GENERAL RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Quantum field theory in curved spacetime,
• Black holes,
• Symbolic and numerical methods in general relativity,
• Generalized uncertainty principle,
• Heun's differential equation.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• Bachelor of Science in Physical Engineering : Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Dept. of Physics, 1999
  
• Master of Science in Physics. : Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science, Dept. of Physics, 2002
  Thesis Title:  "Solutions of Einstein's Equations in Three Dimensional Anti - de Sitter Space in the Presence of a Scalar Field"
  (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mahmut HORTACSU)
  
• Ph.D. in Physics : Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science, Dept. of Physics, 2008
  Thesis Title: "A Study of Wave Equations in Five Dimensional Spacetimes with Computational Methods"
  (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mahmut HORTACSU)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• (September, 1997 - June, 1999): Student Assistant at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Physics
• (June, 2000 - April, 2011) : Research Assistant at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Physics
  -- (December, 2008 - December, 2009) : Compulsory military service
  -- (June, 2010 - January 2011): Visiting researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics and Astronomy (Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Mirjam CVETIC)
• (April, 2011 - March, 2012) : Lecturer at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Physics
• (March, 2012 - April, 2016) : Assistant Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Physics
  -- (October-November, 2013): Visiting res. at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Dep. of Physics and Astronomy (Collaboration with Prof. Dr. Mirjam CVETIC)
• (April, 2016 - April 2024) : Associate Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Physics
• (April, 2024 - Present) : Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Physics

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

• (October, 2024 - Present) : Member of the Education Committee of the ITU Rectorate
  
• (April, 2022 - Present) : Advisor for minor students
• (October, 2014 - Present) : Advisor for double-major students
• (May, 2016 - April, 2024) : Member of the Faculty Council
• (January, 2019 - May, 2020) : Member of the Center for Excellence in Engineering and Architecture Education Advisory Committee
• (May, 2017 - January, 2021) : Vice Head of the Department

COURSES

• Undergraduate
  -- Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism)
  -- Introduction to Programming Language (Fortran)
  -- Modern Physics
  -- Symbolic and Numerical Techniques in Physics
  -- Computational Methods in Physics (Supported by DataCamp)
  -- Computational Analysis of Physical Systems(Supported by DataCamp)
• Graduate
  -- Computational Physics
  -- Seminar
  -- Special Topics in Mathematical Physics I
  -- Special Topics in High Energy Physics I

Thesıs advısees

• Gökhan IPEK (M.Sc.), "Physical Applications of the Heun Equations with Polynomial Reduction Cases", Istanbul Technical University (2018)
• Elif SIRIN (M.Sc.), "Computational Analysis of the Wave Equations for the Myers-Perry Black Hole", Istanbul Technical University (2018)

TALKS

• "Three Dimensional Gravity in the Presence of Scalar Fields", Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (2003)
• "Examples of Heun and Mathieu Functions as Solutions of Wave Equations in Curved Spaces", Spanish Relativity Meeting, Tenerife, Spain (2007)
• "Greybody factors and Black Hole/CFT Correspondence", Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (2011)
• "Symbolic and Numerical Computation Tools in Physics and Mathematics", Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey (2014)
• "Microscopic Interpretation of Black Holes", Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (2014)
• "Klein-Gordon Equation for Non-Extremal Black Holes and Conformal Invariance", Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
• "Symbolic and Numerical Computation Tools in Physics and Mathematics", Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey (2015)
• "Specific Form of the Scalar Wave Equation for Black Holes", Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
• "Physical Problems Admitting Heun-to-Hypergeometric Reduction", Days on Diffraction 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia (2015)
• "Specific Form of the Wave Equation for Nonextremal Black Holes", 14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Rome, Italy (2015)
• "Emergence of Conformal Invariance in Supergravity Black Holes", 15th Workshop on Quantization, Dualities and Integrable Systems (QDIS-15), Feza Gursey Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey (2016)
• "Solutions of a Charged Scalar Field for the Five-Dimensional Helicoid Solution", Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey (2024)

REFEREEING

• Advances in Mathematics (ELS)
• Annals of Physics
  
• Central European Journal of Physics
• Classical and Quantum Gravity
  
• Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Fen ve Muhendislik Dergisi (National)
• European Physical Journal C
• European Physical Journal Plus
• Europhysics Letters (EPL)
• Few-Body Systems
  
• Indian Journal of Physics
• International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics
• Journal of Mathematical Physics
• Journal of Open Source Software
• Open Physics (formerly Central European Journal of Physics)
• Proceedings of the Royal Society A
• Results in Physics
  
• Suleyman Demirel Universitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakultesi Fen Dergisi (National)
• Symmetry (MDPI)
  
• Turkish Journal of Physics
• Universe (MDPI)
  
• Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A (ZNA)

PROJECTS

• "Applications of General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory with Computational Methods", ITU BAP Project (2013-2015)
• "Gauged and Ungauged Spacetimes in Four and Five Dimensions", TUBITAK 2221 Project for the visit of Prof. Dr. Mirjam Cvetic (2014)
• "Internal Structure of Black Rings", TUBITAK 2221 Project for the visit of Prof. Dr. Mirjam Cvetic (2015)
• "Determination of the Energy-Momentum Tensor with Integrability Conditions in General Relativity", Researcher, TUBITAK 1001 Project (2024-...)
  

AWARDS

• ITU Outstanding Achievement Award in Education/Teaching (Basic Sciences) (2024)
• Istanbul Technical University Distinguished Teaching Award in Physics (2012) (Interview in Muhendisname Magazine - in Turkish)

ORGANIZED MEETINGS (wIth commItteeS)

• Prof. Dr. Mahmut Hortacsu's 60th Birthday Meeting (2003)
• A Meeting in Honor of Prof. Dr. Mahmut Hortacsu (2010)
• CRYSTR2015: Second Balkan School on Fundamental Crystallography and Workshop on Magnetic Symmetry (2015)
• Summer and Winter Schools for the project "Determination of the Energy-Momentum Tensor with Integrability Conditions in General Relativity" (2023-...)
  

SKILLS

• Languages: Turkish (native), English (fluent)
• Computer Literacy:
  -- Operating Systems: MS Windows, GNU Linux
  -- Languages and Packages:
  --- Symbolic: Maple, Mathematica, SageMath, Maxima, GRTensorIII, SageManifolds
  --- Numerical: Python, Fortran, C(++), MATLAB, MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, Arrayfire

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Director of popular science books at Evrim Publishing (2000-2008)
• Jury member for the physics projects contests at TUBITAK, ITU Ekrem Elginkan Private High School, etc. (2010-...)
• Popular science talks on physics and computer programming at all levels (2000-...)
  

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