Yunus Turkmen Awarded 2022 TUBA-GEBIP Award
Yunus Turkmen Awarded 2022 TUBA-GEBIP Award One of the researchers who earned this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist Awards from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) for his work on organic chemistry is Assistant Professor Yunus Emre Turkmen from the Department of Chemistry at Bilkent University. To honor and encourage young, exceptional researchers working in the […]
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen Title: Expanding the Scope of Membrane Separations: From separations in organic solvents to fine-tuning membrane properties Speaker: Dr. Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye Date: Dec 13th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Membrane-based separation processes […]
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Gülcihan Gülseren
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Gülcihan Gülseren Title: Bioinspired Nanocatalysts for Medical Applications Speaker: Dr. Gülcihan Gülseren Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, Türkiye Date: Nov 29th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: The design of catalysts with greater control over catalytic activity and stability is a […]
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Pedro Brugarolas
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Pedro Brugarolas Title: Making New PET Tracers for Brain Imaging and Developing New (Radio)Chemistry Along the Way Speaker: Dr. Pedro Brugarolas Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Date: Nov 14th, 2022, Monday Time: 18:00 TRT, 10:00 ET Place: […]
New Commentary on 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
New Commentary on 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Dr. Yunus Emre Turkmen, an assistant professor of organic chemistry in our department, has published a commentary on 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was awarded to click chemistry works of Barry Sharpless, Bertozzi, and Mandel this year. His commentary provides a brief overview on what “click” […]
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Abdullah Aydoğan
Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Abdullah Aydoğan Title: Calix[4]pyrroles as Anion Sensors and Supramolecular Polymer Building Blocks Speaker: Dr. Abdullah Aydoğan Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye Date: Oct 18th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: This seminar will present a story of an anion receptor so-called “calix[4]pyrroles” by studying the chemistry […]
Ozensoy Research Group’s Work Appears on the Cover of Journal of the American Chemical Society
Ozensoy Research Group’s Work Appears on the Cover of Journal of the American Chemical Society A collaborative research team led by Professor Emrah Ozensoy of Bilkent University Chemistry Department and UNAM recently published a paper entitled “Unraveling Molecular Fingerprints of Catalytic Sulfur Poisoning at the Nanometer Scale with Near-Field Infrared Spectroscopy”, which appeared on the […]
Freshman to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Freshman to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting İsmail Yaşar Kökçüler, a first-year student in the Department of Chemistry, has been selected to attend this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. These annual meetings, held for the purpose of promoting global scientific exchange, bring young scientists together with as many as 30–40 Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany. […]
Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Tolga Karsili
Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Tolga Karsili Title: Modeling the Chemistry of the Atmosphere and Its Implications for Climate Change Speaker: Dr. Tolga Karsili Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States Date: June 30th, 2022, Thursday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: The emission and subsequent reactions of volatile organic […]
Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Aydın Özcan
Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Aydın Özcan Title: Computational Design of MOF/Polymer Interfaces to Develop Novel Gas Separation Membranes Speaker: Dr. Aydın Özcan TUBITAK-MRC Materials Technologies Institute Kocaeli, Türkiye Date: June 2nd, 2022, Thursday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) incorporating Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) into polymeric matrices show promising properties for […]