Professional Experiences


  • 2018 - present Rector, Kadir Has University
  • 2018 - present Professor of Physics, Kadir Has University
  • 2011 - 2018 Vice President, Sabanci University (SU) Responsible for Education, International Relations, Student Support Systems
  • 2015 - 2018 Head, Board of SU Quality Assurance and Strategy
  • 2015 - present Jury Member, Sustainable Business Awards
  • 2014 - 2016 Executive Board Member SU Nanotechnology Research and Application Center
  • 2011 - 2018 Professor of Physics, Sabanci University
  • 2010 - 2011 Associate Professor of Physics, Sabanci University
  • 2010 Co-translator, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, by David J. Griths.
  • 2009 - present Panelist and Peer Reviewer of Research Proposals to TUBITAK
  • 2009 - 2010 Senior Researcher, Feza Gursey Research Institute
  • 2007 - 2008 Visiting Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • 2006 - 2010 Associate Professor of Physics, Istanbul Technical University
  • 2002 - 2007 Associate Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of the Istanbul Technical University
  • 2002 - 2006 Member of Senate Accreditation Council, Istanbul Technical University
  • Summer 2002 Visiting Scientist, Kansas State University
  • 2000 - 2006 Assistant Professor of Physics, Istanbul Technical University
  • 2000 - present Frequent Referee of Prestigious Journals of Physics
  • 1999 - 2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kansas State University
  • 1997 - 1999 Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas State University
  • 1994 - 1997 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University