Experience

  • 2014-2018Bogazici University

    Head of Physics Department

  • 2005Bogazici University

    Professor of Physics at Department of Physics

  • 1999 - 2005Sabanci University

    Associate Professor at Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences

  • 1996Bogazici University

    Associate Professor at Department of Physics

  • 1994Bogazici University

    Assistant Professor at Department of Physics

  • 1993 - 1994Stanford University, CA, USA

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Electrical Engineering Department

Education

  • 1993Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

    PhD

  • 1987Marmara University

    Bachelor of Science

Research Areas

  • Light matter interaction in high-Q and low-Q hybrid quantum systems
  • Physics of nano-particles and their sensor applications
  • Cavity QED in Anderson Localization
  • Random Lasers
  • Time-resolved imaging and spectroscopy of nano-particles
  • Fiber Optics
  • Optical Sensors
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Optical Metrology
  • Quantum Information and Quantum Cryptography
  • Nonlinear Optics

Selected Publications

Investigation of spontaneous emission dynamics of dye molecules coupled into transverse Anderson localized cavities in a hyperbolic waveguide

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications 39 100769 (2020)
A fibre optic wedge type microcavity random laser

Optik 188C 155 (2019)
3-D optical profilometry at micron scale with multi-frequency fringe projection using modified fibre optic Lloyd’s mirror technique

Optics & Lasers in Engineering 105 14 (2018)
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Teaching Areas

Physics Courses
 Physics
Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Optics

Math Courses
 Probability
Statistics
Calculus

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Selected Refereed Journals

  • Optics Letter

  • Optics Express

  • Journal of Physical Chemistry