Education and Qualifications

• 02nd Feb. 2022 The National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in Bioengineering, the Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italy
• 15th Apr. 2021 Venia Legendi in Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Germany, Habilitation: "Self-Assembled Monolayers and Nanocomposite Hydrogels of Functional Nanomaterials as 2D and 3D Biomaterials"
• 18th Nov. 2020 Associated Professorship, Inter-University Council of Turkey
• 14th July 2005 Promotion: Dr. rer. nat. University of Münster/Institute of Organic Chemistry, Germany with Prof. Dieter Hoppe: “(-)-Sparteine-Induced Enantioselective Homoaldol Reactions and Their Applications”.

Work Experiences

• Since Mar. 2023 - Assoc. Prof. at the Izmir Instıtute of Technology, Turkey.
• Apr.2022 - Feb. 2023 - Project manager and visiting scientist.  research group of Prof. Tartaglia, University of Milan.
• July 2015 to Mar. 2022 - Independent group leader (DFG-funded own position. University of Münster/Institute of Physics and SoN (Center for Soft Nanoscience), Germany.
• Sep. 2018 to Dec. 2018 - Invited Visiting scientist. Research group of Prof. Khademhosseini, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.
• May. 2014 to July 2015 - Senior scientist. Research group of Prof. Fuchs, University of Münster/Institute of Physics, Germany.
• Mar. 2013 to May 2014 - Senior scientist. Research group of Prof. Galla, University of Münster/Institute of Biochemistry, Germany.
• Oct. 2012 to Feb. 2013 - Senior scientist. Research group of Prof. De Cola, University of Strasbourg/Institutd de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, France. 
• Jun. 2011 to Aug. 2011 - Visiting scientist. Research group of Prof. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
• Jan. 2009 to Sep. 2012 - Senior scientist. Research group of Prof. De Cola, University of Münster/Institute of Physics, Germany.
• Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2008 - Postdoctoral researcher. Research group of Prof. De Cola, University of Münster/Institute of Physics, Germany. 
• Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2007 - Postdoctoral researcher. Research group of Prof. Ravoo, University of Münster/Institute of Organic Chemistry, Germany. 
• Sept. 2006 to Dec. 2006 - Postdoctoral researcher. Department of Mass spectrometry, University of Münster/Institute of Organic Chemistry, Germany.