Fall ’21 Department Seminars with Dr. Özge Akbulut
Fall ’21 Department Seminars with Dr. Özge Akbulut Title: Ceramics 4.0 Speaker: Dr. Özge Akbulut, Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, Sabancı University Istanbul, Türkiye Date: November 2, 2021, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Compared to metals and polymers, the incorporation of ceramics into the framework of Industry 4.0 has been lagged due to the […]
Fall ’21 Department Seminars with Dr. Alfredo Angeles-Boza
Fall ’21 Department Seminars with Dr. Alfredo Angeles-Boza Title: CO2 Reduction Catalysis: Solving a Social Dilemma Speaker: Dr. Alfredo Angeles-Boza Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, United States Date: October 26, 2021, Tuesday Time: 17:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Metal complexes are capable electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Particularly, the tunability of the first and […]
Fall ’21 Department Seminars with Dr. Gökhan Çelik
Fall ’21 Department Seminars with Dr. Gökhan Çelik Title: Catalytic Upcycling of Single-Use Polyolefins into Lubricants: A Path Forward for Circular Economy Speaker: Dr. Gökhan Çelik Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory Chicago, Illinois, United States Date: October 12, 2021, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Polymers are ubiquitous, critical to the function […]
Baytekin Research Group’s Work on New Scientist
Baytekin Research Group’s Work on New Scientist The article titled “Self-Regulating Plant Robots: Bioinspired Heliotropism and Nyctinasty” authored by Suleyman Doruk Cezan, Hasan Tarik Baytekin, and Bilge Baytekin (https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2019.0036) is highlighted in popular science magazine, New Scientist. Bilge Baytekin, associate professor at our department and head of Baytekin Research Group
New Article is Accepted as a Cover in the Journal of Physical Chemistry
New Article is Accepted as a Cover in the Journal of Physical Chemistry The cover which illustrates matching experimental and modeling results of the potential distribution of ionic liquids under applied electrical perturbation. XPS provides an experimental probe of the local potential and modeling that can be done through simple electrostatics in addition to the pairing […]
Burak Ulgut Receives Distinguished Teaching Award for 2021
Burak Ulgut Receives Distinguished Teaching Award for 2021 The winners of the Distinguished Teaching Awards for 2021 have been revealed by Bilkent University. They are Hossein Dabir, who passed away in December and is receiving the honor posthumously, Lori Russell Dağ, Seçkin Köstem, and Burak Ülgüt. The four honorees were awarded for exhibiting exceptional teaching […]
Chemistry Department Lounge Opens
Chemistry Department Lounge Opens On March 20, a new lounge for Department of Chemistry opened in SB Building with a short ceremony attended by department chair as well as a number of faculty, staff, alumni and students. Thanks to Dr. Emrah Ozensoy, this appealing Meeting Room is now available to use of department. The lounge has been […]
MSCA Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Halil Okur
MSCA Fellowship to Dr. Halil Okur Asst. Prof. Halil I. Okur of the Department of Chemistry has been awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Individual Fellowship grant for two years. The MSCA program, an initiative of the European Commission, provides grants for all stages of researchers’ careers and encourages transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. This […]
Spring ’20 Department Seminars with Dr. Çağatay Dengiz
Spring ’20 Department Seminars with Dr. Çağatay Dengiz Title: Expanding the Chemical Space of Carbon-Rich Materials by Click-Type Reactions Speaker: Dr. Çağatay Dengiz Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University Ankara, Türkiye Date: March 3, 2020, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Synthetic and natural dyes play a fundamental and indispensable role […]
Spring ’20 Department Seminars with Dr. Burak V. Kabasakal
Spring ’20 Department Seminars with Dr. Burak V. Kabasakal Title: Structural Studies of Membrane Proteins Involved in Quality Control Speaker: Dr. Burak V. Kabasakal Institute of Accelerator Technologies, Ankara University Ankara, Türkiye Date: February 18, 2020, Tuesday Time: 12:40 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Membrane proteins constitute an important class of proteins for medical, […]