Personal Data

 

Date and Place of Birth:  Mustafakemalpasa (Bursa), March 17, 1952

Marital status: Married [Emine (Sengirgin) Yagci] with two children

(Y. Emre ve S. Feyza)

Present Position:  Prof. in Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Maslak,   Istanbul   34469

 



Education and Academic Degrees

 

1974: I.D.M.M.A. Galatasaray Engineering High School, Chemical Engineering Dept.

1977: Liverpool University (UK), M.Sc.(under Prof.C.H.Bamford’s supervision)

1979: Liverpool University (UK) Ph.D. (under Prof.A.Ledwith’s supervision)

1983: Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Asist.Prof.

1984: Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Assoc.Prof.

1989: Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Prof.

 


Administrative Duties

 

1983 - 84: ITU, Department of Chemistry, Vice Head of Department

1991 - 92: ITU, Department of Chemistry, Vice Head of Department

1992 - 94: ITU, Member of Science Faculty Committee

1996 - 01: ITU, Senato Member

1996 - 01:  ITU, Director of Institute of Science and Technology

1996 - 07: Turkish Scientific Research Council (Tubitak), Member of BAYG Committee

 


Awarded Schoolarships

 

1977 - 79: PhD Scholarship, Ministry of Education of Turkey (UK)

1986 - 87: Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Research Fellowship (Germany)

1995: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship (Japan)

2000: Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Reinvitation

2002: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship (Japan)

2003: Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Reinvitation

2004: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship (Japan)

 


Awards and Honorary Membership

 

1989: Tubitak Young Investigator Award

1991 - 1996: IUPAC, Photochemistry Division, National Representative

1994: Tubitak  Science Award

1994: Turkish Academy of Sciences, Associate Member

1997: Turkish Academy of Sciences, Full Member

2002: Turkish Chemical Society, Honorary Member Award

2007: Elsevier-Scopus 2007 Award

2008: The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ) International Award (Japan)

2008: Eurepean Scientific Advisory Board Member (ESAB), Henkel AG & Co. KgaA, Germany

2008: Elginkan Foundation Technology Award

2009: IUPAC Polymer Division, National Representative

2013: Mustafa Parlar Honour Award

 


Editorial Duties in International Scientific Journals

 

1991 - 94: Journal of Macromolecular Science, Macromolacular Reports,USA, (Editorial Board Member)

1993 - ----: Polymer Bulletin, Germany, (Editorial Board Member)

1994  - 95: Journal Macromolecular Science, Macromolacular Reports,USA, Distinguished Advisor)

1994 - ----: Turkish Journal of Chemistry, (Editorial Board Member)

1995 - ----: Progress in Polymer Science, USA, (Editorial Board Member)

1995  - 97: Journal Macromolecular Science, Macromolacular Reports,USA, (Editor)

1997 - ----: Designed Monomers and Polymers, USA, (Co-editor)

1997 - ----: Polymer International, UK, (Editorial Board Member)

2001 - ----: Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics (Editorial Board Member)

2001 - ----: Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Editorial Board Member)

2001 - ----: e-Polymers (Editorial Board Member)

2005 - ----: Polymer (Editorial Board Member)

2009 - ----: e-Polymers (Associate Editor)

2009 - ----: Macromolecules (Editorial Advisory Board Member)

2012 - ----: Polimery (Editorial Board Member)

 

...and reviewer for many journals.

 


Other International Activities

 

1991: 12.IUPAC International Symposium on Cationic Polymerization and Related Processes, Hungary,

(Member of International Advisory Board)

1993: 13.IUPAC International Symposium on Cationic Polymerization and Related Processes, Bulgaria

(Member of International Advisory Board)

1994: MacroAkron, IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecules, USA,

(Member of International Advisory Board)

1995: 1.IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Turkey

(Chairman)

1995 : 1.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular Engineering, USA

(Co-chairmen)

1997: 2.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular Engineering, USA

(Co-chairmen)

1997: Polymex 97, International Symposium on Polymers, Mexico,

(Member of International Advisory Board)

1999:

 3.IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Japan

(Member of International Advisory Board)

1999: 3. International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular Engineering, USA

(Co-chairmen) 

2000: IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Poland,

(Member of International Advisory Board)

2001: 4.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular Engineering, USA

(Co-chairmen)

2001: 4.IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Greece

(Member of International Advisory Board)

2003: 5.IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, USA

(Member of International Advisory Board)

2003: 5.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular Engineering, Canada

(Co-chairmen)

2004: 6.IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Paris, France,

(Member of International Advisory Board)

2005: IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, India

(Member of International Advisory Board)

2005: 6.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular Engineering, Turkey

(Co-chairmen)

2007: 7.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular Engineering, USA

(Co-chairmen)

2008:  NATO Advanced Study Institute on New Smart Materials via Metal Mediated Macromolecular Engineering:

from Complex to Nano Structures, Turkey (Co-chairmen)

2008:       European Scientific Advisory Board of Henkel AG and Co. KgaA,          Germany

2009:    Baekel and 2009. International Symposium on Thermosets. Antalya, Turkey. Chairman    

2009:     8.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via Macromolecular  

               Engineering, Dresden, Germany (Co-chairman)

2009:    IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Poland

               (Member of International Advisory Board)

2010-12: IUPAC, Polymer Division, National Representative

2010:   World Polymer Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, (Member International

             Advisory Board)

2010:    National Conference on “Recent Advances in Materials Science &

              Engineering : A Multidisciplinary Approach”, International Advisory Board  Member, India

2010:   74. Prague Meeting on Macromolecules: Contempary Ways to Tailor-made   Polymers, Modern Methods of Polymer Synthesis, Prague, Czech Republic (International Advisory Board Member)

2010:   European Symposium of Photopolymer Science, Mulhouse, France

             (International Advisory Board Member)

2011:   IUPAC 9.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via

             Macromolecular  Engineering, Cappadocia, Turkey (Chairman)

2011:   IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization 2011, Akron USA (Member of  International Advisory Board)

2011:   Baekeland. 3. International Symposium on Thermosets. Toyohashi, Japan (Member of  International Advisory Board)

2012:   European Symposium of Photopolymer Science, Torino, Italy

            (International Advisory Board Member)

2013:   IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization 2013, Awaji Island,Japan (Member of  International Advisory Board)

2013:  IUPAC 10.International Symposium on Advanced Materials via

            Macromolecular Engineering, Durham, UK (Co-chairman)

2013:  Baekeland 2013. 4. International Symposium on Thermosets. Niagara Fall, Canada (Member of  International Advisory Board)

2014:  European Symposium of Photopolymer Science, Wien, Austria

           (International Advisory Board Member)

 

 

 



Professor Yusuf Yagci

Istanbul Technical University

Faculty of Science and Letters

Department of Chemistry

Maslak 34469 Istanbul

TURKEY

 

Phone (office): +90 212 285 3241

Phone (lab): +90 212 285 6819

Fax: +90 212 285 6386

E-mail: yusuf@itu.edu.tr