Group Photo August 31st, 2022@Bilkent (Front left to right: Muzaffar Rafique, Darya Karimpour; Rear left to right: Mert Ekrem Bahçeci, Ata Utku Özkan, A. Göktuğ Attar, Zafer Koşar).
Photo by Mete Duman
Graduate students
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Ata Utku Özkan Structural and dynamic properties of Rotaxene and MnO2 (layered) systems MSN Graduate Program (Ph.D. candidate) |
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Zafer Koşar The role of protein-DNA interactions on the organization of the prokaryotic genome. MSN Graduate Program (Researcher) |
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Hadiya Abdul Hameed The role of Lamin assembly in 3D chromatin organization and nuclear mechanics in disease. MSN Graduate Program (Master’s) |
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Naz Bardakçı The structure and function of lamin-associated domains (LADs). |
Ahmet Yıldırım (Co-advising with Dr. Luca Biancofioare Rheology of polymer melts. Mechanical Eng. (Master’s) |
Alumni:
Ali Göktuğ Attar (MSN Graduate Program 2023). Currently Ph.D. student @EPFL (Switzerland)
Muzaffar Rafique (MSN Graduate program 2023). Currently Ph.D. student @ Case Western Res. U. (USA).
Darya Karimpour (MSN Graduate program 2022). Currently Ph.D. student @ U. Vancouver (Canada).
Ekrem M. Bahçeci (Koç University/UNAM 2022). Currently Ph.D. student @ U. Eindhoven (Netherlands).