Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya Speaker: Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya  Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Dalian University of Technology Dalian, China Date: May 31, 2023, Wednesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Singlet oxygen is known to be involved in a large number of biological processes, both in healthy and diseased states […]

ChemIndustry Talks with Tuğhan Akbaşak

ChemIndustry Talks with Tuğhan Akbaşak Speaker: Tuğhan Akbaşak  Research and Development Manager, Akkim Kimya Date: June 1, 2023, Thursday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Akkim Kimya, the leading chemicals producer of Turkey, was established in Yalova in 1977. Conducting manufacturing operations at 5 different locations with over 1000 employees, Akkim is a chemicals company that has been serving […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Ünal Şen

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Prof. Ünal Şen Title: Designing Advanced Metal-Organic Frameworks for Tailored Functionalities Speaker: Prof. Ünal Şen Department of Material Science and Engineering, Eskişehir Technical University Eskişehir, Türkiye Date: May 30, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials with high surface areas, low […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Seymur Jahangirov

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Seymur Jahangirov Title: Variations on a Theme in B Flat Speaker: Dr. Seymur Jahangirov, Assistant Professor Institute of Material Science and Technology, Bilkent University Ankara, Türkiye Date: May 2, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: The synthesis of graphene sparked a “gold rush” to find other […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Orkide Coskuner-Weber

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Orkide Coskuner-Weber Title: The Universe of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins & Bio-Inspired Intrinsically Disordered Synthetic Polymers Speaker: Dr. Orkide Coskuner-Weber, Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Turkish-German University Istanbul, Türkiye Date: April 25, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: The importance of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) was […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Ye Zhu

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Ye Zhu Title: Remote Stereocontrol of Cross-Coupling Reactions Directed by Distal Ionic Substrate–Catalyst Interactions Speaker: Dr. Ye Zhu Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore Singapore Date: April 10, 2023, Monday Time: 12:30 (GMT +3) This seminar will be a hybrid event. On-site Place: SB-Z14 Online (Zoom) Meeting ID: […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Fahri Alkan

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Fahri Alkan Title: Approximate TDDFT Methods for the Optical Properties of Metal Nanoclusters Speaker: Dr. Fahri Alkan Department of Nanotechnology Engineering, Abdullah Gül University Kayseri, Türkiye Date: April 3, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: SB-Z14 Abstract: Linear-response time dependent density functional theory (LR-TDDFT) has been the workforce of quantum […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Petra Ménová

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Petra Ménová Title: Drug-like ligands for DC-SIGN receptor Speaker: Dr. Petra Ménová Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic Date: March 30, 2023, Thursday Time: 12:30 TRT, 11:30 CET Place: Zoom Abstract: Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that play important roles in cell-cell recognition, cell […]

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Sündüs Erbaş Çakmak

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Sündüs Erbaş Çakmak Title: Fine Molecular Engineering to Build Information Processing Therapeutic Agents Speaker: Dr. Sündüs Erbaş Çakmak Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Necmeddin Erbakan University, Konya, Türkiye Date: Dec 27th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Personalised therapeutic approaches require fine molecular engineering […]

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 […]