I am a postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Charles Schroeder’s group in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Davis, 2006
Dissertation: Chemical and biological sensing through optical resonances in microdroplets
Thesis adviser: Prof. Ian M. Kennedy
B.S., Physics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-present Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006-2008 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Physics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2000-2006 Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Physics
University of California, Davis
HONORS, AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2012 3rd Prize, Modeling and Simulation of Nano/Microsystems Contest
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network at University of Michigan
2011 Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS) Young Researcher Grant
2010 Best Talk Award, 8th Annual Biophysics and Computational Biology Symposium
2003 Graduate Studies Travel Award, UC, Davis
1999-2005 Non-resident Tuition Fellowship, UC, Davis
1995-1999 Academic Success Fellowship, Bogazici University, Turkey
2010-Present Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2003-Present Member of the Biophysical Society
1999-Present Member of the American Physical Society
2005-Present Member of the SPIE
