data Publishing.


Data mining and privacy aspects of data mining, ubiquitous knowledge discovery and spatio-temporal data mining, privacy preserving distributed mining of spatio-temporal data, anonymization of moving object trajectories.

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CEMAL YILMAZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9532


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/cyilmaz


Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Software Security, Program Analysis.


Combinatorial Interaction Testing, Systematic Testing of Mobile Applications, Systematic Testing of Multithreaded Applications, Highly Configurable Software Systems, Online Approaches for Detecting Ongoing Side Channel Attacks, Online Failure Prediction, Dynamic Program Analysis, Data-Driven Program Analysis.

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AYHAN BOZKURT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9537


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/abozkurt/


VLSI Design for Analog/Digital Sensor Interfaces, Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) Modeling and Design, Medical Instrumentation (Sensor and Sensor Interface Design), Acoustic Microscopy (Material Characterization, Lens Design).


Front-end electronics design for ultrasonic imaging and therapeutics. Micromachnined ultrasonic transducer design for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) applications. Transducer modeling.

HÜSNÜ YENİGÜN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9544


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/yenigun/


Formal Methods, Hardware/Software Verification, Model Checking, Finite State Machine Based Testing.


Dr. Yenigün has been working on formal aspects of software testing and especially on Finite State Machine based testing. Typically, the work in this field is of theoretical nature and based on some computationally expensive graph theoretical problems. Therefore, the development of heuristic algorithms to solve these problems and investigating interesting special cases where polynomial time algorithms can suffice are within the research scope of Dr. Yenigün’s group.

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AYTÜL ERÇİL (NETWORK FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9543


Web http://vpa.sabanciuniv.edu/people/aytulercil


Invariant Object Recognition, Implicit Polynomial Models, Texture Analysis; Statistical Pattern Recognition, Use of Machine Vision in Manufacturing Automation, Biometrics; Facial Expression Analysis.


Current research activities include developing techniques for automated visual monitoring of patients and elderly people (especially people with Alzeimers disese) living in nursing homes or in their (assisted) home environments. Another current research activity involves 3D scanning of specular surface using thermal imaging.

ÖZGÜR ERÇETİN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9608


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/oercetin/


5G Networks, Internet of Things, Energy Efficient Communications, Information Theory, Stochastic Optimization.


Prof. Erçetin’s research interests are understanding the interplay between different layers of communications networks for improving future Information and communications technologies. He is currently investigating (1) Energy Harvesting Communications, (2) Wireless Multimedia Systems, (3) Information-centric Networking, (4) Sensor Networks and Fusion.

MÜJDAT ÇETİN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9594


Web http://spis.sabanciuniv.edu


Statistical Signal and Image Processing, Computational Imaging, Radar Imaging, Biomedical Information Processing, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neural Signal Processing, Microscopic Image Analysis.


Dr. Çetin’s current research activities are focused around the following themes: (1) Sparse signal representation and compressed sensing with application to computational imaging problems in radar and biomedical imaging; (2) Signal processing and machine learning for electroencephalography (EEG) based brain-computer interfaces with application to restoration of communication of locked-in patients, neurofeedback for motor learning, and rehabilitation of stroke; (3) Automated analysis of microscopic images of neurons; (4) Computer vision methods for fine-grained product recognition.

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ÖZGÜR GÜRBÜZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9609


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~ogurbuz/


Wireless Networks, Medium Access Control, Resource Allocation, Scheduling, Cross Layer Design, 5G Networks, Full Duplex.


Dr. Gürbüz’s research interests are in the field of wireless communications and networks, in particular medium access control, radio resource management, cross layer design for wireless networks, considering evolving air interface technologies, such as full duplex, cooperative diversity, MIMO, and applications, such as wireless mesh networks, sensor networks etc.

YAŞAR GÜRBÜZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9533


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/yasar/


RF, Microwave & Millimeter-wave Integrated Device, Circuits and Systems, Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits and Systems, Sensors and Actuators, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).


RF/Microwave/Millimeter-wave Integrated Devices, Circuits and Systems: Design and Fabrication X-band (8-12 GHz ) phased-array transceiver module for RADAR applications: SiGe BiCMOS process technology is being implemented to realize X-band Transmitter/Receiver (T/R) front-end for Phased Array, RADAR Applications. T/R module consists of Phase Shifter, T/R Switches, LNA and PA sub-blocks and involves RF Integrated System/Circuit/Device Design, Fabrication, Test/Measurement competence.


F Band (94 – 140 GHz) Passive RADAR for THz Imaging Applications: SiGe BiCMOS process technology is being implemented to realize 94-140 GHz Receiver front-end for Passive Imaging RADAR Applications. Receive module consists of LNA, RF MEMS Switch, Detector and Baseband Circuitry and involves Millimeter-wave, Microwave and RF Integrated Devices, Circuits and Systems Design, Fabrication, Test/Measurement competence.

Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits and Systems Large-Array Sensor Readout Circuity: Signal readout, control and conditioning circuits for large-array sensor/detector systems, such as 1024x1024, 640x480 IR Imaging Systems, etc., being developed using CMOS technology and analog/digital (mixed-signal) integrated circuits/system design and implementation competence.

Biological and Chemical Sensors, Actuators and MEMS Development of a Biosensor Platform (Lab-on-Chip): An electronic Lab-on-Chip, biosensing platform is being developed. The biosensors composed of capacitive transducers and amperometric electrodes, electronic readout circuitries, and/or on-chip transmitter, and a signal processing and conditioning circuitry. The platform is aimed at applications of the early monitoring and diagnosis of life threatening diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The platform is also applicable for the detection/quantification of Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents.

MEMS research activities involves development of integrated circuit compatible RF MEM Devices: Switch, voltage controlled capacitor, etc. A succesfull implementation of this research have led to a RF MEMS switch offered in a standard SiGe BiCMOS process. Application of this siwtch for different frequency range is our current/active AREA of research, involving design, fabrication and testing aspects.

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İLKER HAMZAOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9577


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/hamzaoglu


Low Power Digital Hardware Design for Video Processing and Compression, System-on-Chip (SoC) ASIC and FPGA Design, Embedded System Design, Computer-aided Design and Test for Digital VLSI Circuits.


Low Power HEVC Video Compression Hardware Design, FPGA Implementation of HEVC Video Compression AlgorithmsUsing High Level Synthesis, Low Power Digital HardwareDesign Techniques for Video Processing and Compression.

KEMAL İNAN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Electronics Engineering/Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9518


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Technological Unemployment, Automation.


Social Consequences of Automation Technologies.

SÜMEYRA ÜMMÜHAN DEMİR KANIK (POST-DOC)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2093


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Digital Signal and Image Processing, Biomedical Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Data Mining.


Automated Analysis of Microscopic Neuron Images, Electroencephalography (EEG) based brain-computer interfaces.

MEHMET KAYNAK (NETWORK FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone +49 335 526 707

E-Mail [email protected]@ihp-microelectronics.com

Web http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu/tr/people/faculty/detail/00B08675 http://www.ihp-microelectronics.com/en/departments/technology/overview.html


High Frequency Electronics, BiCMOS Semiconductor Fabrication, MEMS, Heterogeneous Integration, SiP.


Development and fabrication of mm-wave and THz circuits and sensors, Heterogeneous integration for System-in-Package solutions, high speed SiGe based BiCMOS technologies.

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GÜLLÜ KIZILTAŞ ŞENDUR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering/Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9584


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~gkiziltas/


Topology Optimization, Multi-Disciplinary Optimization (MDO), Metamaterials, Computational Electromagnetics, Antenna Design, Finite Element Analysis, Design of Coupled Systems, Tissue Engineering, Micro-CT, Multi-Material Ceramic-Polymer Fabrication, Solid Free Form Fabrication.


Dr. Kiziltas Sendur’s research theme centers on the design and fabrication of complex materials based engineering systems for mechatronic, electromagnetic and biomedical applications. Her research efforts focuses on: 1) Topology optimization design methods for electromagnetic applications (in particular antennas and filters); and the design and fabrication of artificially engineered electromagnetic materials/metamaterials, 2) Development of Multi-Disciplinary Optimization (MDO) Methods for mechatronic systems in particular robotic systems, 3) Topology optimization and fabrication of bone scaffolds and micro-CT characterization for tissue engineering 4) Finite Element Analysis based optimal design of coupled engineering systems (in particular solid-fluid-electromagnetically coupled systems), 5) Advanced fabrication of functionally graded ceramic-polymer composite materials in particular using extrusion, tape and freezecasting and 3D printing systems.

MERİÇ ÖZCAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9506


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/meric/


Optics, RF & Microwaves, Quantum Electronics.


Digital Holography, Holographic Imaging, Ultrafast Imaging, Microwave Plasma Generation.

AHMED SHAHARYAR KHWAJA (POST-DOC)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2363


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Digital Signal Processing, Radar Imaging, Applied Optimization, Machine Learning.


Ahmed’s current research activities are focused around developing improved processing algorithms for single and multi-channel radar imaging.


MEHMET KESKİNÖZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering/Computer Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9539


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/keskinoz/


Statistical Signal and Information Processing with Applications to Various Fields such as Digital Communications, Big Data Analitics, Digital Image Processing, Multimedia and Biometric Security, Information Hiding, Face and Fingerprint Recognition and Security, Data Fusion.


One of Dr. Keskinöz’s research interests is to design robust receiver design, optimum power allocation, network codign, biometric security, optimal filter design for image restoration, OFDM UWB systems, Wireless Mesh Networks, DSL, magnetic and optical data storage systems, distributed detection and data fusion for wireless sensor networks. One of his research efforts is data processing and coding for information hiding and security including multimedia and biometric security, fuzzy vaulting, stenography, public and private watermarking, biometric hashing. He also conducts research for iterative soft-decoding of error correction codes such as turbo and LDPC coding and their implementations. He is a recipient of Turkish NSF Research grant on distributed detection in wireless sensor networks.

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VOLKAN ÖZGÜZ (SUNUM DIRECTOR)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9834


Web http://sunum.sabanciuniv.edu/


Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies, 3D İntegration and Packaging, Microsystems and Nano Systems, Integration of Heterogeneous Systems.


Integration of 3D technologies and nanotechnologies, low power system implementation using 3D integration and nanoelectronics, nano to micro and macro interfaces and Nano-Packaging, miniaturization for wearable implantable biomedical systems; cognitive systems using neuromorphic approaches, memory-augmented processing for high productivity computing and communication.

İBRAHİM TEKİN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9534


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/tekin/


Microwave and Millimeter Wave Active/Passive Circuit And Antenna Design, Millimeter Wave Systems, Full Duplex/MIMO Radio And Antennas, Antenna Design, RF Circuit Design, GPS Based Positioning.


Millimeter wave antennas and LNA, phase shifters – 75-110 GHz. Millimeter wave arrays and beam steering for 5G.77 GHz automotive radar receiever front-ends. RFIC on-chip antenna implementation/simulation and measurements. Wide band antennas for 5G full-duplex communications.Millimeter wave active and MEMS based phase shifters. Multiport antennas. Indoor GPS positioning.

MURAT KAYA YAPICI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9553


Web http://mems.sabanciuniv.edu/


Microelectromechanical System (MEMS), Micromachining and Micro/Nanofabrication Technologies, Micro Sensors and Actuators, Semiconductor Process Technologies, Scanning-Probe based Nanotechnology and Nanomanufacturing, Biomedical Microsystems and Devices, Microfluidic Systems, MEMS-CMOS and Nanomaterial Integration.


At Sabancı University Micro/Nano Systems & Devices Lab (SU-MEMS), we employ our broad expertise in micro/nanofabrication technologies and develop miniaturized devices, sensors & actuators in an effort to solve interdisciplinary problems in biomedical sciences, electronics and nanotechnology. We have four research thrust AREAs:Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (M/NEMS), Micro Sensors and ActuatorsNovel Micro/Nanofabrication Techniques, Scanning Probe-based Nanotechnology Biosensors, Biomedical Microsystems and Devices, Microfluidic SystemsElectronic Devices, CMOS-MEMS and Nanomaterial (e.g. graphene) Integration.


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ALİ RANA ATILGAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/

Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9525


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/atilgan/


Biological Physics and Systems Science.


We identify interactions in biological and social systems and trace their communication pathways on different time and length scales. We ferret out the relationships between local motifs and global patterns in complex networks. These activities find technological applications in devising molecular machines and system identification tools.

AHMET BARIŞ BALCIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9965


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/balcioglu/


Stochastic Models, Analysis of Queueing Systems, Production/Inventory Systems, Call Centers, Simulation.


Currently, I work on delay systems where customer/demand arrival processes can be partially controlled by the system management. One AREA concerns customer contact centers for which I develop approximations to capture the steady-state system measures. An extension to this problem arises when the call center provides a call back option to those who are unwilling to wait online. Another domain I work at is the analysis of production inventory systems where demand is controlled via dynamic pricing and dynamic lead time quotation. When the congestion level on shop floor increases or the inventory level drops, via increasing the price of a commodity or announcing longer lead times, the management can lower the demand rate. With these models, I try to envision when it is more important to implement such policies.

Ş. İLKER BİRBİL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9548


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/sibirbil/


Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Nonlinear Optimization, Data Science.


Parallel nonlinear optimization for machine learning, algorithm development in large-scale mathematical programming, network revenue management.

ERHAN BUDAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering/

Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9519


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~ebudak/


Manufacturing Engineering, Machining Processes and Machine Tools, Machine Dynamics.


Modeling and simulation of multi-axis machining processes.Machining operations for turbine engine components. Modeling of grinding and super abrasive machining processes.Cryogenic cooling methods in machining operations. Stability of simultaneous machining operations.High performance machining of difficult-to-produce materials. Micro machining application.Machine tool design, testing and modeling. Multi-tasking machine tool applications. Machine tool dynamics and chatter stability.Thermal modeling of machining processes.Milling tool design for increased productivity.Vibration suppression methods for machines.


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BÜLENT ÇATAY (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9531


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/catay/


Production Planning, Transportation and Logistics Systems. Applied Optimization, Meta-heuristics.


Heuristic and meta-heuristic approaches to vehicle routing problems; distribution and transportation problems with a particular emphasis on the external costs associated mainly with greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, congestion, noise; determination of the protein structure through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) structure-based assignments using mathematical programming techniques and meta-heuristics.

HANS FRENK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9520


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Stochastic Processes, Convex Analysis, Dynamic Programming, Applications of Techniques of Operations Research to Applied Problems (Inventory Control, Maintenance, Revenue Management.)


Stochastic Control Problems, Airline Revenue Management, İnventory Control Problems, Levy Processes.

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KEREM BÜLBÜL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9589


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/bulbul/


Mathematical Programming and Computational Optimization, Modeling and Analysis of Scheduling Systems, Cloud Computing, Airline Crew Scheduling.


Currently, my research is evolving in two primary areas. First, I am studying machine scheduling problems through mathematical programming techniques, with a focus that is shifting towards modeling risk under uncertainty. Second, I continue to work on both novel methodological and practical aspects of decomposition methods in mathematical programming and computational optimization. Recently, I have also taken a keen interest in modeling and optimization of problems that arise in a cloud computing environment, both from the perspective of the customer and the cloud provider.

ERALP DEMİR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering/


Phone 90 (216) 300 1354


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/


Composite Mechanics, Crystal Plasticity Finite Elements, Mechanical Size Effects, Residual Stress Measurements From Lattice Strains.


Modeling of Composites Mechanics for Curvilinear Fiber Placement Method. Finite Element Modeling of Crystal Plasticity. Physically-Based models for Single Crystal Plasticity. Modeling of Anisotropy and Texture Evolution during Metal Forming Processes.

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UMUT EKMEKÇİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9597


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/umutekmekci


Design and Implementation of Innovation Systems. University-Industry Collaborations. Collective Creativity and Innovation Communities. Innovation Management in Energy Sector.


Designing Components of Corporate Innovation Systems.

ODYSSEAS KANAVETAS (POST-DOC)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 568 7026


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/okanavetas


Applied Probability, Statistics, Stochastic Processes. Stochastic Systems: Modeling, Analysis, Estimation, Simulation, Optimization. Sequential Analysis, Adaptive Allocation Policies,Supply Chain Management, Health Care Management, Queueing Systems, Operations Management.


Queueing Systems, Multi-Armed Bandits, Inventory Management, Auctions.

MURAT KAYA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9622


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/mkaya/


Supply Chain Contracting, Sales Channels Management, Game Theory and Experimental Economics Applications in Supply Chain Management.


Dr. Kaya’s current research focuses on decision making and coordination issues in supply chains, In addition to building analytical models of decision making, Dr. Kaya is also testing the validity of these models through experiments with human decision makers, As such, he is involved with the emerging field of “behavioral operations management”, Dr. Kaya is currently building models and conducting experiments for three research purposes: (1) to develop effective dual sales channel policies for a manufacturer who sells both through an independent retailer and also directly to end consumers; (2) to identify the behavioral causes of the “bullwhip effect”, which is a major source of inefficiency in supply chains; (3) to study the validity of the newsvendor model, which lie at the foundation of the supply chain contracting research.


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ESRA KOCA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9593


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Mathematical Programming, Conic Optimization, Dynamic Programming, Production Planning and Logistics.


Multistage Stochastic Lot Sizing Problem with Nervousness Considerations; Green Lot Sizing Problems.

NİLAY NOYAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9618


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~nnoyan/


Operations Research, Stochastic Programming, Risk Measures, Statistical Inference Methods, Stochastic Optimization Applications.


Optimization, stochastic programming, and risk modeling, She focuses on developing stochastic optimization modeling approaches and solution methods that can be applied to a wide range of decision making problems, In particular, she has been working on sustainable urban transportation, airline revenue management, and disaster relief network design.


BAHATTİN KOÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9557


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bahattinkoc/


Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing, Tissue Engineering, Nano/micro-scale Modeling and Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Product Realization.


Tissue and organ printing using computer-aided design and 3D printing (additive manufacturing) techniques,Development of patient specific customized implants, prostheses and medical devices, Novel methodologies to design geometrically and functionally complex multi-functional parts and composites, Micro-nano scale modeling and nanomanufactuing processes for multi-functional devices and products, These research will open up new and exciting possibilities in tissue and organ substitutes, active nano/micro sensors and devices, customized consumer products with improved quality, environmentally-friendly designs and novel composite materials.

KEMAL KILIÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9596


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/kkilic/


Data Mining, Decision Support Systems, Heuristic Search and Optimization Techniques, Innovation Management, Health Informatics.


Even though my research interests seem be diverse in various fields such as operations management, innovation management and healthcare informatics, the link that joins them is data mining, I have been working on projects such as fraud detection (in health care insurance, electricity distribution, etc,), personalized advertisement management in virtual environments, developing a Decision Support System for assisting managing innovation in manufacturing firms, forecasting based early warning quality system for electric appliances manufacturer, Furthermore, I am also working on various applications of data mining techniques in computational biology and operations management problems.

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GÜNDÜZ AHMET ULUSOY (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9503




Project and Machine Scheduling, Innovation and Manufacturing Strategy Development; Evolutionary Algorithms.


Assessment of manufacturing firm competitiveness Multi-objective resource constrained project scheduling Manufacturing strategy formulation template development.

TONGUÇ ÜNLÜYURT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9504


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/tonguc/


Applications of Combinatorial Optimization.


We are working on various extensions of the sequential testing problem. ın particular, we consider minimum cost testing of general Series-Parallel Systems and Simple Series System with fixed costs. We are also interested in estimating the expected cost of a strategy for a monotone Boolean function. In addition, we are working on some applications regarding routing of home care service personnel.


SEMİH ONUR SEZER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/ Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9586


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/sezer/


Stochastic Processes, Martingales, Markov Processes, Lévy Processes, Random Measures, Optimal Stopping, Stochastic Optimal Control, Bayesian Sequential Analysis, Sequential Change Detection, Hypothesis Testing, Valuation And Hedging Of Contingent Claims, Real Options, Revenue Management, Stochastic İnventory Control.


Dr. Sezer’s current research includes the applications of the stochastic optimal control theory in sequential analysis, production management, and financial engineering.In sequential analysis, considering the important applications in environment monitoring, there has been a developing interest in the literature on change detection and hypothesis testing problems, Dr. Sezer is currently working on the extensions of these problems for continuous time-processes, His particular interest is on problems with Poisson and Wiener processes.Dr. Sezer’s work on production management is focused on the inventory control problems, For problems involving a single procurement decision, the earlier work in the literature generally brings static policies, As a contribution to and improvement of this earlier work, Dr. Sezer is currently working on dynamic policies which can also be easily implemented in practice. Finally, Dr. Sezer’s research on financial engineering is on dividend optimization problems for jump-diffusion processes, Problems with jump-diffusions involve second order free-boundary problems with integral operators, Therefore, they are known to be much more difficult than those with pure diffusions, Dr. Sezer is currently working on novel probabilistic techniques to solve these more difficult problems.


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ÖZGE AKBULUT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Materials Science and Nano

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9968


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/ozgeakbulut/index.html


Composite Materials, Cement, Rheology of Ceramics, Silicone-Based Composite Materials.


Design and fabrication of silicone-based tissue and organ models as simulation tools for surgical trainings.Preparation of ceramic- and metal-based inks for additive manufacturing.Optimization of cement rheology through the design of superplasticizers for various different types of cement.Dr. Akbulut works on silicone-based composite materials and optimization of the rheology of ceramics, Her main application AREA in composite materials is the fabrication of synthetic organ models for surgical simulations, For rheology, she focuses on the control of workability of cement and inks for additive manufacturing.

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GÜVENÇ ŞAHİN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9619


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/guvencs


Transportation and Distribution Planning, Scheduling and Sequencing, Network Design and Flow, Heuristic Algorithms, Linear Integer Programming.


Transportation Crew Planning, Line Planning in Urban Transportation, Operations in Electricity Markets, Vehicle Routing Problems, Airport Operations Planning, Reverse/Spare-parts Logistics Network Design.

SİNAN YILDIRIM (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9583


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~sinanyildirim/


Bayesian Statistics, Monte Carlo Simulation.


Technical report: On the Use of Penalty MCMC for Differential Privacy, on arxiv.

In collaboration with Christophe Andrieu, University of Bristol and Arnaud Doucet, University of Oxford on two working papers “Scalable Monte Carlo inference for state-space models”, “On an alternative class of pseudo marginal algorithms”

Ertunc Erdil, Sinan Yildirim, Tolga Tasdizen, Mujdat Cetin, “MCMC Shape Sampling for Image Segmentation with Nonparametric Shape Priors”, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2016, Las Vegas.


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Ş. İLKER BİRBİL (FACULTY MEMBER) Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9548


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/sibirbil/


Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Nonlinear Optimization, Data Science.


Parallel nonlinear optimization for machine learning, algorithm development in large-scale mathematical programming, network revenue management.

ERHAN BUDAK (FACULTY MEMBER) Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering/


Phone 90 (216) 483 9519






Modeling and simulation of multi-axis machining processes Machining operations for turbine engine components Modeling of grinding and super abrasive machining processesCryogenic cooling methods in machining operations Stability of simultaneous machining operations High performance machining of difficult-to-produce materials Micro machining applications Machine tool design, testing and modeling Multi-tasking machine tool applications Machine tool design, testing and modeling Multi-tasking machine tool applications Machine tool dynamics and chatter stability Thermal modeling of machining processesMilling tool design for increased productivityVibration suppression methods for machines

ERALP DEMİR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering/


Phone 90 (216) 300 1354


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Modeling of Composites Mechanics for Curvilinear Fiber Placement Method, Finite Element Modeling of Crystal Plasticity, Physically-Based models for Single Crystal Plasticity, Modeling of Anisotropy and Texture Evolution during Metal Forming Processes.

BÜLENT ÇATAY (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9531


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/catay/


Production Planning, Transportation and Logistics Systems, Applied Optimization, Meta-Heuristics.


Heuristic and meta-heuristic approaches to vehicle routing problems, distribution and transportation problems with a particular emphasis on the external costs associated mainly with greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, congestion, noise, determination of the protein structure through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) structure-based assignments using mathematical programming techniques and meta-heuristics.


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ODYSSEAS KANAVETAS (POST-DOC)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 568 7026


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/okanavetas


Applied Probability, Statistics, Stochastic Processes. Stochastic Systems: Modeling, Analysis, Estimation, Simulation, Optimization. Sequential Analysis, Adaptive Allocation Policies,Supply Chain Management, Health Care Management, Queueing Systems, Operations Management.


Queueing Systems, Multi-Armed Bandits, Inventory Management, Auctions.


HANS FRENK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9520


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Stochastic Processes, Convex Analysis, Dynamic Programming, Applications of Techniques of Operations Research to Applied Problems (Inventory Control, Maintenance, Revenue Management.)


Stochastic Control Problems, Airline Revenue Management, İnventory Control Problems, Levy Processes.


MURAT KAYA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9622






Dr. Kaya's current research focuses on decision making and coordination issues in supply chains, In addition to building analytical models of decision making, Dr. Kaya is also testing the validity of these models through experiments with human decision makers, As such, he is involved with the emerging field of "behavioral operations management", Dr. Kaya is currently building models and conducting experiments for three research purposes: (1) to develop effective dual sales channel policies for a manufacturer who sells both through an independent retailer and also directly to end consumers, (2) to identify the behavioral causes of the "bullwhip effect", which is a major source of inefficiency in supply chains, (3) to study the validity of the newsvendor model, which lie at the foundation of the supply chain contracting research.

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BAHATTİN KOÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9557


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bahattinkoc


Computer-Aided Design And Manufacturing, Tissue Engineering, Nano/Micro-Scale Modeling and Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Product Realization.


Tissue and organ printing using computer-aided design and 3D printing (additive manufacturing) techniques.Development of patient specific customized implants, prostheses and medical devices.Novel methodologies to design geometrically and functionally complex multi-functional parts and composites.Micro-nano scale modeling and nanomanufactuing processes for multi-functional devices and products.

These research will open up new and exciting possibilities in tissue and organ substitutes, active nano/micro sensors and devices, customized consumer products with improved quality, environmentally-friendly designs and novel composite materials.

YUSUF MENCELOĞLU (DEAN)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Materials Science and Nano

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9501


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/yusufm/


Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, Modification and Structure/Property/Application Relationship, Polymerization Kinetics, Florinated Polymers, Oligomers and Surfactants (Synthesis And Characterization), Reactions and Extractions in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Formulation of Performance Chemicals.


Controlled synthesis/preparations of surface modified nano particles, fibers and plates and their thermoplastic&thermoset composites, Understanding the rheology of nanoparticles dispersions in polymeric liquids and melts, Particle/polymer interface interactions.

NİLOY NOYAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9618


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~nnoyan


Operations Research, Stochastic Programming, Risk Measures, Statistical Inference Methods, Stochastic Optimization Applications.


Optimization, stochastic programming, and risk modeling. She focuses on developing stochastic optimization modeling approaches and solution methods that can be applied to a wide range of decision making problems. In particular, she has been working on sustainable urban transportation, airline revenue management, and disaster relief network design.

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MUSTAFA ÜNEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9549


Web http://people,sabanciuniv.edu/munel


Computer Vision, Control Systems, Robotics.


Micro-nano imaging and visualization of hydrodynamic cavitation bubbles, Visual tracking of cavitation droplets/bubbles, System identification for dynamic calibration of diesel engines, Robust and high performance airpath control techniques for diesel engines, Stabilization of robotic platforms using acceleration control, Development of sensor fusion methods for GPS integrated INS systems, Image stitching and mosaicing of aerial images, Design, development and control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Adaptive control of quadrotor type helicopters, Activity recognition using depth images, Visual servoing, Robotics manufacturing, Unconventional manufacturing.

SİNAN YILDIRIM (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9583


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~sinanyildirim/


Bayesian Statistics, Monte Carlo Simulation.


Technical report: On the Use of Penalty MCMC for Differential Privacy, on arxiv. In collaboration with Christophe Andrieu, University of Bristol and Arnaud Doucet, University of Oxford on two working papers “Scalable Monte Carlo inference for state-space models". "On an alternative class of pseudo-marginal algorithms” Ertunc Erdil, Sinan Yildirim, Tolga Tasdizen, Mujdat Cetin, “MCMC Shape Sampling for Image Segmentation with Nonparametric Shape Priors”, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2016, Las Vegas.

MEHMET YILDIZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Materials Science and Nano

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9517


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~meyildiz/


Composite Materials, Structural Health Monitoring, Trans-port Phenomena, Meshless Computational Fluid Dynamics, Crystal Growth, Semiconductor Materials.


My current research focuses on the experimental and computational aspects of materials processing with emphasis on advanced polymer-based composite materials, and crystal growth, I have been conducting research on manufacturing polymer-based composite materials for applications in aircraft structures and structural health management of fiber-reinforced advanced composite structures with embedded fiber optic FBG sensor arrays, Within the framework of my research on composite materials, I am also involved in a collaborative research activity on nano particle integrated composite materials, I am currently setting-up a crystal growth laboratory to grow Silicon-Germanium single crystals from the Silicon rich-side of the phase diagram, As well, I have been actively working on the development meshless computational fluid dynamics algorithms by using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method for simulating complex engineering problems such as free surface flow, multiphase flow and solidification.

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ÖZGE AKBULUT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Manufacturing

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9668




Composite Materials, Cement, Rheology Of Ceramics, Silicone-Based Composite Materials.


Design and fabrication of silicone-based tissue and organ models as simulation tools for surgical trainings.Preparation of ceramic- and metal-based inks for additive manufacturing. Optimization of cement rheology through the design of superplasticizers for various different types of cement.Dr. Akbulut works on silicone-based composite materials and optimization of the rheology of ceramics. Her main application AREA in composite materials is the fabrication of synthetic organ models for surgical simulations. For rheology, she focuses on the control of workability of cement and inks for additive manufacturing.

ALİ RANA ATILGAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Industrial

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9525




Biological Physics And Systems Science.



CANAN ATILGAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9523


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/canan


Polymer and Protein Dynamics, Theoretical and Computational Investigation of Complex Molecular Systems.


Conformational and dynamical response of proteins to environmental changes such as pH and ionic strength, effect of point mutations to antiboitic resistance, understanding self-assembly principles of oligomers for nanoparticle applications, development of multiscale methods for investigating dynamical features of macromolecules that act as nanomachines.

FEVZİ ÇAKMAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9877


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/fccebeci/


Corrosion, Electrochemistry, Energy Storage, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Nanotechnology, Polymers, Thin Films.


Dr. Cebeci’s research currently focused on design of hybrid supercapacitors with vertically aligned carbon nanotubes as an active electrode component and conducting polymer as a redox active component, new electrode materials for lithium ion batteries based on carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes, polyelectrolyte and nanoparticle thin films prepared by layer-by-layer technique for corrosion protection, and nanofiber based nanocomposites for artificial muscle applications.

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MEHMET ALİ GÜLGÜN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9536


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/m-gulgun


Ceramics, Electron Microscopy, Ion Conductors, Batteries.


Densification of lead free piezeceramics, Li-Ion batteries, conventional wet batteries, Me-Titanates for fast ionic conductors, nanocomposite superionic conductors, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM).

SELMİYE ALKAN GÜRSEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Chemistry

Phone 90 (216) 483 9573


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/~selmiye/


Fuel Cells, Proton- Exchange Membranes, Graphene Radiation-Induced Grafting, Lithium Ion Batteries,Artificial Muscles, Conducting Polymers.


Synthesis & Characterization of Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells, Graphene based Electrodes & Catalyst Supports for Fuel Cells, Radiation Induced Grafting, Micro-Nanomaterials for Artificial Muscles, Electrodes and Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries, Electrochemical Synthesis & Characterization of Conducting Polymers.

SELDA ERKOÇ İLTER (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2411-2412


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Polymer Chemistry, Controlled Polymerization Techniques (ATRP and RAFT Polymerizations), Controlled Aliphatic Cyclopolymers, Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Synthesis of Drug Molecules.


Material Science, Membrane Technologies, Polymer Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Polymer Nanocomposites.

GÖZDE İNCE (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9878


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/gozdeince/


Organic and İnorganic Thin Films, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Fabrication and Characterization of Polymer Nanostructures, Functional Coatings.


Our current research focuses on stimuli responsive polymer thin-films and nanostructures. We develop different types of stimuli responsive polymers and study their response behavior under different conditions. In addition to these fundamental studies, we also fabricate thin-films and polymer nanostructures with optimized response characteristics for various applications, including drug-delivery, biological sensors, responsive coatings and separation membranes.

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CENGİZ KAYA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9666


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Nanostructures, Nanotubes, Hydrothermal Synthesis,Ceramic Composites, Coatings.


Synthesis of nanotructures (powder, rod, flake ext.) for biomedical applications,Oxide based nanotubes for energy storage applications, Electrophoretic deposition of nanomaterials for coating metalic based alloys.

BURÇ MISIRLIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9562


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/burc/


Ferroelectricity, Thin Films, Devices.


Ferroelectric Based Solid State Memory, Phase Transitions İn Thin Films, Functionally Graded Structures, Nanomagnetism.

YUSUF MENCELOĞLU (DEAN)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/

Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9501






Controlled synthesis/preparations of surface modified nano particles, fibers and plates and their thermoplastic&thermoset composites. Understanding the rheology of nanoparticles dispersions in polymeric liquids and melts. Particle/polymer interface interactions.

CLEVA OW-YANG (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9592


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/cleva


Phosphors, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Optical Materials, Photovoltaics, Materials Characterization, Structure-Property Relationships, Thin Films, İnterfaces, Thermodynamics, Phase Transformation.


Developing long afterglow in ceramic phosphors, nanotechnology in photovoltaics, applying advanced TEM techniques toward understanding structure-property relationships, effect of cooperative behavior and symmetry on material properties, thin film interfaces, phase transformation behavior, materials for sensors.

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MELİH PAPİLA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9546


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~mpapila/


Smart Electroactive Materials, Composite Materials, Virtual Testing and Characterization of Materials, Structural Optimization, Experiment-based Optimization and Surrogate Models.


Composite materials research is pursued on two routes based on the functional use in engineering design and applications. Structural composites: Nanoscale materials such as electrospun nanofibers are incorporated into conventional composite materials applications to enhance the mechanical properties. The mechanical behavior of these nano-integrated hybrid composites are investigated by multi-scale modeling and experiments. Unconventional composites design practices are also sought by integrating finite element analyses, optimization techniques, micromechanics of failure (MMF) and durability of materials/structures. Design optimization of slender structures such as wind turbine blades and wing structures are of particular interest. Smart composites: Electroactive composites for actuation, sensing and energy harvesting are processed and characterised. Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) and piezoelectric ceramic fiber/polymer so called macro fiber composites (MFC) are of particular interest. These materials are incorporated in engineering applications such as micro air vehicles.

FUAT TOPUZ (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 568 7031


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Polymers, Hydrogels, Nanogels, Biofunctional Surfaces, Fibers.


To develop an independent and multidisciplinary research program on polymeric soft materials at various length scales.Synthesis of novel hydrophilic functional polymers through controlled polymerization techniques.Design of ECM mimicking scaffolds for biomedical applications.Fabrication of functional surfaces with dynamically tunable properties.

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MEHMET YILDIZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/

Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9517




Composite Materials, Structural Health Monitoring, Transport Phenomena, Meshless Computational Fluid Dynamics, Crystal Growth, Semiconductor Materials.


My current research focuses on the experimental and computational aspects of materials processing with emphasis on advanced polymer-based composite materials, and crystal growth. I have been conducting research on manufacturing polymer-based composite materials for applications in aircraft structures and structural health management of fiber-reinforced advanced composite structures with embedded fiber optic FBG sensor arrays. Within the framework of my research on composite materials, I am also involved in a collaborative research activity on nano particle integrated composite materials. I am currently setting-up a crystal growth laboratory to grow Silicon-Germanium single crystals from the Silicon rich-side of the phase diagram. As well, I have been actively working on the development meshless computational fluid dynamics algorithms by using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method for simulating complex engineering problems such as free surface flow, multiphase flow and solidification.

YUDA YÜRÜM (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Chemistry

Phone 90 (216) 483 9512


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/yyurum/


Carbon Materials, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Surface Science, Diffusion Phenomenon, Coal Science.


Biogasification of coal, Coal gasification, Carbon dioxide sequestration, Exfoliation of graphene from graphite, Nano boron nitride synthesis, Separation of boron and arsenic from water, Synthesis of new mesoporous catalytic materials for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes.

JAMAL SEYYED MONFARED ZANJANI (POST-DOC)Area Material Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 300 1357


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Multi-Functional Materials, Multiscale Reinforcement, Self-Healing Materials, Structural Health Monitoring, Polymer Science


Currently, I am working on development and application of non-destructive testing methods for evaluation of polymeric composite structures. I am using Digital Image Correlation (DIC), Acoustic Emission, Flash Thermography and embedment of Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors within the structure as the main target methods to bring new insights into the role of nano- and micro structure of composite materials in respective macro-mechanical behavior.

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ALBERT ERKİP (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9508


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/albert/


Partial Differential Equations, Pseudo-differential Operators, Functional Analysis.


Initial wave problems for nonlocal, nonlinear, wave type (Boussinesq type) partial differential equations.

NİHAT GÖKHAN GÖĞÜŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9615


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/nggogus/


Complex Analysis, Pluripotential Theory, Function Spaces, Jensen Measures.


"Pluripotential theory is roughly the theory of plurisubharmonic functions. It has developed in multidimensional complex analysis in the last fifty years. My research can be included in the common AREA of the subjects such as pluripotential theory, geometric function theory, and approximation theory."

CEM GÜNERİ (FACULTY MEMBER-VICE DEAN)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9521


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~guneri/


Algebraic Coding Theory, Algebraic Curves, Finite Fields.


Various generalizations of cyclic codes and their algebraic structures, properties, linear complementary dual codes in relation to cryptographic applications.

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GEORGİOS KAPETANAKİS (POST-DOC)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 7029


Web http://www.math.uoc.gr/~gkapet


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KAĞAN KURŞUNGÖZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9964


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~kursungoz/


Integer Partitions, Enumerative Combinatorics, Classical Analysis.


Working on proving Kanade and Russell’s six new conjectured integer partition identities. Also a researcher in a computer science project supported by TÜBİTAK (PI: Hüsnü Yenigün) on verification of Černý conjecture for small automata and generating short reset words. Has one MS MATH student.

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MICHEAL LAVRAUW (VISITING RESEARCHER)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9033


Web http://cage.ugent.be/~ml/


Finite Geometry, Semifields, Galois Geometry, Nonassociative Algebras, Projective Planes, Segre Varieties, Tensor Products, Linear Sets.


Joint projects with John Sheekey (University College Dublin, Ireland) on the theory of finite semifields, with Tomasz Popiel (Queen Marie University London, UK) on the classification of subspaces of symmetric tensors, with Jan De Beule and Philippe Cara (VUB Brussels, Belgium) on FinInG (a computer algebra GAP package for Finite Incidence Geometry), with Morgan Rodgers (Lake Superior State University, USA) on the classification of finite semifields, with John Bamberg (University of Western Australia, Australia) on FinInG and on Generalised Quadrangles (the latter together with Tim Penttila (Colorado State University, USA), with Simeon Ball (UPC, Barcelona, Spain) on maximal arcs in projective planes.

AYESHA ASLOOB QUERESHI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mathematics

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Binomial İdeals, Gröbner Basis, Koszul Algebras, Poset Theory, Lattice Ideals, Powers of İdeals.


My research interest lies in the intersection of Commutative and Computational Algebra, Combinatorics and Algebraic Statistics. Recently, my research has been around the topics concerning investigation of questions related to binomial ideals, toric rings, Koszul Algebras and their filtrations, lattice ideals, combinatorics of partially ordered sets, application of Gröbner bases, and algebraic and homological properties of powers of ideals. A strong motivation of my interest in ideals generated by binomials, specifically, ideals generated by minors of a matrix comes from Algebraic Statistics where such ideals naturally arise.

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SEMİH ONUR SEZER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mathematics/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9586


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/sezer/


Stochastic Processes, Martingales, Markov Processes, Lévy Processes, Random Measures, Optimal Stopping, Stochastic Optimal Control, Bayesian Sequential Analysis, Sequential Change Detection, Hypothesis Testing, Valuation and Hedging of Contingent Claims, Real Options, Revenue Management, Stochastic İnventory Control.


Dr. Sezer’s current research includes the applications of the stochastic optimal control theory in sequential analysis, production management, and financial engineering.

In sequential analysis, considering the important applications in environment monitoring, there has been a developing interest in the literature on change detection and hypothesis testing problems. Dr. Sezer is currently working on the extensions of these problems for continuous time-processes. His particular interest is on problems with Poisson and Wiener processes.

Dr. Sezer’s work on production management is focused on the inventory control problems. For problems involving a single procurement decision, the earlier work in the literature generally brings static policies. As a contribution to and improvement of this earlier work, Dr. Sezer is currently working on dynamic policies which can also be easily implemented in practice.

Finally, Dr. Sezer’s research on financial engineering is on dividend optimization problems for jump-diffusion processes. Problems with jump-diffusions involve second order free-boundary problems with integral operators. Therefore, they are known to be much more difficult than those with pure diffusions. Dr. Sezer is currently working on novel probabilistic techniques to solve these more difficult problems.

HENNING STICHTENOTH (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9581


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/henning/


Algebraic Function Fields and Curves, Especially in Characteristic p>0, Coding Theory, Algebraic Geometry Codes.


Analysis of recursive towers of function fields (finiteness of ramification locus, bounded ramification, non-trivial splitting locus, behaviour of the p-rank, etc.). Construction of curves over finite fields with prescribed properties (like number of rational points, points of higher degree, automorphism groups.

ALEV TOPUZOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mathematics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9507


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~alev/


Uniformly Distributed Sequences, Finite Fields and Their Applications, Pseudorandom Sequences, Permutation Polynomials.


Carlitz rank of permutation polynomials over finite fields and ıts application in unform distribution theory; enumeration of quadratic functions with prescribed spectra; permutation polynomial systems.

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BEKİR BEDİZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9543




Structural Dynamics, Vibrations, Biomechanics, Micro-manufacturing.


Modeling three-dimensional dynamics of complex structuresPrediction of micromachining dynamics.Micromachining applications.Modal testing of miniature structures.

ERHAN BUDAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering/

Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9519






Modeling and simulation of multi-axis machining processes.Machining operations for turbine engine components.Modeling of grinding and super abrasive machining processes.Cryogenic cooling methods in machining operations.Stability of simultaneous machining operations. High performance machining of difficult-to-produce materials. Micro machining applications. Machine tool design, testing and modeling. Multi-tasking machine tool applications. Machine tool dynamics and chatter stability. Thermal modeling of machining processes. Milling tool design for increased productivity. Vibration suppression methods for machines.

ERALP DEMİR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering/

Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 300 1354






Modeling of Composites Mechanics for Curvilinear Fiber Placement Method. Finite Element Modeling of Crystal Plasticity. Physically-Based models for Single Crystal Plasticity. Modeling of Anisotropy and Texture Evolution during Metal Forming Processes.

MAHMUT FARUK AKŞİT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9598


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~aksit/


Advanced Seals, Tribology: Friction, Wear & Lubrication, Gas, Steam, Wind & Hydro Turbines, Taguchi Robust Design.


Wind Turbines: Design and development of large industrial wind turbine structures, tuned mass tower damping systems. Advanced Seals: Oilless foil bearings for gas turbine applications, use of foil bearings as engine seals. Development of high temperature compact actuators for gas turbine shroud applications. Design of unmanned aerial vehice structures. Tribopair characterization for hermetic compressor bearings under Iso-buthane atmosphere.

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MELTEM ELİTAŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9568


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/melitas/


Biomechatronics, Biomedical, Microfluidics, Microscopy, Cancer-Immunce Cell İnteractions, Laparoscopic Tools.


Our research interests are in the direction of developing tools and methods for quantitative biology. We aim to modify traditional batch culture methods and develop novel microfabricated tools, mostly compatible with microscopy, to precisely measure and quantitatively characterize cellular behavior for various cell types ranging from bacteria to mammalian cells. Production of diagnostic and monitoring devices for point-of-care testing using obtained quantitative data and developed technologies for fundamental biological concepts are among our primary research goals. Understanding of Hepatocellular Cancer Biology and Sorafenib-Killing Mechanisms. Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Serdar Turhal (ASM), Prof. Dr. Tamer Yagci (GTU). Development and Implementation of Dielectrophoretic Technologies to Characterize Cellular Properties.–Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte (Clemson University), Prof. Dr. Philippe Renaud (EPFL).Development of Microfluidic Platform for Arabidopsis thaliana-Root Phenotyping for Abiotic Stress Studies. Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Hikmet Budak (Sabanci University. Tumor-Macrophage Paracrine Signaling in Glioblastoma Brain Cancers.–Collaboration with Prof. Rong Fan (Yale University).Laparoscopic Tools and Robotic Surgery.-Collaboration with Assoc. Dr. Tugrul Tansug (Gebze Konak Hospital).

KEMALETTİN ERBATUR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9585


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~erbatur/


Intelligent Motion Control, Humanoid Robots, Industrial Robotics, Force Control.


Design, construction and control of full-body bipedal humanoid robots: A 29 degrees of freedom full-body humanoid is constructed. Zero Moment Point based reference trajectory generation and multi-sensor feedback is explored and applied in humanoid robot walking control. Momentum based walking techniques are developed too. Design, construction and control of industrial robot manipulators: A number of manipulators are designed. The use of integrated force and visual feedback in manipulator control is investigated.

ABDULLAH KAMADAN (POST-DOC)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2313


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/akamadan/


Co-design Methodologies, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, System-Optimal Design of Robotic Systems, Controllable Compliant Actuators, Mobile Prosthetic Devices.


Current Research Activities Include Development and Implementation of Co-Design Optimization Methodologies for Robotic Systems Driven by Variable Stiffness Actuators (VSA), Development of System-Level-Optimal Design Guidance Frameworks for Robots Powered by VSAs, System-Optimal Design of Mobile Prostheses for Energy-Efficiency Under Dynamical Task Requirements.

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GÜLLÜ KIZILTAŞ ŞENDUR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9584






Dr. Kiziltas Sendur's research theme centers on the design and fabrication of complex materials based engineering systems for mechatronic, electromagnetic and biomedical applications. Her research efforts focuses on: 1) Topology optimization design methods for electromagnetic applications (in particular antennas and filters), and the design and fabrication of artificially engineered electromagnetic materials/metamaterials, 2) Development of Multi-Disciplinary Optimization (MDO) Methods for mechatronic systems in particular robotic systems, 3) Topology optimization and fabrication of bone scaffolds and micro-CT characterization for tissue engineering 4) Finite Element Analysis based optimal design of coupled engineering systems (in particular solid-fluid-electromagnetically coupled systems), 5) Advanced fabrication of functionally graded ceramic-polymer composite materials in particular using extrusion, tape and freezecasting and 3D printing systems.

ALİ KOŞAR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9621


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~kosara/


Micro and Nano Scale Heat Transfer, Micro and Nano Flows, Boiling Heat Transfer, Cavitation, Microfluidics, Nanofluids, Micro Heat Sinks.


Ali Kosar is one of few pioneers in the design and development of new generation micro heat sinks and microfluidic devices. His research interests constitute a spectrum covering heat and fluid flow in micro/nano scale, forced convection, multi-phase flow, and cavitation. He aims at contributing to the literature by removing the lack of information about micro/nano scale heat transfer and fluid flow and providing experimental data and design guidelines for futuristic cooling and microfluidic system technologies. He has broad experience and knowledge on various types of experiments on heat and fluid flow and phase change phenomena in micro/nano scale. His research made significant contributions to the scientific knowledge in heat and fluid flow in micro/nano domains. The results of his research have already generated many published journal research articles which have been published in prestigious journals like Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Heat Transfer, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

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AHMET ONAT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9538


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~onat


Networked Control Systems, Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Real-Time Communication, Linear Synchronous Motor Design Implementation and Control, Linear Motor Vertical Applications, Automatic Control, Fault Diagnosis. Previously: Artificial Intelligence, Learning Algorithms, and Artificial Neural Networks.


Dr. Onat is currently working on the following AREAs:Networked control systems: Networked control systems, where the sensors, controller and actuators of a digital controller reside on different computer nodes linked by a communications network, aim to overcome the disadvantages of conventional digital control systems, such as difficulty of modification, vulnerability to electrical noise, difficulty in maintenance and upgrades, at the application level. However data delay and loss on the network may unstabilize the plant. We have propose a novel networked control method where satisfactory control is possible even under random delay and data loss by referring to a model of the plant to predict states of the plant under such conditions. The proposed method has good performance compared to other methods.


Design of synchronous linear motors for vertical applications: Vertical applications place high demands on the design of linear motors because the magnetic circuit must enable high thrust to weight ratio while realizing high efficiency, low force ripple, while maintaining ease and low cost of manufacturing, maintainance and lifespan. We have designed and built linear motors that satisfy these requirements and proposed a composite design optimization method based on nonlinear magnetic modeling and finite element analysis. Theoretical studies and simulations have been backed by full scale vertical linear motor prototypes capable of 150-450kgf net lift capability at speeds up to 2.5m/s with regular supply voltages. The research is funded by a Japanese world leader company in elevators.

Remote fault detection and prognosis for commercial vehicles: Work on this AREA with collaboration from a manufacturer has been carried out where new methods of fault diagnosis and recovery have been proposed, enabling auto makers to foresee some of the impending failures on customer vehicles in the field.

ASIF ŞABANOVİÇ (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9502


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/asif/


Nonlinear and Motion Control Systems, Mechatronics, Micro/Nano Mechatronics Systems, Automation and Robotics, Power Electronics.


Currently projects on laser micromachining workstation design, micro-part manipulation workstation, vibration control for lumped and distributed systems, bilatelar control with variable time delay, design and control of flexure based nano-positioners, FPGA based high precision motion controller, software for reconfigurable real time motion control systems, hierachy and dynamical decoupling in multi-body motion control systems are under way.

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KÜRŞAT ŞENDUR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9527


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/sendur/


Electromagnetic Theory, Nano-Optics, Interaction of Photons with Nanostructures, Surface Plasmons, Computational Electromagnetics, Heat Transfer Modeling, Thermal Analysis, Heat-Sink Design, Thermal Management, Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording, Magnetic and Optical Data Storage.


Current research activities include nano-optical transducers, heat assisted magnetic recording, near-field optics, electromagnetics, near-field radiative heat transfer, nano-antennas, modeling, design, and manufacturing of nano-optical systems.

MUSTAFA ÜNEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9549


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/munel




Micro-nano imaging and visualization of hydrodynamic cavitation bubbles, Visual tracking of cavitation droplets/bubbles, System identification for dynamic calibration of diesel engines, Robust and high performance airpath control techniques for diesel engines, Stabilization of robotic platforms using acceleration control Development of sensor fusion methods for GPS integrated INS systems, Image stitching and mosaicing of aerial images, Design, development and control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Adaptive control of quadrotor type helicopters, Activity recognition using depth images, Visual servoing, Robotics manufacturing, Unconventional manufacturing.

VOLKAN PATOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9604


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/vpatoglu/


Physical Human-Robot Interaction, Rehabilitation Robotics, Bilateral Teleoperation, Haptic Interfaces and Force-Feedback Exoskeletons, Human Motor Control and Learning, Human-Friendly Service Robotics, Cognitive Robotics.


Dr. Patoğlu's research focuses on the design, control, implementation, and evaluation of mechatronic systems that are capable of haptic interaction — physical interaction with the user through the sense of touch. In particular, we develop principles and tools to enable physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) with a systems and controls perspective. Our research extends to synthesizing algorithms for simulated physical interaction with virtual environments (haptic rendering) and exploring the control theoretical framework of human sensorimotor system through empirical investigations of skill acquisition. A complementary focus AREA is cognitive robotics, where we are concerned with endowing robotic or software agents with higher level cognitive functions that involve reasoning, for example, about goals, perception, actions, the mental states of other agents, collaborative task execution.

Applications of our research include robotic devices for physical rehabilitation, active exoskeletons and prostheses for human augmentation, force-feedback devices for robot-assisted surgery, haptic interfaces for manual skill training, teleoperators for exploration of hazardous or remote environments, x-by-wire systems for automotive/aerospace industry, and intelligent service robots for collaborative task execution with humans.


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SERHAT YEŞİLYURT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9579


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/syesilyurt/


Heat Transfer; Fluid Flows; Swimming in Micro Scales; Renewable & Sustainable Energy Systems.


Multi-Phase Transport and Deformation of Porous Media, and Applications To Pem Fuel Cells.Efficienct Swimming of Organisms and Artificial Structures in Micro Scales inside Channels and Conduits, Simulations and Experiments For Design and Navigation of Artificial Structures in Conduits.Design and Aerodynamic Optimization of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines.

TUĞÇE YÜKSEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Energy Program

Phone 90 (216) 483 9957


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/tyuksel


Vehicle Electrification, System Analysis, Energy and TheEnvironment.


Evaluation of the effects of real world operating conditions on battery life in electrified vehiclesBattery design optimization for minimum production cost.Thermal management system analysis and selection for prolonging battery life.

EMİNE SÜPHAN BAKKAL (INSTRUCTOR)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9714


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Bacteria, Bacteriocin, Antimicrobial Resistance Currrent


Bacteria, Natural Antimicrobials, Antimicrobial Resistance, Science Education.

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HÜVEYDA BAŞAĞA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9511


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~huveyda/


Signaling Pathways Leading to Gene Expression in Cancer Cells, Transcriptional Control of Cell Survival and Apoptosis, Molecular Basis of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants as Siganalling Molecules.


We address the specific role of Bcl-2 proteins in HNE induced apoptosis as they can be considered major therapeutic targets for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Furthermore, protection exerted by phytoestrogens on the apoptotic effect of HNE is also within our research scope. Another line of research is to study the transcriptional regulation exerted by NF-kB and FOXO on drug related chemoresistance mechanism and identify the role of Bcl-2 protein family members (Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Bax, Bak, Bad) in apoptotic response. Specifically the role of Bcl-2 proteins as apoptotic switch in cancer development and therapy is the theme of current research. A recent line of research is characterization of the biological effects of drug loaded nanoparticles in several cell lines. In one of our projects, we are trying to increase antioxidant defence capacity of cells by using a specifiacally designed nanosystem. For this purpose, a nanosystem has already been tested in 3T3 fibroblast cell line. More recently, we are seeking to design and implement a nanoparticle-porphyrin based theranostic agent to be used in targeted photodynamic therapy. Our specific aims regarding theranostics are,To develop new tools for one step imaging and therapy for cancer,To understand the role of antioxidant response in nanosystem based photodynamic therapy,To develop and understand the mechanisms of novel theranostic tools for anti-cancer treatment.



YELDA BİRİNCİ (POST-DOC)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 7030

E-Mail yeldab@ sabanciuniv.edu

Web http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu/en/people/faculty/detail/B08598


Drug Loaded Nanoparticles, ROS, Cellular Antioxidant Defence,Cell Signaling.


I have aimed that state-of-the-art knowledge and novel laboratory skills and dexterity through this multidisciplinary approach between biological sciences and material sciences. My works are mainly that searching the molecular effects of drug loaded nanoparticles in vitro, with an emphasis on development and augmentation of cellular defense against ROS by using nanosystem.

HİKMET BUDAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9575


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~budak/


Analysis of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Response Mechanisms of Important Genes, Manipulation of These Genes in Plant System Employing Genomics and Informatics Tools and Their Roles in Plants,Gene Transmission and Silencing.


We pursue a wide range of investigations that address the genome structure, function and evolution. AREAs of current research include: Genome analysis including physical mapping, genome sequencing and resequencing and genome evolution studies. We have contributed to the sequencing of the Brachypodium genome and currently sequencing and annotating Bacterial Artificial Chromosome of wheat genome chromosomes. Our lab also focuses on the use of microarray technology for 'transcript abundance genetics' and microRNAs in response to drought stress.

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İSMAİL ÇAKMAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9524


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/cakmak


Plant Nutrition, Stress Physiology, Metal Homeostasis, Food and Nutrition Security.


Improving Nutritional Quality of Food Crops, Zinc, Iodine and Selenium Biofortification of Cereals, Mitigation of Stress in Crop Plants by Mineral Nutrition, Nutrient Uptake and Transport in Plants Oxidative Stress in Plants.

SELİM ÇETİNER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9545


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Plant Genetic Engineering, Plant Tissue Culture, Genetically Modified Organisms, Detection of Genetically Modified Organisms, Sustainable Agriculture.


Plant cell and tissue culture, detection of GMOs, collection and molecular characterization of ancient wine grapes, identification and directed evolution of algae for hydrocarbon production.

BATU ERMAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9530


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~batu


Molecular and Cellular Biology, Immunology, Signal.Transduction, Lymphocyte Development, p53 protein, Cancer Research, Genome Editing, Gene Therapy.


We use molecular biology techniques to conduct basic research on the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction and gene activation in the mammalian immune system. Our investigation of how genes get turned on and off in T lymphocytes that develop in the thymus organ has led us into the field of epigenetics and cancer research. We study genetic (transcription factors that activate the interleukin-7 receptor gene enhancer) and epigenetic (post-translational modification of histone proteins and proto-oncogene products like the P53 protein) mechanisms of gene control. We use genome editing techniques such as TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 to address these questions.


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DEVRİM GÖZÜAÇIK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9617


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dgozuacik/


Autophagy, Apoptosis, Cancer Biology, Molecular Basis of Human Disease, Drug Research, Nano Diagnostics, Nano Medicine, Nanotoxicology.


Gözüaçık Lab Focuses on Cellular Stress and Death Response Mechanisms. In Particular, The Team Works on Stress-Related Autophagy Responses, Autophagy-Cell Death Connections, The Role of Autophagy Abnormalities in Human Diseases, Autophagy-Modulating Drug Discovery and Nanotoxicology. Active Collaborations With Engineers Allow The Research Group To Test Biomedical Applications of Their Findings, find novel diagnosis methods and To Invent Novel Medical Devices.Dr. Gözüaçık is the Vice-Director of the Nano Diagnostics Center of Excellence EFSUN in Sabancı University, Board of Directors Member of The International Cell Death Society (Icds, Based in New York), Associate Editor of The Autophagy Journal (If: 9) and An Ad Hoc Referee of Various International Journals Including Cell Death and Differentiation Journal, Oncogene, Oncoreports, Nature Scientific Reports etc., and and Granting Agencies including Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research, Uk. He Received Excellence Awards From Several Institutions and Companies, Including European Molecular Biology Organization (Embo), Roche Pharmaceuticals and Turkish Academy of Sciences, IKU, TGC Sedat Simavi etc.

For more info: http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dgozuacik/

LYUDMILA LYUBENOVA (POST-DOC)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2359




Antioxidants, Bioactive Compounds, Minor Cereals, Nutrients.


Identification and characterization of oat, rye, spelt and wild wheat genotypes with very high and low concentrations of selected micronutrients (e.g., Zn, Fe, Se, I) and bioactive compounds (e.g.,beta-glucan, total fibers, phenolics, total antioxidant capacity.


LEVENT ÖZTÜRK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9613


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/lozturk/


Plant Nutrition, Plant Physiology, Agronomy, Food Security, Agronomic Biofortification, Climate Change.


Selection and characterization of crops with high nutrient use efficiency, utilization of municipal waste compost as organic fertilizer, effects of herbicide drift on micronutrient nutrition of staple crops, physiological characterization of plant responses to abiotic stress, food security and biofortification of cereal grains using agronomic approaches, effects of global climate change on crop mineral nutrition and physiology.

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ZEHRA SAYERS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology/Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9509


Web http://www.sayerslab.com/


Molecular Biophysics, Protein chemistry, Synchrotron Radiation, Metal-binding proteins, G-proteins, Biosensors.


Main goal of our research is to understand structure-function relationships in proteins. Current projects focus on two families of proteins, metallothioneins and G-proteins. Studies on metallothioneins aim at understanding proteins involved in metal tolerance and heavy metal accumulation in plants with a view of environmental applications. We are also interested in using metal-binding proteins as biosensors. Studies on G-proteins aim at understanding the role of these protein complexes in signal transduction in plants particularly in relation to regulation of draught response. In our research we use basic protein characterization and X-ray scattering and diffraction tools.


DENİZ SEZER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology/Genetics and Bioengineering/Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9881


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/dsezer/


Computational Molecular Biophysics, Theoretical Physical Chemistry.


Developing strategies for the atomically-detailed characterization of functional conformational transitions in biomolecules. Developing methods for using molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules to interpret data from magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments (in particular electron spin resonance).


YASEMİN CEYLAN ŞEN (POST-DOC)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/7023-2086


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/yaseminceylan/


Plant Nutiriton, Plant Physiology, Abiotic Stress, Biofortification.


Performing salt stress tolerance experiments with spelt to find the most tolerant and sensitive genotypes. Invesitgation of how boron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc and potassium applications from the soil affects the uptake of other essential elements in maize, canola, sugar beet, wheat and soybean plants.

DİLEK TEKDAL (POST-DOC)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 568 7018

E-Mail [email protected], [email protected]

Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dilektekdal/


Plant Biotechnology, Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Biotechnology.


Currently, Project focuses on increasing crop production in the family of Fabaceae via classical hybridization. We have contributed the sequencing of the genes related multi carpellary feature in Thermopsis turcica which is an endemic and rare plant species in Turkey for the first time. Our Lab research activities also include (i) ovule culture in T. tucica (ii) SSR primer design for T. turcica and identification of phylogenetic relationship between T. turcica populations (iii) Determination of soil nutrient status in T. turcica populations grown different location in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey.

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ÖZLEM YILMAZ (POST-DOC)Area Molecular Biology/Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2336




Plant Physiology, Plant Nutrition, Ecology, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science.


Plant-Environment Interaction. Climate Change and Plants. Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels and Nutrient Deficiencies on Wheat Plants. Phenome. Causation and Explanation in Biology.

BEYZA VURUŞANER AKTAŞ (POST-DOC)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 568 7017


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/beyzav/


Signaling Pathways, Oxidative Stres, Cholesterol Mechanism, Atherosclerosis.


Oxysterols have been shown to contribute to the modulation of a wide variety of signaling pathways, thus influencing a number of transcription factors. Further, especially oxysterols of enzymatic origin have been recognized to be primary ligands of key nuclear receptors. The type of cells, the cellular and tissue environment and, above all, the actual concentration of the cholesterol oxides resulted to be the main conditioning factors as far as their final effects are concerned. We deemed of particular interest trying to comprehensively analyze the potential role of various oxysterols at least, with regard to the modulation of survival signaling. Oxysterols appear as primarily involved in the pathogenesis of inflammation-driven chronic pathologies like cancer, atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, thus possibly useful is to draw the attention to the high potentiality of oxysterols in triggering and sustaining survival response in cells challenged with the various stressors.

physics

MEHMET ALİ ALPAR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9510


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~alpar/


High-Energy Astrophysics: Neutron Stars and Environments,Superfluidity, Rotational Dynamics.


Fast Oscillations in disks and neutron star environments,andQPO modelling, reviewing glitch modelling and statisticsfor all pulsars, magnetars and fallback disks- neutron star evolution in interaction with fallback disks.

İNANÇ ADAGİDELİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9605


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/adagideli/


Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics: Topological states of matter. Theoretical Nanophysics. Superconductivity. Spintronics and Spin Hall Effect. Quantum Transport Theory. Graphene Physics. Asymptotic Methods in Physics and Quantum Chaos.


Graphene spintronics. Spin and valley-spin dependent transport in graphene nanostructures. Spin-orbitronics and spin Hall effect. Quantum transport in topological insulators. Supersymmetric methods in quasiparticle spectra of topological insulators and d- and p- wave superconductors. Universalities in complex quantum systems.

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ALİ BEHÇET ALPAT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9515


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/balpat


Dark Matter, Antimatter, Particle Detectors, Space Weather, Radiation Effects.


Experimental astroparticle physics, search for dark matter, antimatter of cosmic origin, cosmic ray physics (origin, acceleration, diffusion mehcanisms) and strange matter with AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) operating on International Space Station since May 2011. Innovative radiation/particle detector design, simulation, realisation and qualification for their use in space. Spaceweather studies, radiation effects on electro mechanical parts and systems and qualifications against ECSS/ESA, JEDEC standards. Proposer, responsible of different R&D projects funded by national (TÜBİTAK, Ministry of Industry and Technology, INFN) and by international bodies (H2020).

MANONEETA CHAKRABORTY (POST-DOC)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 568 7019


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High Energy Astrophysics, Compact Objects, Neutron Stars, X-Ray Astronomy.


Studying timing and spectral properties of magnetars, pulsars, bursts and flares from magnetars and thermonuclear X-ray bursts and burst oscillations from neutron star binaries, and developing pulsation search algorithm for potential low mass X-ray binary candidates.

physics

SONDAN DURUKANOĞLU FEYİZ (VICE PRESIDENT)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9010


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/sondan/


Metal Nanotubes, Nanowires, Phonons, Quasicrystals, Electronic Structure, Density Functional Theory Calculations, Molecular Dynamic Simulations, İmmune System, T-Cell Differentiation.


The focus of my research lies in theoretical and computational modeling of nano-structural materials, with a particular interest in understanding the impact of reduced dimension on the mechanical, vibrational, electronic and structural properties of metals and quasicrystals. I am also interested in statistical modeling of human immune system.

ÜNAL ERTAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9560


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/unal


High Energy Astrophysics: Neutron stars, Accertion Disks Around Neutron Stars and Blackholes, Disk-Star Interaction, Radiative Processes in Neutron Star Systems.


Long-term Radiative and Rotational Evolution of Young Neutron Star Populations, Anomalous X-ray Pulsars, Soft Gamma Repeaters, Dim Isolated Neutron Stars and Radio Pulsars. Propeller Phase of Accreting Nutron Stars: accretion – propeller transition.

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ERSİN GÖĞÜŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9590


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/ersing/


High-Energy Astrophysics.


Neutron stars, Magnetars, X-ray and gamma-ray observations, Gamma-ray bursts.

ZAFER GEDİK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9610


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~gedik/


Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics: Superconductivity, Mesoscopic Physics, Quantum Information Theory.


Quantum cloning, quantum algorithms, quantum walk.

ERBİL GÜVERCİNOĞLU (POST-DOC)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2339


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High Energy Astrophysics: Pulsar Glitches, Neutron Star Superfluidity and Superconductivity, Rotational and Magnetic Field Evolution of Pulsars.


Modeling of pulsar glitches and dynamics of interaction between vortex lines and flux tubes in neutron star core in connection with TÜBİTAK Research Project.

EMRAH KALEMCİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9614


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ekalemci


High Energy Astrophysics, Black Holes, Astrophysical Instrumentation, Semiconductor Detectors, CubeSats.


My current research activities are concentrated on two AREAs, Multiwavelength observations of Galactic black hole systems and astrophysical instrumentation based on room temperature semiconductor detectors. For black hole research I am interested in the conditions of formation of and destruction of jets and state transitions. For semiconductor detector research I work on CdZnTe strip and pixellated detectors to be placed on small satellite systems such as CubeSats. I am also interested in using these detectors for medical imaging.

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YUKI KANEKO (INSTRUCTOR)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9709


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/yuki


High-Energy Astrophysics, Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) Spectroscopy, Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs), Science Education, Active Learning, Collaborative Learning, Teacher Training.


SGR burst search using the data of space-based high-energy telescopes, Investigating spectral and temporal characteristics of SGR bursts, Active-learning strategies to engage students in university-level Science classes, Development of effective teaching assistant training program for active-learning classrooms.

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İSMET İNÖNÜ KAYA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9591


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~iikaya/


Quantum Transport, Nanoelectronics, Graphene, 2D Materials, Quantum Hall Effects, OLED.


Growth and electronic properties of graphene and 2D materials, development of OLED devices and displays, Quantum Hall effects, Quantum spin Hall effect, Nanoelectromechanical systems.

CİHAN SAÇLIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9529


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/saclioglu/


Theoretical Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory, General Theory of Relativity and Mathematical Physics.


Classification of differentiable 4-manifolds, solutions of Euclidean gravity, hyperbolic Lie algebras related to string theory.

DENİZ SEZER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics/Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9881


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/dsezer/


Computational Molecular Biophysics, Theoretical Physical Chemistry.


Developing strategies for the atomically-detailed characterization of functional conformational transitions in biomolecules. Developing methods for using molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules to interpret data from magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments (in particular electron spin resonance).

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EVRİM AKDOĞU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Finance

Phone 90 (216) 483 9637


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/evrimakdogu/


Corporate Finance; Theory and Empirical, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Investments.


Currently working on merger and acquisition activities which occurred in Turkey during the foreign acqusition wave in late 2000s; also working on corporate governance practices in the European banking sector including those of Turkey. Interested in working on links between alliances and mergers in the near future.

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MİNE HATİCE AKSU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Accounting

Phone 90 (216) 483 9678


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~maksu/


Financial Distress and Debt Restructurings; Market Anomalies and Their Determinants; Employee Stock Options; Corporate Governance, Transparency; Financial Disclosure.


My current revise and resubmit stage working papers are at the intersection of corporate governance, corporate finance and accounting: 1) “The effect of board diversity on boards’ monitoring intensity and firm performance: Evidence from the Istanbul Stock Exchange” co-authored by Melsa Ararat and Ayse Tansel Cetin, under revision at Corporate Governance: an International Review; 2) ‘The impact of IFRS and CG Principles complience reporting on Transparency and Disclosure Scores in the Istanbul Stock Exchange’, co-authored by Hassan Espahbodi, under revision at Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. The other working papers I am currently working on are the outputs of our 2-year TÜBİTAK project, under the EVRENA program: 1) . “Value Relevance of Accounting Data in the ISE: Did Accounting Reforms Make a Difference? This study investigates the association of accounting earnings (NI) and book value of equity (BV) with stock prices in a sample of 116 ISE firms during the 1992-2006 period; 2) ‘The impact of IFRS and CG Principles complience reporting on earnings management in BİST, both co-authored by Gülnur Muradoglu and Ayse Tansel Cetin.


AYSUN ALP (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Finance

Phone 90 (216) 483 9723


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/aysunalp/


Empirical Corporate Finance, Credit Ratings, Capital Structure, The 2008 Financial Crisis.


Dr. Alp's recent research investigates credit rating agency practices and their influnce on defaults and firm financial policy such as capital structure and payout policy. Other recent working papers analyze contagion effects of credit ratings and the relation beween investor sentiment and the 2008 Financial Crisis.

YİĞİT ATILGAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Finance

Phone 90 (216) 483 9663


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/yatilgan/


Investments, Derivatives Markets, International Finance.


Cross-sectional determinants of equity returns. Downside risk in international markets. Risk-return characteristics of alternative investments. Asset pricing anomalies in Borsa Istanbul.

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K. ÖZGÜR DEMİRTAŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Finance

Phone 90 (216) 483 9985


Web www.ozgur-demırtas.com


Investments, Asset Pricing, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Financial Econometric, Derivatives.


I am currently working on a wide range of topics such as Return predictability in a cross-sectional and time series framework of stock returns. I focus on alpha-generating strategies. I also work on Portfolio allocation using newly developed Almost mean variance and Almost Stochastic dominance rules. The relationship between risk and return in emerging markets is also among my interests. The performance of the emerging markets during the past 10 years also motivated me to focus on Macroeconomic factors affecting valuations.

JOHN GOODWIN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Accounting

Phone 90 (216) 483 9675


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/goodwin/


Auditing, Corporate governance, Financial Accounting, Debt Monitoring.


Presently working on a variety of projects in auditing and financial accounting with academics from Turkey and abroad. Specifically, auditor reactions to firms with political connections, auditor behavior and audit market changes, audit partner specialization and audit quality (funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council) and the economic consequences of accounting misstatements, are underway with some at working paper stage.


ŞERİF AZİZ ŞİMŞİR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Finance

Phone 90 (216) 483 9658


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/simsir/


Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Valuation, Private Equity, Corporate Capital Structure, Corporate Governance.


I am interested in the dynamics of the global and local takeover markets. I am currently investigating the financial performance of Turkish target firms around acquisitions. In another project, I examine whether target CEO departures after mergers result in diminished target financial performance in the post-takeover period.

A.DORUK GÜNAYDIN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Finance

Phone 90 (216) 483 9655


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dorukgunaydin


Empirical Asset Pricing, Derivatives, International Finance.


Currently working on the stock return predictability in a cross-sectional framework. Risk and return relationship in international markets and asset pricing anomalies in BIST are among my interests.

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management & strategy

MELSA ARARAT (RESEARCHER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9712


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/melsaararat/


Corporate Governance; Boards; Board’s Gender Diversity and Firm Behaviour; Sustainable Investing.


The impact of Board Diversity on financial and social performance, Corporate Governance of Business Groups in Turkey, Value Differences between Female and Male Directors, Effect of Domestic Violence on Women’s Work Performance.

OĞUZ BABÜROĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9659


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/baburoglu/


Participative Methodologies, Action Research, Emergent Strategy, Stalemate, Self Managing Organizations.


My area of inquiry can be described as strategy and organization development at all levels of social systems including organization, society, industry, network and regional foci and different type of units such as corporations, non-governmental organizations, universities, municipalities, and government agencies. My research paradigm rests on engaging these units in change processes through the triangulation of participatory methodologies in order to understand how strategies emerge, how to institutionalize self-managing enterprises and how stalemate is sustained in social systems. My research strategy is action research in which I try to combine different knowledge basis such as novel and ready grounds in order to expand and enrich ‘common ground’ formation. This research strategy enables the examination, deciphering and development of ‘practice’.


EROL BALKAN (VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9651


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ebalkan/


Formation of Middle Classes and Education; Neoliberalism; Country Risk; Economic and Financial Crisis.


Neoliberalism and the rise of islamic capital; islamic middle class; education and class formation; economic political and cultural integration with the european union.

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AHMET FAZIL ÖNCÜ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9651


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/aoncu/


Sociology of Organizations; Political Economy; Social Theory.


I am a social scientist with formal training in sociology and economics. I am also a good reader of political philosophy, ethics and history. My scholarship is grounded in theories and methods found in the fields of social theory, historical sociology and political economy with application to topics and issues pertaining to the Turkish social formation. My research primarily falls into three themes and related broad research questions: 1) Grounding Turkish modernity and capitalism on social theory; 2) Political economy of class dynamics and their implications for social and cultural change; and 3) Social, political and moral foundations of democracy and citizenship.


DİLEK ÇETİNDAMAR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9661


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dilek/


Technology Management and Entrepreneurship.


The analysis of high technology companies, social innovation.


BERNA BEYHAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Entrepreneurship

Phone 90 (216) 568 7060




Technology entrepreneurship, university entrepreneurship, business incubation and start-up acceleration, female technology entrepreneurship, innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging technologies


My research interests are diversified on basically three areas: technology entrepreneurship and business incubation, university entrepreneurship, and innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging nanotechnologies. I am currently principle investigator of a project on business incubation and acceleration programs and the performance of firms in these programs. The aim of this project is to provide insights about how screening and business development processes work in incubation and acceleration programs, how they differ from each other and how these varieties influence the performance of firms supported by these programs. I am also working on university entrepreneurship which covers all the entrepreneurial activities that academics, students and new graduates of universities are engaged. The main focus of the research is how idiosyncratic resources and capabilities of universities influence entrepreneurial activities of their members, especially their students. Innovation and entrepreneurship in nanotechnologies is also among my research interests. Currently I am working on Swedish nanotechnology innovation system in collaboration with a research group in Sweden. Our focus covers the link between publications and patents, patent and publication networks of nanoscientists and the link between patents and technology commercialization.

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organization

MAHMUT BAYAZIT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9669


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/mbayazit/


Organizational Behavior; Leadership; Strategic Human Resources Management.


Mahmut Bayazıt is currently heading a two year research project funded by TÜBİTAK, where he is investigating the origins and content of implicit leadership theories in Turkey. In other projects Dr. Bayazit is examining issues related to employee motivation and attitudes, specifically goal related motivation in Management by Objective programs (with Eda Aksoy); pay dispersion and shirking in teams (with Dr. Inceoglu), value congruence and psychological contracts (with Ayse Tever); effectiveness of organizational justice training; union commitment processes under adversarial and cooperative industrial relations climates in Turkey (with Duygu Arı). Dr. Bayazit’s other research include individual differences in decision making and cognitive biases (with Shaul Oreg).

NAKİYE AVDAN BOYACIGİLLER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9660


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/nakiye/


Cross-Cultural Management; International Human Resource Management; Cross-national Organizational Behavior, Global Mindset.


I am involved in two international research teams. In the first, my colleagues and I seek to understand how organizational culture and human resource management practices influence competitiveness in multinational organizations. In a second newer project, my colleagues and I challenge current international business research from a perspective of scientific mindfulness, arguing for a holistic, cross-disciplinary, ecological and contextual approach.

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ÖZGECAN KOÇAK DERİNKÖK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9645


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/okocak/


Economic Sociology, Sociology of Organizations.


Observational and experimental studies of the emergence of shared understandings in markets and organizational fields; observational studies of how category systems affect organizational behavior.

REMZİ GÖZÜBÜYÜK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Strategy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9673




Social Network Analysis, Interorganizational Relationships, Innovation Strategy, Risk and Uncertainty, Emerging Markets and Institutions, Corporate Governance.


I have four different projects. In the first one, we try to understand how multiple interorganizational networks (scientific coauthorship and resarch and development alliances) jointly affect firm innovativeness. We found that the value of structural holes of a firm in scientific networks is contingent on its structural holes in alliance networks. Second, we look at how the characteristics of networks of Shariah Scholars affect the firm performance in Islamic Banks. We found that employing central scholars in board networks are harmful to the banks and the strength of this effect is contingent on institutional quality in a country. Third, we theorize about the competitive advantage of Multinational Companies (MNCs) from Emerging Markets when they compete with local firms, MNCs from developed markets, and MNCs from other Emerging Markets. Finally, in the fourth project we aim to explain the role of social networks in creating aspiration levels, which are fundamental in risk taking behavior.

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IŞIN GÜLER (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Strategy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9670


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/isinguler/


Networks, Innovation Strategy, Strategic Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital.


Strategic decision making in industries characterized by innovation and uncertainty. Her current research examines the impact of venture capital portfolios on entrepreneurial firms, the transfer of network-based advantages in cross-border venture investing, and innovation strategy in pharmaceutical firms.

BEHLÜL ÜSDİKEN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9650


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/behlul/


Organization Theory; History of Management Thought; History of Management Education.


Current research involves Turkish early management literature, Turkish managerial elites, historical evolution of the higher education field in Turkey, and history in organization studies.

S. ARZU WASTI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9662


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/awasti/


Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior.


My current research explores trust formation in organizations. In particular, I am investigating antecedents of trust in supervisor, coworkers, subordinates and organizations in collectivist and high power distance cultures. I am also interested in the workplace-related implications (such as incivility, performance) of honor cultures, such as Turkey.

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PRABIRENDRA CHATTERJEE (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Marketing

Phone 90 (216) 483 9649


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/prabirendra/


Advertising, Online Auctions, Social Networks, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory.


My current research focuses on optimal bidding behavior in sponsored search and other online auctions. I develop game theoretic models to analyze the bidding strategies of participating marketers in these different types of auctions. I am also working on several other papers which investigate how certain behavioral traits like anticipated regret, cognitive dissonance etc. affect marketers' pricing and product development strategies.

RONAN JOUAN DE KERVENOAEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Marketing

Phone 90 (216) 483 9704


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dekervenoael/


Retail Management; Consumer Behaviour; Digital Marketing.


The central idea advanced by my research and running throughout my published work is centered on retail choice and technology. I am particularly interested in the practices and resistances displayed by consumers and suppliers. The inspiration behind such an interpretation is Pierre Bourdieu's analysis of cultural, social, and symbolic capital to reveal the dynamics of power relations in social life. Current projects:Micro-social capital as a source of competitiveness in the supply chainMobile Gaming Confines. Consumer Resistance as Self Regulation: A Case for Ex ante Social Policy Initiatives?Resistance in e-Grocery Supply Chain ManagementLegitimizing e-social capital cues’ integration: Investigating the multiple paths of resistance among web site designers.

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KIVILCIM DÖĞERLİOĞLU DEMİR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Marketing

Phone 90 (216) 483 9677


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/kivilcimdd/


Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Brands and Brand Meanings, Cross-cultural Consumer Research, Sustainable Consumption Behaviors, Psychometrics.


"Retro Brands”-with Joseph Cote (second round review at Journal of Business Research)“Do two sided ads always work?” –with Ozge Turut and Ezgi Akpinar(Under review at European Journal of Marketing)"When and how is Corporate Social Responsibility Profitable?"-with Ozge Turut, Pradeep Bhardwaj,Prabirendra Chatterjee (Under review at Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization)“Consumer Attachment Styles and Preference for Participating in Sharing Systems” with Mehmet Okan (Under review at European Journal of Marketing)

CENK KOCAŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Marketing

Phone 90 (216) 483 9674


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/kocas/


Game Theoretical Models of Price Promotions; Strategic Pricing; Market Response Modelling; Econometric Modelling; Evolution of Online Markets; Network Economics; Industrial Organization; Stochastic Service Systems.


My research areas are game theoretical models of price promotions, evolution of online markets, network economics, industrial organization, and stochastic service systems. My current research stream examines pricing strategies for homogeneous goods sold online and price compared by both price comparison engines and segments of customers. Traffic generation, single product profit maximization and profit maximization for baskets of goods sold are the underlying objectives of the firms under focus. Theoretical findings from equilibrium analysis are empirically validated using data on homogeneous goods. The data is collected using web crawlers that query pricing information from online retailers of the homogeneous goods.

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ÖZGE TURUT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Marketing

Phone 90 (216) 483 9722


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozget/


New Product Development, R&D Strategies, Game Theory, Asymmetic Information Models, New Product Announcement.


My current research focuses on investigating the impact of context-dependent preferences on various firm strategies. Three working papers of mine deals with this issue. The first paper investigates how context-dependent preferences affect the technological evolution of distruptive innovations. In this paper, we show that the existence of context-dependent preferences encourages innovator firms to invest in improving the next generation products on the distruptive dimension. The second paper shows that the existence of context-dependent preferences motivates firms more to imitate each other rather than differentiate themselves. Finally, the third paper shows how context-dependent preferences encourages firms to accomodate entry to their market.

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ÜMMÜHAN AKBAY (POST-DOC)Area Operations Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9638


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/uakbay


Behavioral Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Behavioral/Experimental Economics.


Behavioral experiments on information asymmetry in supply chains.

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RAHA AKHAVAN-TABATABAEI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9640


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/akhavan


Methodology: Stochastic Operations Research, Stochastic Modeling and Simulation Application areas: Disaster Operations Management, Healthcare Systems, Medical Decision Making, Production and Maintenance Systems, Quality and Reliability Engineering, Revenue Management, Transportation and Logistics.

Current Research Activites

An EM Algorithm to Fit Discrete Phase-type Distributions with Applications in Operating Room Time Modeling, Mohsen Varmazyar, Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Nasser Salmasi*, and Mohammad Modarres, working paper. Acyclic Discrete Phase-Type Distribution Types and Properties: An Overview, Mohsen Varmazyar, Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Nasser Salmasi*, and Mohammad Modarres, working paper. A Pricing Model to Optimize the Promotion Periods in Airlines, Otero, D., Lopez, C., Escallon, M., and Akhavan, R., working paper. Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Queues at Charging Stations, work in process, in collaboration with Industrial Engineering Department at Sabanci University, Turkey. Applications of Markov Decision Processes in Inventory Prepositioning for Disaster Response, work in process, in collaboration with Industrial Engineering Department at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico. Data Analysis Methodology for Publicly Available Air Quality Data, work in progress, in collaboration with Industrial Engineering Department at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Policies from the Public Health Perspective, work in progress, in collaboration with Industrial Engineering Department at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.

CAN AKKAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9685


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~canakkan/


Production Scheduling; Project Scheduling; Applied Mathematical Programming; Timetabling


Identification of robust timetables (for events, university courses, and appointment systems); Developing search heuristics using constraint programming, evolutionary algorithms and integer programming, optimization problems in healthcare systems.

TEVHİDE FATMA ALTEKİN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9676


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/altekin


Operations Management, Production Planning and Control in Closed Loop Supply Chains, Disassembly Line Design, Assembly Line Design, Combinatorial and Heuristic Optimization, Simulation Modeling and Analysis.

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Designing reverse logistics network for a third party logistics service provider (3PL) and designing after sales networks. Developing a hybrid optimization/simulation approach to. Design and operation of disassembly lines, with a focus on balancing and rebalancing of paced disassembly lines, stochastic disassembly line balancing, and buffer allocation in unpaced disassembly lines. Developing a stochastic programming approach for the assembly line balancing problem with varible task times.


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BURÇİN BOZKAYA (FACULTY MEMBER-VICE DEAN)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9687


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bbozkaya/


Operations Research; Business Analytics; Big Data Analytics; Behavioral Analytics; Operations Management; Combinatorial Modeling and Optimization; Heuristic Algorithm Design and Optimization; Transportation and Logistics Planning; Decision Support Systems; Location Intelligence; Spatial Data-Mining; Geographical Information Systems and Applications.


Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics and Visualization; Insurance Fraud Detection; Location-Based Analysis of Customer Spending Data; Churn Analysis; Location and Routing Optimization of ATMs, Bank Branches and Retail Chains; GIS-based Decision Support System Development for Optimization Algorithms; Information Visualization for Location-Based Mobile Data.


ABDULLAH DAŞCI (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9724


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dasci


Location Analysis, Supply Chain Management, Procurement Design, Revenue Management.


Analysis of procurement contract designs under competition. Dynamic pricing under costly price changes. A continuous location model for a multi-branch retailer.

ÇAĞRI HAKSÖZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9683


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/cagrihaksoz/


Risk Intelligence, Supply Chain Risk Management, Supply Chain/Energy Contracts, Supply Chain Networks on the Silk Road, Improvisation and Creativity, Climate Change/Weather/Water Risk.


Risk Intelligent Supply Chains, Improvisation and Risk Taking, Risk Intelligent Leadership, Smart Heuristics for Risk Intelligence, Near Miss Management, Weather Risk Management in Turkey, Accident Risk Management in Wind Energy, Spot Market and LNG Contract Management


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http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dasci

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NİHAT KASAP (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9684


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/nihatk/


Pricing and Quality of Service in Telecommunication Networks; Heuristic Design and Optimization; Mobile Technologies and E-Government Applications; Social Media Analytics and Data Mining; Generation Expansion Planning and Investment in Energy Sector.


My research areas are Management Information Systems and Operations Research (OR). Usually, I concentrate on the problems in the Information Systems area and try to solve these problems using existing OR techniques and by developing new solution methods. I also use simulation techniques to validate proposed solution methods, implications and insights about the problem. I also use economics and data mining tools/ methodologies for my research. Mainly, I concentrate on the Telecommunications area. I investigate the optimum strategy of the firms to minimize their costs while carrying out daily activities such as video conferencing, VOIP, data transmission considering service quality, pricing and capacity constraints. I also study in Mobile Technologies and E-Government Applications. This study thoroughly examines strategic potential of the e-government services as well as analyzes the applicability of such services. Moreover, I study Social Media Analytics. This study contains Twitter analyses on a various range of research topics such as social movement, conflict and disaster. It also examines the opportunities and limitations of social media usage in various sectors such as sport, education, tourism and finance. Finally, I study generation expansion planning and investment in energy sector. This study investigates the effects of factors like drought expectations of climate changes on various power generation technology investment options.


AYŞE KOCABIYIKOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9656


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/kocabiyikoglua


Behavioral Operations Management, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Pricing And Revenue Management.


Manuscripts under review/revision: Kocabıyıkoğlu, I. Göğüş, M.H. Hekimoğlu (2015), “Revenue Management Decisions: An Experimental Study,” under 1st round of reviews, Decision Sciences.

Working papers: Kocabıyıkoğlu, I. Göğüş, M.S. Gönül (2016), “An Experimental Investigation of Demand Dynamics in a Supplier-Retailer-Customer Network”A. Kocabıyıkoğlu, I. Göğüş, M.S. Gönül (2015), “Newsvendor Decisions: The Value of Information”A. Kocabıyıkoğlu, I. Popescu (2014), “Salesforce Incentives in Revenue Management”

Research in progress: “Impact of Market Conditions on Price Setting Newsvendor Decisions: An Experimental Study” (joint work with I.Göğüş, M.S. Gönül): paper in progress“Conflicting Objectives of the Newsvendor Problem: An Experimental Study” (joint work with I.Göğüş, M.S. Gönül): paper in progress“Debiasing the Framing Effect for the Newsvendor Problem” (joint work with I.Göğüş, M.S. Gönül): research in progress


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FÜSUN ÜLENGİN (DEAN)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9680


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/fulengin/


Her Research Focuses On The Multiobjective Evaluation Of Macrosystemsin General, And Transportation And Logistics Systems, İn Particular. Dr.Ülengin Has Also İnterests İn Multi-Attribute and Group Decision-Making Models, Decision Support Systems, Bayesian Causal Mapsas Well As Neural Networks.


Her recent publications have appeared in a variety of SCI and SSCI journals including Omega, Journal of the Operations Research Society, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, EuropeanJournal of Operational Research, Transportation Research-E, Transportation Research-C, Journal of Production Economics, European Journal of Marketing, The Service IndustriesJournal, Interfaces, ExpertSystemswith Applications etc.Currentlyshe is in theEditorial Board of “Transportation Policy” and “Case Studies in Transport Policy” journals. She is the member of the Scientific and Steering Committees of World Conference of Transportation Research Society (WCTRS). Recently, she has been re-appointed as the Scientific Committee Chair responsible of conferences for WCTRS. She is currently the vice-chair of the WCTRS and the advisor of the Transportation and Logistics sector in the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) .


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MAHMUT FARUK AKŞİT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9598


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~aksit/


Advanced Seals, Tribology: Friction, Wear & Lubrication, Gas, Steam, Wind & Hydro Turbines, Taguchi Robust Design.


Wind Turbines: Design and development of large industrial wind turbine structures, tuned mass tower damping systems. Advanced Seals: Oilless foil bearings for gas turbine applications, use of foil bearings as engine seals. Development of high temperature compact actuators for gas turbine shroud applications. Design of unmanned aerial vehice structures. Tribopair characterization for hermetic compressor bearings under Iso-buthane atmosphere.

ALİ RANA ATILGAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Industrial

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9525




Biological Physics And Systems Science.



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İZAK ATİYAS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/European Studies/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9241







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FEVZİ ÇAKMAK CEBECİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9877


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/fccebeci/





CARMINE DIFIGLIO (IICEC DIRECTOR, VISITING FACULTY MEMBER)Area Economics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://iicec.sabanciuniv.edu


Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels, Climate Change, Petroluem Markets, Natural Gas Markets And Energy Security.


Difiglio’s published research includes a variety of modeling and policy assessments concerning energy efficiency, fuel economy, alternative energy supplies, greenhouse gas emissions, international oil markets and energy security. As Director of IICEC, Difiglio oversees the development of economic and policy studies to develop solutions for a sustainable energy future for the region and the world.

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AHMET EVİN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area European Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9230







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Phone 90 (216) 483 9536


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UMUT EKMEKÇİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9597


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/umutekmekci





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Phone 90 (216) 483 9573


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/~selmiye/


Fuel Cells, Proton- Exchange Membranes, Graphene, Radiation-Induced Grafting, Lithium Ion Batteries, Artificial Muscles, Conducting Polymers.



EMRE HATİPOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science/


Phone 90 (216) 483 9260






Emre Hatipoğlu's research employs quantitative and formal methods to examine the intersection of domestic and interstate politics. His expertise covers issues relating to economic sanctions, foreign aid, U.S. foreign policy and international conflict. Dr. Hatipoğlu has also worked extensively in the Mlitarized Interstate Disputes Dataset project under the Correlates of War program. He has presented papers on U.S. Congress and economic sanctions, automated data collection issues in international conflict research, the application of "Two-Good Theory of Foreign Policy" to Turkey, and co-authored a forthcoming article on the state of quantitative international conflict studies at Terrorism and Political Violence. He is also working on a project that gauges the effect of foreign aid on economic and political development.

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ÇAĞRI HAKSÖZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9683


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/cagrihaksoz/


Risk İntelligence, Supply Chain Risk Management, Supply Chain/Energy Contracts, Supply Chain Networks On The Silk Road, İmprovisation and Creativity, Climate Change/Weather/Water Risk.


Risk Intelligent Supply Chains, Improvisation and Risk Taking, Risk Intelligent Leadership, Smart Heuristics for Risk Intelligence, Near Miss Management, Weather Risk Management in Turkey, Accident Risk Management in Wind Energy, Spot Market and LNG Contract Management.

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AYŞE KADIOĞLU (FASS DEAN)Area European Studies/Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9235




Comparative Politics; Political Ideologies (Nationalism, Fascism, Liberalism); Women and Islam; Citizenship Studies.


Laicism in Turkey: a comparison of the views of the key republican elite on religion in the 1920s.The political choreography of the Justice and Development Party, an analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy agendas.How was citizenship described by the republican elite in the 1930s.

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MURAT KAYA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Systems/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9622






Dr. Kaya's current research focuses on decision making and coordination issues in supply chains, In addition to building analytical models of decision making. Dr. Kaya is also testing the validity of these models through experiments with human decision makers, As such, he is involved with the emerging field of "behavioral operations management", Dr. Kaya is currently building models and conducting experiments for three research purposes: (1) to develop effective dual sales channel policies for a manufacturer who sells both through an independent retailer and also directly to end consumers; (2) to identify the behavioral causes of the "bullwhip effect", which is a major source of inefficiency in supply chains; (3) to study the validity of the newsvendor model, which lie at the foundation of the supply chain contracting research.

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FUAT KEYMAN (IPC DIRECTOR-FACULTY MEMBER)Area International Studies/Conflict Analysis and Resolution/

Political Science/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9115






Fuat Keyman is Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Keyman is a leading Turkish political scientist and an expert on democratization, globalization, international relations, Turkey – EU relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development. He is a member of the Science Academy. He has worked as a member on the Council of Wise People as part of the Peace Process to the Kurdish issue. He also serves on advisory and editorial boards for a number of respected international and national organizations as well as for academic journals.Prior to joining Sabancı University, Keyman taught in the Department of International Relations at Koç University between 2002 and 2010 and in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University between 1994 and 2002. He was also Visiting Professor at Carleton University in the summer of 1997. Keyman holds several post-doctoral fellowships from Wellesley College and Harvard University. He has received numerous prestigious grants from the EU Framework Programme and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Furthermore, Keyman has been the research director for various projects such as Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington’s Many Globalizations, CIVICUS, and Mapping Civil Society in Turkey. Keyman has conducted the first extensive research project and written copiously on the political and social trends in Turkey, urban transformation, and living together in Anatolian cities. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Turkey, The Arab Spring and Beyond (with Bülent Aras, 2016), Global Turkey in Europe 3: Democracy, Trade, and the Kurdish Question in Turkey-EU Relations (2015), Democracy, Identity and Foreign Policy in Turkey (with Şebnem Gümüşçü, 2014); Global Turkey in Europe 2: Energy, Migration, Civil Society and Citizenship Issues in Turkey-EU Relations (2014); Global Turkey in Europe: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU (2013); Remaking Turkey (in Turkish, 2013); Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey (with Ayşe Kadıoğlu, 2011);

KEMAL KILIÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9596


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/kkilic/


Data Mining, Decision Support Systems, Heuristic Search and Optimization Techniques, Innovation Management, Health Informatics,


Even though my research interests seem be diverse in various fields such as operations management, innovation management and healthcare informatics, the link that joins them is data mining, I have been working on projects such as fraud detection (in health care insurance, electricity distribution, etc,), personalized advertisement management in virtual environments, developing a Decision Support System for assisting managing innovation in manufacturing firms, forecasting based early warning quality system for electric appliances manufacturer, Furthermore, I am also working on various applications of data mining techniques in computational biology and operations management problems.


Cities: The Transformation of Anatolia, the Future of Turkey (2010); Competing Nationalism in Turkey (2010), Turkey in a Globalizing World (2010); Remaking Turkey, Globalization, Alternative Modernities and Democracy (2008); Turkish Politics in a Changing World (with Ziya Öniş, 2007), Citizenship in a Global World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences (2005); Changing World, Transforming Turkey (2005). Keyman has also authored numerous articles published in prestigious, peer-reviewed international journals such as Third World Quarterly, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Journal of Democracy, European Journal of Social Theory, Theory Culture & Society, and Review of International Political Economy. He received his PhD in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations and Comparative Politics from Carleton University. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

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YUSUF MENCELOĞLU (FENS DEAN)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Manufacturing

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9501







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Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9562






Ferroelectric Based Solid State Memory, Phase Transitions İn Thin Films, Functionally Graded Structures, Nanomagnetism.

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AHMET ONAT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9538


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~onat


Networked Control Systems, Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Real-Time Communication, Linear Synchronous Motor Design Implementation and Control, Linear Motor Vertical Applications, Automatic Control, Fault Diagnosis. Previously: Artificial Intelligence, Learning Algorithms, and Artificial Neural Networks.


Dr. Onat is currently working on the following. Networked control systems AREAs:Networked control systems, where the sensors, controller and actuators of a digital controller reside on different computer nodes linked by a communications network, aim to overcome the disadvantages of conventional digital control systems, such as difficulty of modification, vulnerability to electrical noise, difficulty in maintenance and upgrades, at the application level. However data delay and loss on the network may unstabilize the plant. We have propose a novel networked control method where satisfactory control is possible even under random delay and data loss by referring to a model of the plant to predict states of the plant under such conditions. The proposed method has good performance compared to other methods.Design of synchronous linear motors for vertical applications: Vertical applications place high demands on the design of linear motors because the magnetic circuit must enable high thrust to weight ratio while realizing high efficiency, low force ripple, while maintaining ease and low cost of manufacturing, maintainance and lifespan. We have designed and built linear motors that satisfy these requirements and proposed a composite design optimization method based on nonlinear magnetic modeling and finite element analysis. Theoretical studies and simulations have been backed by full scale vertical linear motor prototypes capable of 150-450kgf net lift capability at speeds up to 2.5m/s with regular supply voltages. The research is funded by a Japanese world leader company in elevators.


Phone 90 (216) 483 9592


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/cleva






Remote fault detection and prognosis for commercial vehicles: Work on this AREA with collaboration from a manufacturer has been carried out where new methods of fault diagnosis and recovery have been proposed, enabling auto makers to foresee some of the impending failures on customer vehicles in the field.


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MELTEM SEZEN (RESEARCHER)Area Materials Science and Engineering/Electron Microscopy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9886


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/meltemsezen/


Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Technologies, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), 3D Electron Tomography, Nanostructuring and Nanofabrication using Dual-Beam Platforms, Fabrication and Characterization of Organic Optoelectronic Devices, Advanced Electron Microscopy Applications for Dentistry and Food Engineering, Raman Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Hydrogen Storage Materials.


Nanofabrication using Focused Electron and Ion Beams, Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Based Characterization, Expertise in TEM Specimen Preparation via Dual-Beam Plaforms, Development of Novel 3D TEM Sample Structuring Methodologies and Advanced FIB and TEM Tomography Applications for Nanoporous Materials (COST MP1103 Action), Development of Functional Surfaces on Polymeric Materials using Electron and Ion Beam (FEB-FIB) Modification (COST CM1301 Action), Advanced FIB/SEM and Raman Based Nanoanalysis Studies for Preventive Dentistry.

SERAP HAYAT SOYTAŞ (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2443


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/seraphayat


Energy, Metal-ion Batteries, Fuel Cells, Electrospinning, Carbon Nanofibers, Polymer Synthesis and Characterizations, Living/Controlled Polymerizations, Polymer Structure-Property Relationships.


Development of high-capacity anode materials for metal-ion batteries, Development of catalyst/electrodes for PEM fuel cells, Synthesis of CNF-metal hybrid structures for energy storage/conversion, Synthesis of organic/inorganic hybrid polymers.

ASİF ŞABANOVİÇ (EMERITUS PROFESSOR)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9502


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/asif/


Nonlinear and Motion Control Systems, Mechatronics, Micro/Nano Mechatronics Systems, Automation and Robotics, Power Electronics.


Currently projects on laser micromachining workstation design, micro-part manipulation workstation, vibration control for lumped and distributed systems, bilatelar control with variable time delay, design and control of flexure based nano-positioners, FPGA based high precision motion controller, software for reconfigurable real time motion control systems, hierachy and dynamical decoupling in multi-body motion control systems are under way.

GÜVENÇ ŞAHİN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9619


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/guvencs/


Transportation and Distribution Planning, Scheduling and Sequencing, Network Design and Flow, Heuristic Algorithms, Linear Integer Programming.


Transportation Crew Planning, Line Planning in Urban Transportation, Operations in Electricity Markets, Vehicle Routing Problems, Airport Operations Planning, Reverse/Spare-parts Logistics Network Design.

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MEHMET DOĞAN ÜÇOK (IICEC PROJECT COORDINATOR)Area National and International Security Strategies/Geopolitics

of Energy Security

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://iicec.sabanciuniv.edu/contact


National and International Security Strategies, Geopolitics of Energy Security, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Strategy Formation.


International Political-Economy of Energy Security, Climate Change & World-wide Effects, Shale Gas and Shale Oil in and outside US, Energy Import Bills in the Current Account Deficit of Turkey, Geopolitics of Energy Security.

FÜSUN ÜLENGİN (SOM DEAN)Area Operations & Information Systems Management

Phone 90 (216) 483 9680


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/fulengin/


Her Research Focuses On The Multiobjective Evaluation Of Macrosystemsin General, And Transportation And Logistics Systems, İn Particular. Dr.Ülengin Has Also İnterests İn Multi-Attribute and Group Decision-Making Models, Decision Support Systems, Bayesian Causal Mapsas Well As Neural Networks.


Her recent publications have appeared in a variety of SCI and SSCI journals including Omega, Journal of the Operations Research Society, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, EuropeanJournal of Operational Research, Transportation Research-E, Transportation Research-C, Journal of Production Economics, European Journal of Marketing, The Service IndustriesJournal, Interfaces, ExpertSystemswith Applications etc.Currentlyshe is in theEditorial Board of “Transportation Policy” and “Case Studies in Transport Policy” journals. She is the member of the Scientific and Steering Committees of World Conference of Transportation Research Society (WCTRS). Recently, she has been re-appointed as the Scientific Committee Chair responsible of conferences for WCTRS. She is currently the vice-chair of the WCTRS and the advisor of the Transportation and Logistics sector in the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) .

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Phone 90 (216) 483 9579


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/syesilyurt/


Heat Transfer; Fluid Flows; Swimming in Micro Scales; Renewable & Sustainable Energy Systems.


Multi-Phase Transport and Deformation of Porous Media, and Applications To Pem Fuel Cells.Efficienct Swimming of Organisms and Artificial Structures in Micro Scales Inside Channels and Conduits, Simulations and Experiments For Design and Navigation of Artificial Structures in Conduits.Design and Aerodynamic Optimization of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines.

SERKAN ÜNAL (RESEARCHER)Area Chemistry/Material Science and Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9996


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/serkanunal


Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Structure-Property Relationships In Polymeric Materials, Functional and Branched Polymers, Polymer Emulsions and Dispersions, Polyurethane Chemistry, Surface Coatings, Adhesives, Thermosets, Membranes, Carbon Nanomaterials, Hybrid And Multifunctional Nanomaterials, Structural Composites, Nanocomposites, Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes.


Synthesis of waterborne polyurethane dispersions for functional coating and adhesive applications, polymeric nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes for water purification and desalination applications, hybrid nanomaterials for water purification, multi-functional nanomaterials for structural composites, hybrid nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion applications.

MEHMET YILDIZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Manufacturing

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9517






My current research focuses on the experimental and computational aspects of materials processing with emphasis on advanced polymer-based composite materials, and crystal growth. I have been conducting research on manufacturing polymer-based composite materials for applications in aircraft structures and structural health management of fiber-reinforced advanced composite structures with embedded fiber optic FBG sensor arrays. Within the framework of my research on composite materials, I am also involved in a collaborative research activity on nano particle integrated composite materials. I am currently setting-up a crystal growth laboratory to grow Silicon-Germanium single crystals from the Silicon rich-side of the phase diagram. As well, I have been actively working on the development meshless computational fluid dynamics algorithms by using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method for simulating complex engineering problems such as free surface flow, multiphase flow and solidification.

TUĞÇE YÜKSEL (RESEARCHER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Energy Program

Phone 90 (216) 483 99 57


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/tyuksel


Vehicle Electrification, System Analysis, Energy and The Environment.


Evaluation of the effects of real world operating conditions on battery life in electrified vehicles Battery design optimization for minimum production cost Thermal management system analysis and selection for prolonging battery life.

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ALP YÜRÜM (RESEARCHER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Chemistry

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2404


Web http://sunum.sabanciuniv.edu/sudirectorystaffdetay/1990


Energy Storage, Li-ion Batteries, Li-air Batteries, Hydrogen Storage, Metal Nanoparticles, Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Zeolites, Carbon, Graphene.


Anode Development For High Capacity Li-Ion Batteries With Prolonged Life-Cycle; Development Of Effective Catalysts For Li-air batteries; Hydrogen Storage With Graphene/Metal Oxide Nano Particle Composites; Water Treatment Using Semiconductor Photocatalysts, Membranes, and High Surface Area & Porous Adsrobents; Carbon Based Materials Characterization and Coal Chemistry; Development of High Surface Area Zeolites For Water Treatment, Energy, and Sensors.


Phone 90 (216) 483 9512


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/yyurum/





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TUĞBA AĞAÇAYAK (MERCATOR-IPC FELLOW)Area Climate Change

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939/1411


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/fellow/tugba-agacayak/


Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Turkey, Agriculture, Waste.


Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from waste and agriculture sectors and its multi-level governance in Turkey.

PINAR AKPINAR (IPC SCHOLAR)Area Foreign Policy/Conflict Resolution/Middle East

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939/1407


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/pinarakpinar


International Relations, Foreign Policy, Turkish Foreign Policy, Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding, Humanitarian Aid, Middle East.


Akpınar’s article “The Limits of Mediation in the Arab Spring: The Case of Syria” has recently been published at Third World Quarterly. She is currently co-authoring two articles with Bülent Aras on medical humanitarianism of Turkish humanitarian NGOs and the role of NGOs in Turkey and India’s models of humanitarianism as part of the project “Turkey’s International Humanitarian NGOs and Peacebuilding.” She is also converting her PhD thesis into a book with the proposed title “Turkey's mediation and foreign policy: The case of an emerging power,” which has recently received a positive informal review from Key Studies in Diplomacy Series, Manchester University Press.

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BÜLENT ARAS (FACULTY MEMBER, IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)Area International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9251




Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East, Arab Spring, Arab Authoritarianism, Caucasus and Central Asia, Geopolitics, Peacebuilding, Mediation and Conflict Resolution.


Turkey, the Arab Spring and Beyond (with Fuat Keyman, Routledge: London, 2016).“The Educational Opportunities and Challenges of Syrian Refugee Students in Turkey: Temporary Education Centers and Beyond" (with Salih Yasun, IPC, 2016).“State, region and order: geopolitics of the Arab Spring” (published at Third World Quarterly in 2016).A Multi-Year Project Entitled Project on Middle East and Arab Spring (POMEAS) Funded By Diplomatic Academy of Qatar (2014-2016). This Project Aims To Promote Scholarly Debate On The Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Arab Spring Environment in The Middle East and North Africa. POMEAS Hosts High Quality Academic Pieces and Policy Briefs On Its Website.18 Month Long Project On Civilian Capacity in Turkey’s Peace-Building Funded By Turkish Cooperation And Coordination Agency (TIKA) (2014-2016) Project Will Bring Turkish and International Experts and Active NGOs Together To Combine Knowledge and Expertise in The Specifics of Civilian Dimension of Peacebuilding.A multi-year project to establish an Asia Studies at Istanbul Policy Center.Pursuing A Fellowship At Wilson Center in Washington DC Entitled “Global Fellow” in Between 2013-2017. This Fellowship Includes Short Term Stays At The Center, Organizing Workshops and Conferences, Writing Academic Pieces At The Center To Wider Washington Policy Community. Op-Eds and Policy Pieces To Orsam Journal, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Project-Syndicate, Mark News, Wilson Center Global Europe Series, Pomease Brief, Pomeas Paper, Hurriyet Daily News, Today’s Zaman, Daily Sabah, Daily Star (Beirut), The Hill.

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İZAK ATİYAS (FACULTY MEMBER, IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)Area Economics/European Studies/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9241







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ALTAY ATLI (RESEARCHER)Area International Relations

Phone (0533) 389 4117


Web www.altayatli.com


International Political Economy; Comparative Asian Political Economy; Political Economy of Turkey’s Foreign Policy; Business-Government Relations; Economic Diplomacy; Turkey’s Relations with Asian Countries.


Fellow at IPC in the project “The Changing Geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa, Turkey and Asia”Working (together with Prof. Bülent Aras) on the long-term project to establish and develop an Asian Studies stream at IPC.Book project in progress on Turkey’s relations with the People’s Republic of China.Book chapter (forthcoming in 2016) “China and Turkey: Sailing Through Rough Waters” in a book titled “China and the Middle East” (ed. James Reardon Anderson and Mehran Kamrawa) to be published by Oxford University Press.Book chapter (forthcoming in 2017) “Turkey: Is Recent Growth Sustainable?” in a book titled “Economic Integration and Global Governance in Emerging Muslim Economies: Prospects and Challenges for D-8 Muslim Countries” (ed. by Ahmed M. Khalid and Maziar M. Falarti) to be published by Edward Elgar Publishing.Regular op-eds for Hong Kong based current issues portal “Asia Times” (three times monthly).


MELTEM MÜFTÜLER-BAÇ (FACULTY MEMBER, IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)

Area European Studies/International Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9247




International Studies Theory; Politics of European Integration; Turkey's Relations with the EU.


Meltem Müftüler-Baç is actively involved in research on the EU, particularly its political integration process, the foreign, security and defense policies, and its enlargement. Her work is most cited on Turkey-EU relations and Turkey’s accession process. Her current research activities include the EU’s security aspirations and the legitimacy crisis the EU is currently facing. Her research expertise is on the Turkish-EU relations, the EU’s security integration and the Turkish and European foreign policies, and the political dynamics of the European integration process, as well as on the possible role that Islam will have on the contestation of values and as a cause of conflict. She authored Turkey's Relations with a Changing Europe published by the Manchester University Press in 1997, co-edited Turkey and the European Union: Dilemmas, constraints and Opportunities with Yannis Stivachtis which was published by Lexington books in 2008. She has numerous articles in refereed SSCI journals and book chapters in collections on the European integration published by reputable international presses. For her research activities, she received two prestigious awards from the Turkish Academy of Sciences: Young Social Scientist Investigator Award in 2002, Distinguished Young Scientist Award in 2003, and the Jean Monnet ad personam title from the European Commission in 2004. She participates in the FP6 Project RECON-Reconstituting Democracy in Europe for the time period of 2006-2011. She also serves as the Chair for the Standing Group on the EU, ECPR for 2009-2011.


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AYŞE KÖSEOĞLU (RESEARCHER)Area International Relations/Modern Turkish History

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939/1416


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu


Modern Turkish History, International Relations, Kurdish Question, Urbanization.


Current research in IPC is on urbanization and new alternatives for Turkey’s local governance. Writing her PhD dissertation at Boğaziçi University. The title of her dissertation is “The Biography of Cavid Bey (1876-1926), The Minister of Finance.” Preparing a book chapter for a textbook which covers Modern Turkish History by Patika Publishing. The chapter will cover the National Struggle War Period, 1918-1922.

KRISTEN BIEHL (MERCATOR, IPC FELLOW)Area EU/German-Turkish Relations

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/fellow/kristen-biehl/


Syrian Refugees, Integration, Social Policy, Turkey.


Examining policy formations and everyday realities of refugee integration in Turkey.


PINAR DİNÇ (RESEARCHER)Area Political Science/Turkish Studies/History/Conflict Analysis

and Resolution

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939/1414


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/people/pinar-dinc/


Social Movements, Nationalism and Ethnicity, Minority Politics, Collective Memory and Identity, Turkish Politics, Populism.


Pinar Dinc is in the final year of her PhD in political science at the Department of Government, London School of Economics. Her dissertation focuses on collective memory and identity competition in Dersim. She is also currently conducting research and will produce a publication on the rise of populism by focusing on different cases such as the U.S., Europe, and Turkey.


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SENEM AYDIN-DÜZGİT (FACULTY MEMBER, IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)

Area EU/German-Turkish Relations

Phone 90 (212)-(292) 4939/1401




European Studies, EU-Turkey Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy, International Relations Theory, Discourse Analysis.


Senem Aydın-Düzgit is currently working on three research projects. Her project on “Changing Perceptions of Europe in a Changing Turkey,” funded by the Science Academy (BAGEP) is close to completion. She has recently started working on a project on the culture and identity dimensions of the EU-Turkey relationship funded by Horizon 2020. She is also co-directing a project on “Democracy Promotion in the Non-West” with Tsveta Petrova from Columbia University. Aydın-Düzgit was previously a Jean Monnet Chair of EU Political and Administrative Studies at Istanbul Bilgi University. She is the author of Constructions of European Identity (Palgrave 2012) and co-author (with Nathalie Tocci) of Turkey and the European Union (Palgrave 2015). Her articles have been published in West European Politics, Cooperation and Conflict, Alternatives, International Relations, Journal of Language and Politics, South European Society and Politics, and Politique Européenne.

METİN GÜRCAN (RESEARCHER)Area Critical Security Studies/Terrorism/Conflict

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/people/metin-gurcan/


Security, Civil-Military Relations, Terrorism.


Changing nature of Turkish Civil-Military Relations, Radicalization and Deradicalization, Changing nature of Conflict.


AHMET EVİN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)Area European Studies/Political Science

Phone 90 (216) 483 9230







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WIEBKE HONBERGER (MERCATOR-IPC FELLOW)Area EU/German-Turkish Relations

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en/fellow/wiebke-hohberger/


Syrian Refugees, Integration, Non-State Actors, Turkey, Germany.


Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Current approaches of state and non-state integration efforts and possibilities for Turkish-German joint projects.

KOREL GÖYMEN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)

Area European Studies/Political Science/Public Policy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9112


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/goymen/


Public Administration; Metropolitan Administration; Governance; Public Policy; European Union; Third Sector Governance.


There is ongoing preparations for a major activity of the International Development and Public Policy Alliance, where further research on public policy will be undertaken. Göymen has been selected as Executive Committee Member to Turkonfed-IPC Project “Local Democracy Forum”.

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AYŞE KADIOĞLU (FASS DEAN-IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)Area European Studies/Political Science/International Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9235






Laicism in Turkey: a comparison of the views of the key republican elite on religion in the 1920s.The political choreography of the Justice and Development Party, an analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy agendas.How was citizenship described by the republican elite in the 1930s.

ERSİN MAHMUT KALAYCIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER, IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)

Area Political Science/Turkish Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9345






Kalaycığlu published a report on “Citizenship in Turkey and in the world: 2014 ISSP Research Report” co-authored with Ali Çarkoğlu in December 2015. Kalaycıoğlu is currently publishing a report on “Nationalism in Turkey and The World,” which was prepared as part of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). He also conducted a Turkish Public Opinion Dynamics Poll for the June 2015 General Elections with Ali Çarkoğlu, Selim Erdem, Erik Nisbet, and Özge Kemahlıoğlu.

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FUAT KEYMAN (IPC DIRECTOR-FACULTY MEMBER)Area Conflict Analysis and Resolution/Political Science/

Public Policy/International Relations

Phone 90 (216) 483 9115






Fuat Keyman is Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Keyman is a leading Turkish political scientist and an expert on democratization, globalization, international relations, Turkey – EU relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development. He is a member of the Science Academy. He has worked as a member on the Council of Wise People as part of the Peace Process to the Kurdish issue. He also serves on advisory and editorial boards for a number of respected international and national organizations as well as for academic journals.Prior to joining Sabancı University, Keyman taught in the Department of International Relations at Koç University between 2002 and 2010 and in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University between 1994 and 2002. He was also Visiting Professor at Carleton University in the summer of 1997. Keyman holds several post-doctoral fellowships from Wellesley College and Harvard University. He has received numerous prestigious grants from the EU Framework Programme and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Furthermore, Keyman has been the research director for various projects such as Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington’s Many Globalizations, CIVICUS, and Mapping Civil Society in Turkey. Keyman has conducted the first extensive research project and written copiously on the political and social trends in Turkey, urban transformation, and living together in Anatolian cities.


He is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including Turkey, The Arab Spring and Beyond (with Bülent Aras, 2016), Global Turkey in Europe 3: Democracy, Trade, and the Kurdish Question in Turkey-EU Relations (2015), Democracy, Identity and Foreign Policy in Turkey (with Şebnem Gümüşçü, 2014); Global Turkey in Europe 2: Energy, Migration, Civil Society and Citizenship Issues in Turkey-EU Relations (2014); Global Turkey in Europe: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU (2013); Remaking Turkey (in Turkish, 2013); Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey (with Ayşe Kadıoğlu, 2011); Cities: The Transformation of Anatolia, the Future of Turkey (2010); Competing Nationalism in Turkey (2010), Turkey in a Globalizing World (2010); Remaking Turkey, Globalization, Alternative Modernities and Democracy (2008); Turkish Politics in a Changing World (with Ziya Öniş, 2007), Citizenship in a Global World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences (2005); Changing World, Transforming Turkey (2005). Keyman has also authored numerous articles published in prestigious, peer-reviewed international journals such as Third World Quarterly, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Journal of Democracy, European Journal of Social Theory, Theory Culture & Society, and Review of International Political Economy. He received his PhD in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations and Comparative Politics from Carleton University. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.


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MAGDALENA KIRCHNER (MERCATOR-IPC FELLOW)Area EU/German-Turkish Relations

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/fellow/magdalena-kirchner/


Turkey, Germany, Security.


Rising to the occasion Turkey and Germany in transatlantic crisis management.

SARAH LOUISE NASH (MERCATOR-IPC FELLOW)Area Climate Change

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939/1421


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en/fellow/sarah-louise-nash/


Climate Change, Climate Migration, UNFCCC.


The politics of the climate change and migration nexus: taking the UNFCCC task force to task.

ONUR SAZAK (RESEARCHER)Area Political Science/Conflict Resolution and Mediation

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


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Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Security Sector Reform, Civilian Capacity Building and Deployment, Development Aid, Humanitarian Assistance.


The role of rising powers in peacebuilding and sustaining peace: speaking and mono-script writing engagements.

ÜMİT ŞAHİN (FACULTY MEMBER-CLIMATE STUDIES COORDINATOR)

Area Environmental Politics/Public Policy

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939/1410


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/people/umit-sahin/


Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Policy, Environmental Politics, Environmental Policy, Public Policy, Sustainable Development; Environmental Science, Public Health.


Mapping and Analysis of Climate Policies in Turkey; Climate Policy Process and Deliberative Democracy in Turkey; Drought and Climate Change; Low-Carbon Development of Turkey; International Climate Negotiations and Turkey’s Climate Policies; Climate Movement.


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EMRE ÜÇKARDEŞLER (MERCATOR-IPC FELLOW)Area EU/German-Turkish Relations

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/fellow/emre-uckardesler/


Education, Social Policy, Syrian Refugees, Germany, Turkey.


Education Policies for Refugee Children and Youth in Turkey and Germany: A Framework for Shifting Patchwork Responses into Long-Term Strategies.


CANA TÜLÜŞ (RESEARCHER)Area European Studies/International Relations/Political Science/

Conflict Resolution and Mediation

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939/1412


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/canat


Turkish Politics, EU-Turkey Relations, Civil Society In Turkey, Good Governance, Civilian Capacities.


Cana Tülüş is currently finalizing a report mapping Turkey’s civilian capacity (CIVCAP) in conflict-affected environments, which will be published in October 2016 and included in a synthesis report on the CIVCAP of emerging donors by the UN-initiated PeaceCap Network. She has also drafted a report that brings together Turkey’s rankings in international indices and indicators to shed light on Turkey’s performance since 2008. With Prof. Korel Göymen and Dr. Cenk Demiroğlu, she wrote an article titled “Snow Sports Tourism Development Policies in Turkey,” which will be published by Routledge in October 2016. Her research also includes topics such as UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the effect of MDGs on recent approaches to conflict resolution, and international organizations in the area of conflict resolution.

AUVEEN ELIZABETH WOODS (RESEARCHER)Area Conflict Resolution/Peacebuilding/Transitional Justice

Phone 90 (212) 292 4939


Web http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en/people/auveen-woods/https://pomeas.academia.edu/AuveenWoods


Conflict Sensitive Development, Peacebuilding, Gender, Turkey-Somalia relations, Urban Refugees in Istanbul, Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Syria and Somalia.


Woods is currently finishing an edited book on Syria and civil society pre-transitional justice preparation case studies. She is also researching how local Istanbul governments engage with Syrians. Woods has been engaged with a number of international and local civil society organizations working in Somalia, Turkey, and Syria. She has been running workshops and facilitation sessions with both Turkish and Syrian activists and NGOs. Woods is also researching and developing peacebuilding and conflict sensitive projects among displaced and refugee communities in Turkey and Somalia. She is developing trainings projects with Somalia civil society organizations based in Mogadishu to build the capacity of local peacebuilding actors. She is also developing peacebuilding and counter-extremism projects for Syrian teachers and civil society workers.


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BAHRİ YILMAZ (EMERITUS PROFESSOR IPC SENIOR SCHOLAR)

Area Economics/European Studies

Phone 90 (216) 483 9236






Institutions and Economic Development; World Economic Crisis and its Impacts on Turkey; European Energy Security and the Role of Turkey; Relations of Turkey with the EU.


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ÖZGE AKBULUT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Manufacturing

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9968




Composite Materials, Cement, Rheology Of Ceramics, Silicone-Based Composite Materials.


Design and fabrication of silicone-based tissue and organ models as simulation tools for surgical trainings.Preparation of ceramic- and metal-based inks for additive manufacturing.Optimization of cement rheology through the design of superplasticizers for various different types of cement.Dr. Akbulut works on silicone-based composite materials and optimization of the rheology of ceramics. Her main application AREA in composite materials is the fabrication of synthetic organ models for surgical simulations. For rheology, she focuses on the control of workability of cement and inks for additive manufacturing.

İNANÇ ADAGİDELİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9605


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/adagideli/


Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics: Topological States of Matter, Theoretical Nanophysics, Superconductivity, Spintronics and Spin Hall Effect. Quantum.Transport Theory. Graphene Physics. Asymptotic Methods in Physics and Quantum Chaos.


Graphene spintronics. Spin and valley-spin dependent transport in graphene nanostructures. Spin-orbitronics and spin Hall effect. Quantum transport in topological insulators. Supersymmetric methods in quasiparticle spectra of topological insulators and d- and p- wave superconductors. Universalities in complex quantum systems.

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GÖZDE AKDENİZ SKVORTSOV (POST-DOC)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2412


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/gozdeakdeniz/


3D Bioprinting, 3D Cell Culture Systems, Tissue Engineering, Cell Fate, Progenitor & Stem Cells/Cancer Stem Cells, Epidermal Homeostasis, Epithelial Cancer Development.


Production of Bone Tissue Engineering Constructs for Large Non Healing Bone Defects by 3D Bioprinting, 3D Imaging and Characterisation of the 3D Bioprinted Tissue Engineering Constructs, Development of Feasible Hydrogel Bioink for Bone Tissue Engineering Constructs.

OZAN AKDOĞDU (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 568 7016




Nano-Magnetics, Magnetic Bio-Sensors, NEMS, MEMS, Hard and Soft Magnets, Micro and Nano Engineering of Magnets, Interface Physics.


Functional magnetic nano-robots, Magnetic nanoparticle production for bio-applications and Ultra high-density magnetic media, Rare earth-free magnets, Interface and surface Physics, Micro and nano engineering of thin and thick films; MEMS and NEMS, Ultra High Coercivity MFM Tips, Effect of nano-sizes on fundamental magnetic properties.


Phone 90 (216) 483 9573


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/~selmiye/


Fuel Cells, Proton- Exchange Membranes, Graphene, Radiation-Induced Grafting, Lithium Ion Batteries, Artificial Muscles, Conducting Polymers.



CANAN ATILGAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9523


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/canan


Polymer and Protein Dynamics, Theoretical and Computational Investigation of Complex Molecular Systems.

Conformational and dynamical response of proteins to environmental changes such as pH and ionic strength, effect of point mutations to antiboitic resistance, understanding self-assembly principles of oligomers for nanoparticle applications, development of multiscale methods for investigating dynamical features of macromolecules that act as nanomachines.

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FERAY BAKAN (RESEARCHER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2406




Bioceramic Nanoparticles, Nanocharacterization, Functional Surfaces.


Calcium phosphate based nano biomaterials and their toxicity assessment, Nanocharacterization and Spectroscopy techniques (AFM, SEM, EDS, Raman, FTIR, XRD) Artificial bone composites, Bone fracture healing, Nanostructuring by focused electron and ion beams, Surface Modification of Materials using Gas Assisted Etching in Dual-Beam Platforms, Gene silencing with siRNA using nanoparticles as carrier.

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HÜVEYDA BAŞAĞA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9511


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~huveyda/


Signaling Pathways Leading to Gene Expression in Cancer Cells, Transcriptional Control of Cell Survival and Apoptosis, Molecular Basis of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants as Siganalling Molecules.


We address the specific role of Bcl-2 proteins in HNE induced apoptosis as they can be considered major therapeutic targets for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Furthermore, protection exerted by phytoestrogens on the apoptotic effect of HNE is also within our research scope. Another line of research is to study the transcriptional regulation exerted by NF-kB and FOXO on drug related chemoresistance mechanism and identify the role of Bcl-2 protein family members (Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Bax, Bak, Bad) in apoptotic response. Specifically the role of Bcl-2 proteins as apoptotic switch in cancer development and therapy is the theme of current research. A recent line of research is characterization of the biological effects of drug loaded nanoparticles in several cell lines. In one of our projects, we are trying to increase antioxidant defence capacity of cells by using a specifiacally designed nanosystem. For this purpose, a nanosystem has already been tested in 3T3 fibroblast cell line. More recently, we are seeking to design and implement a nanoparticle-porphyrin based theranostic agent to be used in targeted photodynamic therapy. Our specific aims regarding theranostics are,

To develop new tools for one step imaging and therapy for cancer.

To understand the role of antioxidant response in nanosystem based photodynamic therapy

To develop and understand the mechanisms of novel theranostic tools for anti-cancer treatment.

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EMRE BİÇER (POST-DOC)Area Chemistry

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2445


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/emrebicer/


Energy, Graphene, Li-ion Battery, Li/Air Battery, Battery Electrochemistry, Anode, Cathode, Organic Radical Battery, Fuel Cell, Electrocatalyst Preparation, Organic Synthesis, Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF), Organic Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Mass Spectroscopy (MS).


Solid Synthesis of Li-Based Inorganic Compounds Used in Li-ion Battery As A Cathode Active Material (LiFepo4, Li(NixMnyCoz)O2). Conductivity Enhanced Additives For Li-ion Batteries (Mno2, Al2O3 Etc.). Organic Synthesis of Cathode Active Material For Organic Radical Battery. Titanate-Based Li-ion Battery Anode Preparation. Fuel Cell, Electrocatalyst Preparation, Graphene Based Materials, Electrochemical (CV, Chronopotantiometry, Impedance) and Morphological Characterization (XRD, SEM, TEM) of Materials. Organic Synthesis (Radical Cyclization) and Characterization (NMR, IR, MS).

AYHAN BOZKURT (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9537


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/abozkurt/


VLSI Design for Analog/Digital Sensor Interfaces, Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) Modeling and Design, Medical Instrumentation (Sensor and Sensor Interface Design), Acoustic Microscopy (Material Characterization, Lens Design).


Front-end electronics design for ultrasonic imaging and therapeutics. Micromachnined ultrasonic transducer design for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) applications. Transducer modeling.

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ERHAN BUDAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering/In-

dustrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9519






Modeling and simulation of multi-axis machining processesMachining operations for turbine engine components Modeling of grinding and super abrasive machining processesCryogenic cooling methods in machining operations Stability of simultaneous machining operations High performance machining of difficult-to-produce materials Micro machining applicationsMachine tool design, testing and modeling Multi-tasking machine tool applications Machine tool dynamics and chatter stability Thermal modeling of machining processesMilling tool design for increased productivityVibration suppression methods for machines

FEVZİ ÇAKMAK CEBECİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9877


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/fccebeci/





HİKMET BUDAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9575


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~budak/


Analysis of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Response Mechanisms of Important Genes, Manipulation of These Genes in Plant System Employing Genomics and Informatics Tools and Their Roles in Plants,Gene Transmission and Silencing.


We pursue a wide range of investigations that address the genome structure, function and evolution. AREAs of current research include: Genome analysis including physical mapping, genome sequencing and resequencing and genome evolution studies. We have contributed to the sequencing of the Brachypodium genome and currently sequencing and annotating Bacterial Artificial Chromosome of wheat genome chromosomes. Our lab also focuses on the use of microarray technology for 'transcript abundance genetics' and microRNAs in response to drought stress.

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SÜLEYMAN ÇELİK (PROJECT OFFICER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2409


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/scelik/


OLED Displays, Graphene Growth and Characterization, GrapheneTransfer Methods, Contact and Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy, Gene Trasfer and Isolation Methods, Artificial Lipid Bilayers.


Graphene and ITO Based OLED Display Applications, Passive Matrix Display Design, Graphene Growth, Characterization and Transfer, Analysing of Artificial Lipid Bilayers with Atomic Force Microscopy in Liquids.

İSMAİL ÇAKMAK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9524


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/cakmak/


Plant Nutrition, Stress Physiology, Metal Homeostasis, Food and Nutrition Security.


Improving Nutritional Quality of Food Crops, Zinc, Iodine and Selenium Biofortification of Cereals, Mitigation of Stress in Crop Plants by Mineral Nutrition, Nutrient Uptake and Transport in Plants Oxidative Stress in Plants.

UMUT EKMEKCİ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9597


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/umutekmekci






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MELTEM ELİTAŞ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9568


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/melitas


Biomechatronics, Biomedical, Microfluidics, Microscopy, Cancer-Immunce Cell İnteractions, Laparoscopic Tools.


Our research interests are in the direction of developing tools and methods for quantitative biology. We aim to modify traditional batch culture methods and develop novel microfabricated tools, mostly compatible with microscopy, to precisely measure and quantitatively characterize cellular behavior for various cell types ranging from bacteria to mammalian cells. Production of diagnostic and monitoring devices for point-of-care testing using obtained quantitative data and developed technologies for fundamental biological concepts are among our primary research goals.Understanding of Hepatocellular Cancer Biology and Sorafenib-Killing Mechanisms. Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Serdar Turhal (ASM), Prof. Dr. Tamer Yagci (GTU).Development and Implementation of Dielectrophoretic Technologies to Characterize Cellular Properties.–Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte (Clemson University), Prof. Dr. Philippe Renaud (EPFL).Development of Microfluidic Platform for Arabidopsis thaliana-Root Phenotyping for Abiotic Stress Studies. -Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Hikmet Budak (Sabanci University).Tumor-Macrophage Paracrine Signaling in Glioblastoma Brain Cancers.–Collaboration with Prof. Rong Fan (Yale University).Laparoscopic Tools and Robotic Surgery.-Collaboration with Assoc. Dr. Tugrul Tansug (Gebze Konak Hospital).

BATU ERMAN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9530


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~batu


Molecular and Cellular Biology, Immunology, Signal.Transduction, Lymphocyte Development, p53 protein, Cancer Research, Genome Editing, Gene Therapy.


We use molecular biology techniques to conduct basic research on the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction and gene activation in the mammalian immune system. Our investigation of how genes get turned on and off in T lymphocytes that develop in the thymus organ has led us into the field of epigenetics and cancer research. We study genetic (transcription factors that activate the interleukin-7 receptor gene enhancer) and epigenetic (post-translational modification of histone proteins and proto-oncogene products like the P53 protein) mechanisms of gene control. We use genome editing techniques such as TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 to address these questions.

KONSTANTIN GOCHUA (POST-DOC)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2091


Web http://microsystems.sabanciuniv.edu/index php?p=konstantin&h=Konstantin


Thermoelectric Material and Module, Biosensors, Rectenna.


The development of antenna-coupled rectifier (rectenna) for energy harvesting application on high frequencies (THz) range plus finding some alternative solutions within this frame work in order to get the good efficiency at the system level and the fabrication of such devices, materials and characterization. 12 capacitor array mask design and fabrication, bio/chemical processes and characterisation of biosensors and microfluidic fabrication (combining).

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DEVRİM GÖZÜAÇIK (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9617


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dgozuacik/


Autophagy, Apoptosis, Cancer Biology, Molecular Basis of Human Disease, Drug Research, Nano Diagnostics, Nano Medicine, Nanotoxicology.


Gözüaçık Lab Focuses on Cellular Stress and Death Response Mechanisms. In Particular, The Team Works on Stress-Related Autophagy Responses, Autophagy-Cell Death Connections, The Role of Autophagy Abnormalities in Human Diseases, Autophagy-Modulating Drug Discovery and Nanotoxicology. Active Collaborations With Engineers Allow The Research Group To Test Biomedical Applications of Their Findings, find novel diagnosis methods and To Invent Novel Medical Devices.Dr. Gözüaçık is the Vice-Director of the Nano Diagnostics Center of Excellence EFSUN in Sabancı University, Board of Directors Member of The International Cell Death Society (Icds, Based in New York), Associate Editor of The Autophagy Journal (If: 9) and An Ad Hoc Referee of Various International Journals Including Cell Death and Differentiation Journal, Oncogene, Oncoreports, Nature Scientific Reports etc., and and Granting Agencies including Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research, Uk. He Received Excellence Awards From Several Institutions and Companies, Including European Molecular Biology Organization (Embo), Roche Pharmaceuticals and Turkish Academy of Sciences, IKU, TGC Sedat Simavi etc.

For more info: http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/dgozuacik/

ENVER GÜLER (POST-DOC)Area Material Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2407


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/enverg/


Ion Exchange Membrane Design, Bipolar Membranes, PEM Fuel Cell, Radiation-İnduced Grafting, Renewable Energy.


Polymer membrane synthesis for high temperature PEM fuel cells and bipolar membrane fuel cells, polymer membrane characterization for fuel cells, PEM fuel cell system design.


Phone 90 (216) 483 9536


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/m-gulgun





NİLAY GÜNDÜZ (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000




Hard and Soft Magnets, Micro and Nano Engineering of Magnets, Nano-Magnetics, High Energy Ball Milling.


Exchange Coupled Magnets, Functional nanoparticle production by Surfactant Assisted High Energy Ball Milling, Rare earth-free or Rare earth-less magnets, Next generation high-energy magnets for Energy Industry, Alloy engineering for fundamental magnetic properties.

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YAŞAR GÜRBÜZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9536


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/yasar/


RF, Microwave & Millimeter-wave Integrated Device, Circuits and Systems, Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits and Systems, Sensors and Actuators, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).


RF / Microwave / Millimeter-wave Integrated Devices, Circuits and Systems: Design and Fabrication X-band (8-12 GHz ) phased-array transceiver module for RADAR applications : SiGe BiCMOS process technology is being implemented to realize X-band Transmitter/Receiver (T/R) front-end for Phased Array, RADAR Applications. T/R module consists of Phase Shifter, T/R Switches, LNA and PA sub-blocks and involves RF Integrated System / Circuit / Device Design, Fabrication, Test / Measurement competence.

F Band (94 – 140 GHz) Passive RADAR for THz Imaging Applications: SiGe BiCMOS process technology is being implemented to realize 94-140 GHz Receiver front-end for Passive Imaging RADAR Applications. Receive module consists of LNA, RF MEMS Switch, Detector and Baseband Circuitry and involves Millimeter-wave, Microwave and RF Integrated Devices, Circuits and Systems Design, Fabrication, Test / Measurement competence.

Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits and Systems Large-Array Sensor Readout Circuity: Signal readout, control and conditioning circuits for large-array sensor/detector systems, such as 1024x1024, 640x480 IR Imaging Systems, etc., being developed using CMOS technology and analog / digital (mixed-signal) integrated circuits / system design and implementation competence.

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SERAP HAYAT SOYTAŞ (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2443


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/seraphayat


Energy, Metal-ion Batteries, Fuel Cells, Electrospinning, Carbon Nanofibers, Polymer Synthesis and Characterizations, Living/Controlled Polymerizations, Polymer Structure-Property Relationships.


Development of high-capacity anode materials for metal-ion batteries, Development of catalyst/electrodes for PEM fuel cells, Synthesis of CNF-metal hybrid structures for energy storage/conversion, Synthesis of organic/inorganic hybrid polymers.

Biological and Chemical Sensors, Actuators and MEMS Development of a Biosensor Platform (Lab-on-Chip): An electronic Lab-on-Chip, biosensing platform is being developed. The biosensors composed of capacitive transducers and amperometric electrodes, electronic readout circuitries, and/or on-chip transmitter, and a signal processing and conditioning circuitry. The platform is aimed at applications of the early monitoring and diagnosis of life threatening diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The platform is also applicable for the detection / quantification of Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents.

MEMS research activities involves development of integrated circuit compatible RF MEM Devices: Switch, voltage controlled capacitor, etc. A succesfull implementation of this research have led to a RF MEMS switch offered in a standard SiGe BiCMOS process. Application of this siwtch for different frequency range is our current / active AREA of research, involving design, fabrication and testing aspects.

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Phone 90 (216) 483 9878


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/gozdeince/





LALE IŞIKEL ŞANLI (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2407


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/lalei/


Renewable & Sustainable Energy Systems, Energy Materials, PEM Fuel Cells, PEM Fuel Cell System Design, Proton-Exchange Membranes, Radiation-Induced Grafting, Electrochemistry, Electrode Design, Nanoparticle Synthesis.


Graphene Based Catalyst Nanoparticle Synthesis, Plasma, Fiber Based Conducting Paper-Like Composite Structures, Green Composites, Nano-Composite Electrode Structures, Synthesis & Characterization of Proton Exchange Membranes For High/Low Temperature PEM Fuel Cell, Energy Materials.

SİBEL KASAP (POST-DOC)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2409


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/skasap/


Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Adsorption, Statistical Design Methods, Nuclear Fuel Technology, Nuclear Waste Management, Nuclear Safety, Sol-Gel Method, Hydrothermal Method, Graphene, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Clean-Room.


Synthesis and Characterization of Transferable Graphene By Cvd Method For Using Display Application (Researcher), Investgation of adsorption capacity of 3D-graphene foam for radionuclides (TÜBİTAK 3501, Investigator).

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ÖZLEM KARAHAN (POST-DOC)Area Chemistry/Material Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2445




Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Photopolymerization, Dental Materials, Surface Coatings, Adhesives, Computational Chemistry, Density Functional Theory (DFT), Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR), Hybrid Nanostructures for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Energy Storage.


Development of Nanomaterials and Integrated Nanotechnology Based Separation-Advanced Oxidation Systems For Industrial Wastewater Treatment Applications. Multifunctional and High Performance Construction Insulation Materials for Energy Efficiency in Buildings Through the Development of Insulation Materials with Low Thermal Conductivity, Flame Retardant Properties, Optimized Thermal Heat Storing Properties, and High Resistance to Radiative Heat Transfer for Solar and Atmospheric Radiation.

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MURAT KAYA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9622






Dr. Kaya's current research focuses on decision making and coordination issues in supply chains, In addition to building analytical models of decision making, Dr. Kaya is also testing the validity of these models through experiments with human decision makers, As such, he is involved with the emerging field of "behavioral operations management", Dr. Kaya is currently building models and conducting experiments for three research purposes: (1) to develop effective dual sales channel policies for a manufacturer who sells both through an independent retailer and also directly to end consumers; (2) to identify the behavioral causes of the "bullwhip effect", which is a major source of inefficiency in supply chains; (3) to study the validity of the newsvendor model, which lie at the foundation of the supply chain contracting research.

GÜLLÜ KIZILTAŞ ŞENDUR (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Mechatronics Engineering/Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9584






Dr. Kiziltas Sendur's research theme centers on the design and fabrication of complex materials based engineering systems for mechatronic, electromagnetic and biomedical applications. Her research efforts focuses on: 1) Topology optimization design methods for electromagnetic applications (in particular antennas and filters), and the design and fabrication of artificially engineered electromagnetic materials/metamaterials, 2) Development of Multi-Disciplinary Optimization (MDO) Methods for mechatronic systems in particular robotic systems, 3) Topology optimization and fabrication of bone scaffolds and micro-CT characterization for tissue engineering 4) Finite Element Analysis based optimal design of coupled engineering systems (in particular solid-fluid-electromagnetically coupled systems), 5) Advanced fabrication of functionally graded ceramic-polymer composite materials in particular using extrusion, tape and freezecasting and 3D printing systems.

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BAHATTİN KOÇ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9557


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/bahattinkoc/


Computer-Aided Design And Manufacturing, Tissue Engineering, Nano/Micro-Scale Modeling And Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping And Product Realization.


Tissue and organ printing using computer-aided design and 3D printing (additive manufacturing) techniques,Development of patient specific customized implants, prostheses and medical devices,Novel methodologies to design geometrically and functionally complex multi-functional parts and composites,Micro-nano scale modeling and nanomanufactuing processes for multi-functional devices and products,These research will open up new and exciting possibilities in tissue and organ substitutes, active nano/micro sensors and devices, customized consumer products with improved quality, environmentally-friendly designs and novel composite materials.

JAVED H. NIAZI KOLKAR (RESEARCHER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9879


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/javed


Biosensors, Aptamers, Lab-On-Chip, Nanotoxicology, Green Nanotechnology- Bioremediation.


Design and development of novel assays for; (a) biosensor applications for early warning and diagnosis of cancers, (b) employing synthetic affinity ligands as inhibitory drugs and for detecting disease biomarkers, nanotoxicology & green nanotechnology- bioremediation.

ÖZLEM KUTLU (RESEARCHER)Area Molecular Biology and Genetics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2413


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/ozlemoral/


Molecular Cell Biology, Human Genetic Disease, Cell Death Mechanisms, Nanomedicine.


Molecular Mechanism of Rare Human Genetic Disease, Drug Delivery Research with Biodegradable Nanoparticles.


Phone 90 (216) 483 9621







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YUSUF MENCELOĞLU (FENS DEAN)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Manufacturing

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9501







STUART JAMES LUCAS (RESEARCHER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9522


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/slucas/


Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Host-Parasite Interactions.


Stuart Lucas brings experience ranging from immunology to plant molecular biology along with expertise in modern genomics techniques and data analysis to address contemporary issues for food security and sustainability. Current activities include i) genotyping and mapping of hybrids between cultivated and wild wheat species in order to accelerate breeding for drought tolerance traits, ii) developing new molecular techniques to monitor the penetration of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties into the Turkish food and feed market, and iii) generating primary genomic resources for Turkish hazelnut varieties in order to support future production of this important tree crop.

GEETESH KUMAR MISHRA (POST-DOC)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2118




Biosensor Development,Cancer Biomarkers, Cardivascular Disease Biomarkers, Clinical Diagnostics, Point-of-Care Devices.


Detection of cardiac/cancer biomarkers by electrochemical biosensors for diseases diagnostic application, Development of hand-held portable biosensor device for point-of-care applications, Microfluidics based biosensor for cardiovascular and cancer biomarker detection.

BURÇ MISIRLIOĞLU (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9562






Ferroelectric Based Solid State Memory, Phase Transitions In Thin Films, Functionally Graded Structures, Nanomagnetism.

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Phone 90 (216) 483 9834







HASAN ÖZKAYA (PROJECT OFFICER)Area Physics

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2409


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/hozkaya/


OLED Displays, Graphene Growth and Characterization, GrapheneTransfer Methods, Gun Ballistic.


Graphene and ITO Based OLED Display Applications, Passive Matrix Display Design, Graphene Growth and Transfer Methods.

MELIH PAPİLA (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9546


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~mpapila/


Smart Electroactive Materials, Composite Materials, Virtual Testing and Characterization of Materials, Structural Optimization, Experiment-based Optimization and Surrogate Models.


Composite materials research is pursued on two routes based on the functional use in engineering design and applications. Structural composites: Nanoscale materials such as electrospun nanofibers are incorporated into conventional composite materials applications to enhance the mechanical properties. The mechanical behavior of these nano-integrated hybrid composites are investigated by multi-scale modeling and experiments. Unconventional composites design practices are also sought by integrating finite element analyses, optimization techniques, micromechanics of failure (MMF) and durability of materials/structures. Design optimization of slender structures such as wind turbine blades and wing structures are of particular interest. Smart composites: Electroactive composites for actuation, sensing and energy harvesting are processed and characterised. Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) and piezoelectric ceramic fiber/polymer so called macro fiber composites (MFC) are of particular interest. These materials are incorporated in engineering applications such as micro air vehicles.

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ANJUM QURESHI (RESEARCHER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2441


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/anjum


Biosensors, Lab-On-Chip, Nanotox Sensors.


Detection of cardiac/cancer diseases biomarkers by electrochemical biosensors for disease diagnostic applications. Probing the cellular stress using bacterial lab-on- a chip platform. Nanomaterial toxicity by electrochemical biosensor. Modification of polymer nanocomposites and nanomaterials by irradiation.

VEERA SADHU (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2410


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Graphene, CNT, Graphene Functionalization, Graphene Polypyrrole Nanocomposites, Surface Chemistry, Vapor Phase Deposition of Polymers, Metal Nanoparticles Synthesis, Metal Nanoparticle Deposition, ALD, Fuel Cells, Batteries and etc.


Dr. Veera is developing graphene functionalization and graphene integrated conductive polymer nanocomposites for effective catalyst supports for fuel cells and batteries, metal nanoparticles synthesis and deposition of metal nanoparticles for fuel cell electrodes, gas diffusion electrodes for the next generation of fuel cells and extended applications towards the next generation of batteries.

BURCU SANER OKAN (RESEARCHER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2415




Polymer Synthesis, Graphene, Self-Healing Materials, Nanocomposites, Nanocoatings, Electrospinning, Tissue Engineering, Fuel Cells.


Multi-walled nanofiber reinforced self-healing, smart composite material production via triaxial electrospinning technique, graphene synthesis and graphene-based polymer composite production, development of fuel cell electrodes, polymer synthesis, characterization and application, surface coatings and surface functionalization, multifunctional scaffolds for wound healing.

ZEHRA SAYERS (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9509


Web http://www.sayerslab.com/


Molecular Biophysics, Protein chemistry, Synchrotron Radiation, Metal-binding proteins, G-proteins, Biosensors.


Main goal of our research is to understand structure-function relationships in proteins. Current projects focus on two families of proteins, metallothioneins and G-proteins. Studies on metallothioneins aim at understanding proteins involved in metal tolerance and heavy metal accumulation in plants with a view of environmental applications. We are also interested in using metal-binding proteins as biosensors. Studies on G-proteins aim at understanding the role of these protein complexes in signal transduction in plants particularly in relation to regulation of draught response. In our research we use basic protein characterization and X-ray scattering and diffraction tools.

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TAYYABA SHAIKH (POST-DOC)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2409




Nanoparticles, Drug Sensing, Biosensors.


Fabrication of gold nanoparticles based electrochemical and colorimetric biosensors.

MELTEM SEZEN (RESEARCHER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering, Electron

Microscopy

Phone 90 (216) 483 9886


Web http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/meltemsezen/


Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Technologies, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), 3D Electron Tomography, Nanostructuring and Nanofabrication using Dual-Beam Platforms, Fabrication and Characterization of Organic Optoelectronic Devices, Advanced Electron Microscopy Applications for Dentistry and Food Engineering, Raman Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Hydrogen Storage Materials.


Nanofabrication using Focused Electron and Ion Beams, Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Based Characterization, Expertise in TEM Specimen Preparation via Dual-Beam Plaforms, Development of Novel 3D TEM Sample Structuring Methodologies and Advanced FIB and TEM Tomography Applications for Nanoporous Materials (COST MP1103 Action), Development of Functional Surfaces on Polymeric Materials using Electron and Ion Beam (FEB-FIB) Modification (COST CM1301 Action), Advanced FIB/SEM and Raman Based Nanoanalysis Studies for Preventive Dentistry.

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TOLGA SÜTLÜ (RESEARCHER)Area Biological Sciences and Bioengineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9887


Web http://www.sutlulab.com


Cell therapy, Gene Therapy, Immunotherapy.


The two defining themes of our laboratory are gene therapy and cancer immunotherapy. We strive to dwell into the basics of mammalian cell genetic modification processes and focus on the molecular mechanisms of viral gene delivery, with special reference on the innate immune responses against viral vectors. In parallel, we work on both the basic and preclinical aspects of genetically modified Natural Killer (NK) cells and NK cell-derived exosomes as well as the development of biosimilar monoclonal antibodies for cancer immunotherapy.More specifically, the aims of the research program in our laboratory are:To develop novel and more efficient approaches for the ex vivo genetic modification of human cells in order to facilitate practical and low-cost clinical trials of gene therapy. To investigate the feasibility and the potential efficiency genetically modified NK cells and NK cell-derived exosomes in the treatment of cancer.To develop a platform for detailed biochemical and functional characterization of biosimilar monoclonal antibodies.

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İBRAHİM TEKİN (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Electronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9534


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/tekin/


Microwave and Millimeter Wave Active/Passive Circuit And Antenna Design, Millimeter Wave Systems, Full Duplex/MIMO Radio And Antennas, Antenna Design, RF Circuit Design, GPS Based Positioning.


Millimeter wave antennas and LNA, phase shifters – 75-110 GHzMillimeter wave arrays and beam steering for 5G77 GHz automotive radar receiever front-endsRFIC on-chip antenna implementation/simulation and measurementsWide band antennas for 5G full-duplex communicationsMillimeter wave active and MEMS based phase shiftersMultiport antennasIndoor GPS positioning.

HAYRİYE ÜNAL (RESEARCHER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2442


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DNA Nanobiotechnology, Nucleic Acid-Nanoparticle İnteractions, Fluorescent Labeling of Nanoparticles, Fluorescent Sensors, Antibacterial Nanoparticles, Antibacterial/Antibiofilm Surfaces, Active Food Packaging Materials, Antibacterial Food Packagaing Materials, Food Safety.


Preparation and characterization of hybrid DNA-carbon nanotube nanostructures, Fluorescent labeling of carbon nanotubes with DNA nanostructures, Development of safe and active food packaging materials, Preparation of antibacterial and antibiofilm surfaces, Utilization of photothermal agents for killing of bacteria and eradication of biofilms.

MOHIB ULLAH (POST-DOC)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2412




Polymer Synthesis, Nanocomposites, Electrospinning.


Polymer electrospin fibers production, Polymer synthesis, Fibers reinforced composites production, Charcterizations and Applications, Surface Functionaltion of materials.

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SERKAN ÜNAL (RESEARCHER)Area Chemistry/Material Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9996


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/serkanunal


Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Structure-Property Relationships In Polymeric Materials, Functional and Branched Polymers, Polymer Emulsions and Dispersions, Polyurethane Chemistry, Surface Coatings, Adhesives, Thermosets, Membranes, Carbon Nanomaterials, Hybrid And Multifunctional Nanomaterials, Structural Composites, Nanocomposites, Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes.


Synthesis of waterborne polyurethane dispersions for functional coating and adhesive applications, polymeric nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes for water purification and desalination applications, hybrid nanomaterials for water purification, multi-functional nanomaterials for structural composites, hybrid nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion applications.

MUSTAFA ÜNEL (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Mechatronics Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9549


Web http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/munel




Micro-nano imaging and visualization of hydrodynamic cavitation bubblesVisual tracking of cavitation droplets/bubbles System identification for dynamic calibration of diesel engines Robust and high performance airpath control techniques for diesel enginesStabilization of robotic platforms using acceleration controlDevelopment of sensor fusion methods for GPS integrated INS systemsImage stitching and mosaicing of aerial imagesDesign, development and control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)Adaptive control of quadrotor type helicoptersActivity recognition using depth imagesVisual servoingRobotics manufacturingUnconventional manufacturing.

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Phone 90 (216) 483 9579


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/syesilyurt/


Heat Transfer, Fluid Flows, Swimming İn Micro Scales, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Systems.


Multi-phase transport and deformation of porous media, and applications to PEM Fuel CellsEfficienct swimming of organisms and artificial structures in micro scales inside channels and conduits, simulations and experiments for design and navigation of artificial structures in conduits. Design and aerodynamic optimization of vertical axis wind turbines.

MEHMET YILDIZ (FACULTY MEMBER)Area Manufacturing Engineering/Materials Science and Nano

Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9517


Web http://people,sabanciuniv.edu/~meyildiz/




My current research focuses on the experimental and computational aspects of materials processing with emphasis on advanced polymer-based composite materials, and crystal growth, I have been conducting research on manufacturing polymer-based composite materials for applications in aircraft structures and structural health management of fiber-reinforced advanced composite structures with embedded fiber optic FBG sensor arrays, Within the framework of my research on composite materials, I am also involved in a collaborative research activity on nano particle integrated composite materials, I am currently setting-up a crystal growth laboratory to grow Silicon-Germanium single crystals from the Silicon rich-side of the phase diagram, As well, I have been actively working on the development meshless computational fluid dynamics algorithms by using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method for simulating complex engineering problems such as free surface flow, multiphase flow and solidification.

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MERAL YÜCE (RESEARCHER)Area Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering/Materials

Science and Nano Engineering

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2405




Biosensors, Nanomaterials, Aptamers.


Selection of target-specific synthetic oligonucleotides from combinatorial libraries, employment of target-specific synthetic oligonucleotides in optic, plasmonic and electrochemical sensing platforms, surface modification of nanomaterials for biotechnology applications.

ALP YÜRÜM (RESEARCHER)Area Materials Science and Nano Engineering/Chemistry

Phone 90 (216) 483 9000/2404




Energy Storage, Li-ion Batteries, Li-air Batteries, Hydrogen Storage, Metal Nanoparticles, Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Zeolites, Carbon, Graphene.

Anode Development For High Capacity Li-Ion Batteries With Prolonged Life-Cycle; Development Of Effective Catalysts For Li-air batteries; Hydrogen Storage With Graphene/Metal Oxide Nano Particle Composites; Water Treatment Using Semiconductor Photocatalysts, Membranes, and High Surface Area & Porous Adsrobents; Carbon Based Materials Characterization and Coal Chemistry; Development of High Surface Area Zeolites For Water Treatment, Energy, and Sensors.


Phone 90 (216) 483 9512


Web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/yyurum/





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