Members

Prof. Dr. Erol AKPINAR

Vice Head of the Chemistry Department at BAIBU

Coordinator of Liquid Crystals and Soft Matter Research Group

Lecturer for TUBITAK Turkish National/International Chemistry Olympiads Team

PhD, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University

e-mail: akpinar_e@ibu.edu.tr / akpinarerol374@gmail.com

http://akademik.yok.gov.tr/AkademikArama/view/viewAuthor.jsp

Academic Career

  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico) Scholarship, Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Sao Paulo/BRASIL, August 2024-October 2024 (3 months).
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico) Scholarship, Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Sao Paulo/BRASIL, October 2023-December 2023 (3 months).
  • Vice Head of the Chemistry Department at BAIBU since 24/08/2023
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico) Scholarship, Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Sao Paulo/BRASIL, October 2022-December 2022 (3 months).
  • Lecturer for TUBITAK Turkish National/International Chemistry Olympiads Team, September 2022-………
  • Head of Physical Chemistry, November 2021-November 2024
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, FAPESP (Fundaco Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) Scholarship, Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Sao Paulo/BRASIL, September 2019-November 2019 (3 months).
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, TUBITAK 2219-International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship Programme, Prof. Dr. Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Ohio/USA, June 2017-September 2017 (4 months).
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, FAPESP (Fundaco Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) Scholarship, Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Sao Paulo/BRASIL, June 2016-September 2016 (3 months).
  • Head of Physical Chemistry, May 2016-May 2019.
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr., Abant Izzet Baysal University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Chemistry, April 2016.
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Ohio/USA, January 2015-March 2015 (~2 months).
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, FAPESP (Fundaco Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) Scholarship, Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Sao Paulo/BRASIL, July 2013-July 2014 (12 months).
  • PostDoc, Visiting Scientist, TUBITAK 2219-International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship Programme, Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Sao Paulo/BRASIL, July 2011-July 2012 (12 months).
  • Assist. Prof. Dr., Abant Izzet Baysal University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Chemistry, July 2011-March 2016.
  • Research Assist. Dr., Abant Izzet Baysal University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Chemistry, April 2010-July 2011.
  • PostDoc, Prof. Dr. Frank Giesselmann, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Stuttgart/GERMANY, July 2009-October 2009 (3 months).
  • PostDoc, ERASMUS Student Exchange Program, Prof. Dr. Frank Giesselmann, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Stuttgart/GERMANY, March 2008-September 2008 (7 months).
  • Research Assist., Abant Izzet Baysal University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Chemistry, July 1999-April 2010

Antonio

Prof. Dr. Antonio Martins FIGUEIREDO NETO

Group Collaborator and International Advisor

University of Sao Paulo/BRASIL

http://www.if.usp.br/fluidoscomplexos

Prof. Dr. Oleg D. LAVRENTOVICH

Group Collaborator and International Advisor

Kent State University/Liquid Crystal Institute/USA

http://www.lavrentovichgroup.com/

Prof. Dr. Mustafa GUZEL

Group Collaborator and National Advisor

Istanbul Medipol University/TURKEY

https://www.medipol.edu.tr/akademik/fakulteler/uluslararasi-tip-fakultesi/egitim-kadrosu

Oznur

Prof. Dr. Oznur DEMIR ORDU

Vice Coordinator, Organic Synthesis

PhD, Bogazici University

https://akademik.yok.gov.tr/AkademikArama/view/viewAuthor.jsp

Urwa SHOUKAT, MSc, 2023-…..

TUBITAK-1001 Project, MSc Fellowship

Lyotropic nematic liquid crystals

e-mail: urvatulw@gmail.com

Leila BENZAOUI, MSc, 2024-…..

Micellization properties of surfactants in some binary solvent mixtures

e-mail: leilabenza8@gmail.com

Ilayda GOKSU, BSc, 2023-…..

TUBITAK-1001 Project, Undergraduate Fellowship

Micellization properties of ionic surfactants in polar solvent/water mixtures

e-mail: ilaydagoksu100@gmail.com

Former Members:

Baris OKUYAN, MSc, 2021-2024, Investigation of the relation between surfactant head group size and formation of different types of lyotropic nematic phases in binary surfactant/dye systems

Merve TABAK, MSc, 2021-2023, Effects of the interactions of surfactant/dye and surfactant/drug on the formation of different types of lyotropic nematic phases

Nazli UYGUR, MSc, 2020-2022, A study on the interaction of an anionic azo dye Sunset Yellow with cationic surfactants in micellar solutions

Gokhan TOPCU, MSc, 2018-2020, Investigation of uniaxial and biaxial nematic phase properties of dye-doped lyotropic liquid crystals

Seda UYANIK, MSc, 2016-2019, Effect of surfactant alkyl chain length on uniaxial-to-biaxial cholesteric phase transitions in lyotropic mixtures

Emre GUNER, MSc, 2015-2019, Effect of symmetric and asymmetric head group growth of ionic surface active molecule on lyotropic uniaxial-to-biaxial nematic phase transitions

Sinan YURDAKUL, MSc, 2015-2018, Comparison of isotropic micellar solution and lyotropic liquid crystalline properties of some chiral and achiral partly fluorinated surfactants with their hydrogenated counterparts

Cihan CANIOZ, MSc, 2014-2016, Effect of alkyl chain length of surfactant molecules on nematic uniaxial-to-biaxial phase transitions in lyotropic liquid crystal mixtures†

Meric TURKMEN, MSc, 2014-2016, Role of kosmotrope-chaotrope interactions at micelle surfaces on the stabilization of lyotropic nematic phases†

Kemal OTLUOGLU, MSc, 2014-2016, Effect of the presence of strong and weak electrolytes in the existence of uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases in lyotropic mixturesâ€