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Professor - PI
Prof. Dr. Hilmi Volkan Demir
Principle Investigator


Director, UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology
Professor, Department of Physics
Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Phone: +90 (312) 290 1021
E-mail: volkan(at)bilkent.edu.tr
Office: EEE-507, UNAM Directorate
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Research Interests: Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), semiconductor nanocrystal optoelectronics, energy transfer driven devices and sensors, nanoparticles/nanocomposites, nanophotonics, RF sensing bioimplants and medical devices.


Education
PhD: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Stanford University, 2004
MSc: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Stanford University, 2000
BSc: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 1998

Awards
National Research Foundation – NRF Investigatorship Award - 2015
Nanyang Award for Research Excellence - 2013
Elected Associate Member of National Academy of Sciences, Turkey (TUBA) - 2012
The Rank Prize International Scholar, The Rank Prize Funds, UK - 2011
Singapore NRF Fellowship Award - 2009
TUBITAK - TESVIK (Young Scientist) Award - 2009
Parlar Foundation Young Scientist Award - 2008
European Science Foundation European Young Investigator Award (EURYI) - 2007
JCI Worldwide Federation of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs - 2007
TUBA GEBIP - 2006

Patents: >30, SCI Journal publications: >200, Invited talks, seminars, colloquia: >150

Representative Publications
  1. Stable and Low Threshold Optical Gain in CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots: All-Colloidal Frequency Up-Converted Laser
    Advanced Materials, volume 27, page 2678 (2015)
  2. Lateral Size-Dependent Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission Properties in Colloidal CdSe Nanoplatelets
    ACS Nano, volume 9, page 5041 (2015)
  3. Continuously Tunable Emission in Inverted Type-I CdS/CdSe Core/Crown Semiconductor Nanoplatelets
    Advanced Functional Materials, volume 25, page 4282 (2015)
  4. Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Lasing in Colloidal Nanoplatelets
    ACS Nano, volume 8, page 6599 (2014)
  5. Stacking in colloidal nanoplatelets: excitonic properties
    ACS Nano, volume 8, page 12524 (2014)
  6. Comparative study of field-dependent carrier dynamics and emission kinetics of InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes grown on (11-22) semipolar versus (0001) polar planes
    Applied Physics Letters, volume 104, page 143506 (2014)
  7. Photogeneration of hot plasmonic electrons with metal nanocrystals: Quantum description and potential applications
    Nano Today, volume 9, page 85 (2014) [Invited Paper.]
Özgün Akyüz
Özgün Akyüz, Eng.
Operational Program Manager

BSc: Physics Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: oakyuz@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-309
Emre Ünal
Emre Ünal, Eng.
Technical Program Manager

BSc: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: unale@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-309
Birsen Bilgili
Birsen Bilgili
Coordinatorr

BSc:Management and Organization, Anadolu University, Eskişehir-Turkey
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1172
E-mail: bilgili@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: EEE-204
Savaş Delikanlı
Dr. Savaş Delikanlı
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

PhD: Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY-USA
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: savasdel@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-309
Murat Olutaş
Dr. Murat Olutaş
Visiting Research Fellow

PhD: Physics, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu-Turkey
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: murat.olutas@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-309
Manoj Sharma
Dr. Manoj Sharma
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

PhD: School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala-India
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: manojsharma@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-309
Talha Erdem
Talha Erdem
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: talha@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Burak Güzeltürk
Burak Güzeltürk
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: gburak@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Aydan Yeltik
Aydan Yeltik
PhD Candidate

Department: Physics
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: yeltik@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Onur Akın
Onur Akın
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: oakin@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: EEE 210
Veli Tayfun Kilic
Veli Tayfun Kılıç
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: vtkilic@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: EEE 410
Sayim Gokyar
Sayim Gökyar
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1123
E-mail: sayim@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UMRAM
Akbar Alipour
Akbar Alipour
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: akbar@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Yusuf Keleştemur
Yusuf Keleştemur
PhD Candidate

Department: Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: kelestemur@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Kıvanç Güngör
Kıvanç Güngör
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: kivanc@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
PhD Candidate
Zeliha Soran Erdem
PhD Candidate

Department: Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: soran@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Burak Özbey
Burak Özbey
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1171
E-mail: ozbey@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: EEE-414
Onur Erdem
Onur Erdem
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: onur.erdem@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Nima Taghipour
Nima Taghipour
PhD Candidate

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: nima.taghipour@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306
Can Fırat Usanmaz
Can Fırat Usanmaz
Undergraduate Student

Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3583
E-mail: can.usanmaz@ug.bilkent.edu.tr
Office: UNAM-306