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 […]

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Ayşenur İşcen Akatay

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Ayşenur İşcen Akatay Title: Computational Models for Light-Responsive Supramolecular-Covalent Hybrid Hydrogels Speaker: Dr. Ayşenur İşcen Akatay Department of Polymer Theory, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany Date: May 31st, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: One of the grand challenges respond a useful fashion to optimize […]

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Hatice Gökcan

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Hatice Gökcan Title: Prediction of Protein pa with Representation Learning Speaker: Dr. Hatice Gökcan Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, United States Date: May 10th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 17:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Basic features and the behavior of proteins such as folding or ligand binding, heavily depend on […]

Ferdi Karadas Receives Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Georg Forster Research Award

Ferdi Karadas Receives Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Georg Forster Research Award Associate Professor Ferdi Karadas of Bilkent Chemistry Department has been selected to receive the prestigious Georg Forster Research Award of Humboldt Foundation, after a nomination from Friedrich Schiller University and Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technology in Germany. He was recognized for his pioneering work […]

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Onur Ergen

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Onur Ergen Title: Decoding the Batteries towards Energy and Electronics Revolution Speaker: Dr. Onur Ergen Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Türkiye Date: April 19th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Classical electrochemical principles have revolutionized battery technology and enabled a new era of electronic […]

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Mehmed Z. Ertem

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Mehmed Z. Ertem Title: Computational Modeling of Artificial Photosynthesis Components Speaker: Dr. Mehmed Z. Ertem Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York, United States Date: April 12, 2022, Tuesday Time: 17:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: The goal of our research at Artificial Photosynthesis Program at Brookhaven National Laboratory is […]