Experience

Cenate AS

• Norway
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Cenate produces custom designed Silicon Nanoparticles for next generation high performance Lithium-ion batteries. Cenate produces custom designed Silicon Nanoparticles for next generation high performance Lithium-ion batteries.



Kordsa

• Türkiye
• Textile Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Expert Researcher, Chemicals and Materials

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  • Headed cutting edge polyester-rubber adhesives from lab to plant scale to global customer products with sales up to 15 M USD in X+5• Devised water based adhesive formulations using epoxy, isocyanate, and resorcinolic thermoset chemistries.• Established sustainability concepts for preparing polyester fibers.• Demonstrated a prototype of superinsulation material via silicone chemistry by securing a funding of 100 K USD.• Customized one work package (500K Euro budget) for submission of European Union Horizon project proposal.• Submitted two patents and two trade secrets by applying Six Sigma (Green belt level) and TRIZ methods for problem solving• Won Kordsa Innovation Award in 2019 Show less

• Project Leader

  • Nov 2017 - Aug 2019



Hayat

• Türkiye
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Specialist

  • Aug 2015 - Nov 2017

  • Acted as a researcher for two projects worth of 2 Million TL and got funding from Turkish Science Foundation. Two projects involved preparation of new polymeric materials used in Hayat’s products. • Designed thermoplastic formulations by blending rubbers with resins. • Submitted proposals for European Union Horizon projects. • Developed innovative research projects related to Organic and Polymer Chemistry • Investigated alternative routes for industrial chemicals and outlined feasible new routes Show less



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) Fellow

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

  • Explored design engineering on small molecule organic materials for organic solar cells. • Introduced a new synthesis procedure for conjugated phosphonic acid functionalized small organic molecules to change work functions of electroconductive metal oxides by 2 eV. • Prototype development of luminescent neutron scintillators based on boron containing small molecules blended into polymers showing better performance compared to commercial ones with cost advantage. • Supervised 3 undergraduate (2 summer REU students) and 3 first year Ph.D students. Show less



University of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2012

  • Implemented novel aromatic polymer synthesis methods to generate conducting polymers with record braking performance in organic field effect transistors. • Conceived polymer synthesis methods for successful end capping reactions on metal catalyzed aromatic polymers • Demonstrated a 50 meters long organic solar cell prototype made with electronically active polymers • Designed a concept of electrically conducting polymer with electroluminescent and electrochromic properties. • Coordinated Butler Polymer Labs for Environmental Health and Safety regulations and trained lab coworkers for safety each year for 4 years. • Taught lectures of senior undergraduate level “Organic Chemistry of Polymers” course. Show less



Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

• Germany
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Fellow

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2012

  • Performed surface characterization of electroactive polymers, polymer processing (casting, thin film, extrusion). • Fabricated and evaluated performance of Organic Field Effect Transistors under inert conditions. • Performed surface characterization of electroactive polymers, polymer processing (casting, thin film, extrusion). • Fabricated and evaluated performance of Organic Field Effect Transistors under inert conditions.



Bilkent University

• Türkiye
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Sep 2005 - Jul 2007

  M.S. Thesis Title: Conjugated Polymers Based on Polyfluorene Derivatives and Polypyrrole M.S. Thesis Title: Conjugated Polymers Based on Polyfluorene Derivatives and Polypyrrole