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| Education | 
| 2005 | Ph.D. in Chemistry: Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA (Advisor: Prof. S.W. Schneller). | 
| 1999. | M.S. in Chemistry: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, August 1999 (Advisors: Profs. O. Tarhan and L. Türker). | 
| 1997 | B.S. in Chemical Education: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Advisor: Prof. O. Tarhan). | 
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| Experience | 
| since 2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
Prague, Czech Republic. | 
| 2005-2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA. | 
| 2000-2005 | Research Assistant, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA. | 
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| Appointments | 
| 1997-2000 | Research Assistant, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. | 
| 1996-1997 | Undergraduate Researcher, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. | 
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| Awards | 
| 2003 | Best Poster in Organic Chemistry at the Annual Poster Session of the Chemistry Graduate
Student Association, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA. | 
| 2000 | The Samuel H. Nichols, Jr. Memorial Endowment for Excellence in Chemistry, Auburn
University, Auburn, AL, USA. | 
| 1998 | Summer TUBITAK Travel Award for a joint summer school at Darmstadt Technical
University, Darmstadt, Germany. | 
| 1996-1997 | High Honor Student, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. | 
| 1995-1997 | SONMAK Scholarship, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. | 
| 1993-1995 | Bogazici Lions Club Scholarship, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. | 
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| Research interest | 
| Organic Synthesis, Physical Organic Chemistry (Organic Reaction Mechanisms Molecular
Recognition, Computational Chemistry, NMR Spectroscopy), Functional Polymers, N-Halamine
Chemistry, Solar Energy, Nucleoside Chemistry, Enzyme Inhibitors, Carborane Chemistry. |