PLENARY / KEYNOTE / INVITED SPEAKERS-Mixed
Prof. Abdullah Yıldız (Invited Speaker)
Abdullah Yıldız received his PhD in physics from Gazi University (Türkiye) in 2008 with a study on epitaxial ternary III-V semiconductor compounds. He worked on the carrier transport phenomena associated with disorders. Thereafter he switched to the field of metal-oxide thin films and nanostructures for various optoelectronic device applications. With the research group he founded (yildizresearchgroup.com), he established a laboratory where many students carry out their graduate thesis studies. His group’s ongoing research interests concentrate on developing new materials for dye sensitive solar cells, perovskite solar cells, and photodetectors, and understanding and controlling the optoelectronic processes occurring within the devices. He is the author of 101 SCI articles.
Prof. Ali Abdolahzadeh Ziabari (Keynote Speaker)
Prof. Ali Bozbey (Invited Speaker)
Head of TOBB ETU Superconducting Electronics laboratory (ETU SEL), TOBB ETU University, Ankara, Türkiye. Dr. Ali Bozbey received BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye, in 2001, 2003, and 2006, respectively. In 2002, he was a Guest Researcher with the Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany, and in 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. Since 2008, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETU), Ankara, where he teaches in the areas of semiconductor and superconductor electronics. His research interests include design, modelling, and applications of superconductor sensors and single flux quantum logic integrated circuits. He has acted/acts as a principal investigator/researcher for more than 10 projects in the field of superconducting Josephson circuits and sensors. He is the author of about 40 scientific papers, and supervised 10 MS/PhD theses. The topic to talk About: "Superconductor-based optical and electromagnetic sensors"
Prof. Dilber Esra Yıldız (Invited Speaker)
Dilber Esra Yıldız received the B.S. degree from the Physics Teaching Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye, in 2000, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Physics Department, Gazi University in 2002 and 2008, respectively. Her current research interests include MS, MOS, MIS and heterojunction structures, impedance spectroscopy, organic solar cells, gas sensor, supercapacitor, and photodiode. She is working as a Prof. Dr. in the Physics Department, Hitit University, Corum, Türkiye.
Prof. Elias Stathatos (Plenary Speaker)
Prof. Emin Bacaksız (Invited Speaker)
Emin Bacaksiz is a Professor at Department of Physics,Science Faculty, Karadeniz Technical University, in Türkiye. His study areas mainly are; 1) Synthesis of nano and micro scale materials such as ZnO, CdTe, CdS etc.; (2) development, characterization and applications of novel doped materials such as Solar cells and Schottky diodes; (3)Synthesis and characterization of nano and micro materi-als as thin film and (4) The Synthesis and characterizationsof doped and un-doped semiconductors.
Prof. Fuad Kazemi (Keynote Speaker)
Prof. Hamid Reza Mashayekhi (Keynote Speaker)
He received the B.Sc. degree in Applied Physics from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, in 1990 and the M.Sc. degree in “The Physics of Laser Communication Systems” in 1994, and PhD degree in “Theoretical and Experimental studies of Back-Gated Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetectors” in 2000 both from the University of Essex, UK. Both his MSc and PhD studies were founded by the ministry of Culture and Higher Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is currently a Professor of Physics at the University of Guilan, Iran. His current research interests include numerical modeling of semiconductor devices and numerical simulation of magnetic field of Helmholts coils.
Prof. Husam Al Nasser (Keynote Speaker)
Prof. Izzat M. Afandiyeva (Keynote Speaker)
Doctor of physical science, 2019- leading researcher of the Scientific Institute for Physics Problems, professor (0,5 ) of Physical Electronics Department of Baku State University. 2012-2019- Head of scientific department of Baku State University; 1992-1998-Executive Secretary of the Head Editorial Board of the scientific Journals “Baku University news”; 1991-1992: Deputy of first Vice-President of Baku State University. Her main research interests have been physics of semiconductor materials, contact structures and nanoelectronics. She has supervised 2 Ph.D. and 3 M.Sc. and published about 120 scientific papers (h=7).
Prof. Jingkun Xu (Plenary Speaker)
Prof. Marco Antonio Schiavon (Keynote Speaker)
Dr. Marco Antonio Schiavon got his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in the field of nanostructured materials at the University of Campinas - Brazil in 2002. Since 2004 he is Professor at Federal University of São João del-Rei, and since 2020 Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. He is also Researcher at National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq Brazil). He is interested in the application of carbon dots, colloidal semiconductor quantum dots and perovskite nanocrystals in energy conversion involving solar cells and photoelectrochemical systems.
Prof. Mehmet Eyüphan Yakıncı (Plenary Speaker)
Prof. Monika Voigt (Keynote Speaker)
Head of Research and Development (R&D), Head of Product Development, GS-Bavaria, Nuremberg, Germany: Recycled Tungsten nanoparticles for industrial applications. She has many scientific articles and a total of 1688 citations from these articles, and the h index is 21. A topic for the talk:"Tungsten based functional Nanoparticles from recycling for thermosets, thermoplastics and GFRP- industrial applications within reach"
Prof. Mustafa M. Demir (Invited Speaker)
Dean of Engineering Faculty at İzmir Institute of Technology, Dr. Mustafa M. Demir did his MS and Ph.D. studies in Materials Sciences and Engineering Programme at Sabancı University, Türkiye, in 2001 and 2004 respectively. He completed his post doc from Max Planck Polymer Research Institute in Mainz, Germany. Since 2007, he is serving as Professor at Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye. Dr. Mustafa M. Demir is also the Chairman of Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Institute. He has over 110 publications in peer-reviewed journals. His main research interests are Waste water Treatment, Material Characterization, Material Characteristics, Materials, Nanostructured Materials and Nanomaterials Synthesis. He will be speaking on polymer/particle composites.
Prof. Mustafa Muradov (Keynote Speaker)
Prof. Nicola Morley (Keynote Speaker)
Prof Nicola Morley is a Professor of Materials Physics within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her main research is on functional magnetic materials, investigating how the fabrication processes influence the structural and functional properties, then using this knowledge to develop new materials for applications. Her research highlights include the development of highly magnetostrictive Fe-based thin films for sensors and electric-field controllable ferroelectric/ferromagnetic structures, along with the exploration of functional high entropy alloy films as the next big thing in soft magnetic materials. Also she has used novel process techniques (SPS, ALM) to produce magnetocaloric materials for commercial applications and developed magnetostrictive actuators and sensors for structural health monitoring of aerospace components.
Prof. Nouredine Sengouga (Keynote Speaker)
Nouredine Sengouga was born in Seggana (Batna, Algeria) in 1962. He has obtained his bachelor in Physical Electronics from in 1985 from Batna University and obtained his PhD in Physical Electronics in 1991 from Lancaster University (UK). In 1992, he joined Biskra University as an Assistant Lecturer in the area of Semiconductor devices. He spent one year on leave at the University of Manchester (UK). In 2003, he has become a full Professor of Semiconductor devices. His main research interests are in the area of solar cells and other semiconductor devices (diodes and transistors). Professor Nouredine Sengouga has supervised tens of MSc and PhD theses and produced more than 100 publications and conference presentations. He is a reviewer for several scientific journals
Prof. Ramin Yousefi (Keynote Speaker)
Ph.D (Solid State Physics), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007- 2011. Ph.D Thesis Title: Morphological, Structural and Optical Studies of Undoped and Doped ZnO Nanostructures (Supervisor: Prof. Muhamad Rasat Muhamad). M.Sc. (Atomic and Molecular Physics, (Plasma Physics)), Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, 1995- 1997. B.Sc. (Solid State Physics), Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran, 1990- 1994. He is interested to research about Metal-Oxide and Metal-Chalcogenide nanostructures such as ZnO, Zn-Chalcogenides, Cd-Chalcogenides, PbO, Pb-Chalcogenides, Cu- Chalcogenides, and Sn-Chalcogenides as well as semiconducting/graphene and semiconducting/g-C3N4 nanocomposites for different applications such as photocatalyst, photosensors, solar-cells, and gas-sensor.
Prof. Raşit Turan (Plenary Speaker)
Prof. Serap Güneş (Invited Speaker)
Prof. Serap Şentürk Dalgıç (Keynote Speaker)
Prof. Sezai Elagöz (Plenary Speaker)
Prof. Shadia Ikhmayies (Keynote Speaker)
Shadia J. Ikhmayies is an associate professor in physics. Her research is focused on producing and characterizing semiconductor thin films, and thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells. Besides, she works in characterizing materials by computation. She published 59 research papers in international scientific journals, 85 research papers in conference proceedings, and 3 chapters in books. She is the founder and editor of the book series “Advances in Material Research and Technology” published by Springer, and the editor in chief/editor of several books. Shadia is a member of the minerals, metals, and materials society (TMS) where she was the chair of the characterization committee of TMS 2016, 2017, and the leading organizer of three symposiums. Shadia is also a member of the World Renewable Energy Network/Congress (WREN/WREC), the international organizing committee and the international scientific committee in the European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems (ECRES). She is a guest editor and a member of the editorial board of several journals including JOM and the Journal of Electronic Materials. Shadia is a reviewer in 24 international journals and conferences. She got several international awards from which are the TMS Frank Crossley Diversity Award 2018, and World Renewable Energy Congress 2018 Pioneering Award.
Prof. Süleyman Özçelik (Keynote Speaker)
Süleyman Özçelik is a Professor in Photonics Department at Gazi University in Ankara, Türkiye. He is also the founding Director of Gazi Photonics Application & Research Center (fotonik.gazi.edu.tr) and the founding Head of Department of Photonics (ubf-fotonik.gazi.edu.tr). He received B.Sc degree in physics from Karadeniz Technical University and PhD degrees in physics from Gazi University. As the Director of Gazi Photonics Research Center, Prof Özçelik with a team of around 65 national and international researchers leads prestigious national and international R&D collaborations with academic and industry partners. His research expertise includes the development of photonic crystals, epitaxial growth, bulk single-crystal growth, growth of 2D nanomaterials, modeling, designing and fabrication of opto-electronic devices. Prof Özçelik’s team has established Türkiye’s first epitaxial growth (MBE) and bulk Germanium and Sapphire crystal growth systems, as well as pioneering the production of space-qualified solar cells. He has led more than 45 projects in the fields of advanced materials, semiconductor and optics-photonics technologies funded by national and international agencies. He has authored or co-authored over 600 scientific contributions including over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of several education boards and civil society organizations, supporting and promoting R&D, researcher training, research and industry collaborations, and academia-public engagement. He has also given keynote/invited talks in national and international conferences. In 2019, he has received an Honor Award from the Turkish Physical Society for his distinct contributions to the discipline of physics.
Prof. Walid Tawfik (Keynote Speaker)
Prof. Wazorzada Aslam Farooq (Keynote Speaker)
Assoc. Prof. Enes Yiğit (Invited Speaker)
Enes Yigit received the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mersin University, Mersin, Türkiye, in 2007 and 2013, respectively. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Research Assistant with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mersin University, where he was an Instructor with the Technical Science Vocational High School, from 2007 to 2014. In 2015, he completed his post-doctoral research with the Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA. From 2015 to 2018, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Türkiye. He is now an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Türkiye. His current research interests include SAR/ISAR and GPR imaging, artificial intelligence techniques, radar absorber material design, and optimization algorithms for radar applications. Dr. Yigit was a recipient of the Young Scientist Award by the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission-F in 2011.
Assoc. Prof. Muhammad Atif (Plenary Speaker)
Assoc. Prof. İkram Orak (Invited Speaker)
İkram ORAK was received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Ataturk University, Erzurum, Türkiye, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. He worked as a post-doc at Bilkent University 2014-1016. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Vocational School of Health Service, Bingöl University. He has more than 60 articles published. His current research interests include especially the fabrication of MOS and MIS structures, flash memory devices, and photo sensing applications for organic and inorganic structure.
Assoc. Prof. Ram K. Gupta (Keynote Speaker)
Assoc. Prof. Richard Ocaya (Keynote Speaker)
Assoc. Prof. Saim Emin (Invited Speaker)
Saim Emin is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Nova, Slovenia. Before joining the University of Nova Gorica he spent a year as a postdoc at the National Institute of Materials Sience, Japan. He obtained his master and PhD degrees in 2017 and 2010 from Saitama University, Japan. His research focuses on synthesis of inorganic materials, electrocatalytic hydrogen generation, photoelectrocatalysis and in photovoltaics. Dr. Emin has co-athored more than 40 scientific papers and gave more than 15 invited talks. He served as chair of the International Conference on Functional Materials in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022 organized by the European Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Association. He has been a recepient of the prestigeous Marie-Curie Career Integration Grant, European Commission and has taken part as a principal investigator in bilateral/trilateral research projects between Slovenia-Türkiye (2013 – 2014), Slovenia-China (2015-2017), Slovenia-Israel (2018-2020), Slovenia-Poland-Austria (2021-2024). Dr. Emin is a founder of the European Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Association.
Assoc. Prof. Selçuk Demirezen (Invited Speaker)
Selçuk Demirezen: received his B.Ed. degree from Ondokuz Mayıs University, M.Sc. andPh.D. degrees from Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye, in 1999, 2001, and 2010, respectively. He is currently Asscociate Professor, Amasya University. His research interests includes polymeric Schottky type electronic devices, metal–insulator–semiconductor junctions, solar cells, photodiode and their electrical and dielectric properties depend on frequency, temperature, radiation and illumination.
Assoc. Prof. Serhat Orkun Tan (Invited Speaker)
Serhat Orkun Tan was born in Karabük, Türkiye in 1979. He received the B.S. degree from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Türkiye, in 2005, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Karabük University, Karabük, Türkiye, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. From 2005 to 2009 and 2010 to 2011, he was an Electrical Engineer with Erdemir, Zonguldak, Türkiye and NOV Asep Elmar TR, Kocaeli, Türkiye, respectively. He is currently a Assoc. Prof. Dr. with the department of Electrical Engineering, Technology Faculty, Karabük University. His current research interests include the electrical and dielectric properties of Schottky diodes, MS, MIS, and MOS structures, and solar cells. Having h-index=15, he is the author of more than 20 articles and received more than 500 citations to these articles. Dr. Tan received many certificates and awards by participating several international symposiums.
Assoc. Prof. Yashar Azizian-Kalandaragh (Keynote Speaker)
Yashar Azizian-Kalandaragh was born in Namin, Ardabil, Iran, in 1978. He received the B.Sc. degree from Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran, in 2002, the M.Sc. degree from Guilan University, Rasht, Iran, in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree from Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2008, all in physics. He is involved in theoretical and experimental consideration of surface physics, biophysics, and fluid dynamics.
Assoc. Prof. Yeşim Moğulkoç (Invited Speaker)
Yeşim Moğulkoç has an expertise in materials modelling using first principles calculations via density functional theory and beyond. She received a PhD in Physics Engineering in 2013 (Ankara University). She was supported by the Turkish Physics Foundation Scholarship for 5 years. In 2015, she had a postdoctoral position in Theory of Condensed Matter Group (www.ru.nl/tcm) at Radboud University (The Netherlands) under Turkish Scientific Council (TUBITAK) fellowship. She has attended many scientific organizations and co-authored more than 40 articles. She is contributing/contributed to several funded national projects (TUBITAK and Ankara University). Her research areas and fields of interest: theory of condensed matter physics, density functional theory and beyond, modelling and comprehensive electronic band structure calculations, 2D materials, molecular adsorption, spin-orbit interaction, 2D magnetism, many-body effects, spin-valves. She has a partnership with European FLAG-ERA project. She is one of principal investigator for 2D magnetic memories project.
Assist. Prof. İmran Akça Avcı (Invited Speaker)
B. İmran Akça received the B.Sc. degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and the M.Sc. degree from the Institute of Material Science and Nanotechnology both from Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye, in 2006 and 2008, respectively. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in the area of integrated optics in the Integrated Optical MicroSystems Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands., Her research interests include designing integrated arrayed waveguide grating spectrometers for optical coherence tomography systems.
Assistant Prof. Saira Bibi (Keynote Speaker)
Dr. Saira Bibi received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 2017 from Hazara University Mansehra Pakistan. She was also the research fellow of University of Bath UK, University Sovies Monc Blank, France and Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) Islamabad. Currently She is working on the synthesis and modifications of bio-nanocomposites and their application (water engineering, agriculture, bio-sensing etc.) in the department of Chemistry Hazara University Mansehra. She has experience on sonochemical synthesis/modification techniques, in addition to have expertise on the synthesis of polymerized ionic liquids/conductive material synthesis.
Dr. Özgür Polat (Invited Speaker)
Özgür Polat has worked as a senior researcher at Central European Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in physics at The University of Tennessee Knoxville in 2009. After that he continued his research as a post-doc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As a principal investigator he completed different research projects, which were funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye and the European Science Foundation and Czech Education Ministry. He has more than 15 years of research experience with fabrication and characterization of thin films and nanostructures. So far, He has investigated a wide range of materials such as topological insulators, semiconductors, superconductors, multiferroics and so on
