PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
August 2017-Present
Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
March 2015–August 2017
Associate Professor at the Graduate School of EEWS and Department of Chemistry
KAIST, Republic of Korea
March 2012–February 2015
Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of EEWS and Department of Chemistry
at KAIST
October 2007–February 2012
Postdoctoral Research in Molecular Nanotechnology
Advisor: Professor Fraser Stoddart, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
September 2003–September 2007
Graduate Student Research in Supramolecular Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Engin U Akkaya, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey
PhD Thesis: “Ion Sensing and Molecular Logic in Supramolecular Systems”
September 2006–March 2007
Turkish Scientific and Research Council (TUBITAK) Research Fellow
Advisor: Professor J Fraser Stoddart, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Los Angles
September 2001–August 2003
Graduate Student Research in Supramolecular Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Engin U Akkaya, METU, Ankara, Turkey
MSc Thesis: “Novel Supramolecular Ion Sensing Systems and Their Application in Molecular Logic Gates”
EDUCATION
PhD in Organic Chemistry, METU, Ankara, Turkey 2007
MSc in Organic Chemistry, METU, Ankara, Turkey 2003
BS in Chemistry, METU, Ankara, Turkey 2001
AWARDS AND HONORS
2023 ACS Global Outstanding Mentor Award in Polymer Science and Engineering
2023 Swiss Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award 2023
2023 Brain Korea 21, Global Visiting Fellow, Visiting Professor, Seoul National University 2020-Present
2019 Science Award Electrochemistry 2019 - Finalist
2016 Samsung Humantech Silver Medal, Samsung Electronics
2013 National Research Foundation of Korea, “Excellent New Researcher Grant in Chemistry”
2010 Gordon Research Conference on Noble Metal Nanoparticles – Best Poster Award
2007 Mustafa N Parlar Education and Research Foundation, PhD Thesis of the Year Award (Campus-Wide)
2004-2007 TUBITAK, PhD Fellowship (Nation-Wide)
2006 TUBITAK, Young Scientist Training Program, Research Fellowship (Nation-Wide)
2004 President of the METU Graduate Student Council
2003 Mustafa N Parlar Education and Research Foundation, MSc Thesis of the Year Award (Campus-Wide)
2002-2003 TUBITAK, MSc Fellowship (Nation-Wide)
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Water Purification & Capture
Precious Metal Recovery
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Li-ion Batteries
CO2
Capture, Storage and Utilization
Porous Organic Polymers
Gas Separation Membranes
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES
2021-Present Department Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg
2019 Advisory Board Member, Chem, Cell Press, Helvetica Chimica Acta, Organic Materials
2017 Member of the Organizing Committee for Fall MRS, Symposium on Energy Storage, Boston, MA 2017-Present Member of Swiss Chemical Society 2015–2019 Member of Scientific Committee for the Graphene and Related Technologies Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
2009–Present Materials Research Society Member
2008–Present Reviewer for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Energy Letters, ACS Macro Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, Angewandte Chemie, Analyst, Analytical Chemistry, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Chem, Chemical Communications, Chemistry A European Journal, Chemical Science, ChemElectroChem, ChemNanoMat, CHEM, ChemPlusChem, ChemPhysChem, ChemSusChem, Chemistry of Materials, CrystEngComm, Crystal Growth & Design, Dalton Transactions, Environmental Science & Technology, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Joule, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Joule, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, Macromolecules, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Nanoscale, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Organic Letters, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Polymer Chemistry, Small, Small Methods, The Electrochemical Society Journals. 2008–Present American Chemical Society Member