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Professor Mehmet BAYINDIR
PhD, Bilkent University, 2002

E-mail: mehmet.bayindir@uni-hamburg.de

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Universität Hamburg
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow

4U Nanotechnologies Inc. (inactive)
Founder / President

Previous Institutions:
UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center
Director, 2013-2015
Founding Deputy Director, 2006-2013
Annual Reports: 2013, 2014, 2015
Video: UNAM 2015

Research Interests:
– Nanofibers for photonics, optoelectronics, electromechanics
– Biocompatible nanomaterials and sensors
– Nanomaterials for X-ray detection and imaging
– Multimaterial fibers, sensors, devices
– Scintillating glass fibers
– Nanocomposites for additive manufacturing
– Multifunctional fiber probes for optogenetics and neural networks
– Large-area flexible electronics and photonics: Smart sensors
– Nanomaterials for energy harvesting and storage devices
– Digital optoelectronic nose, chemical and biological sensors
– Smart textiles/fabrics
– Specialty fibers
– Nanophotonics

Employment:
-2/20-present: V. Professor, University of Hamburg
-7/19-present: President, 4U Nanotechnologies Inc.
-3/18-4/19: General Coordinator, Eryigit Medical Inc.
-3/14-10/16: Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Physics
-2/13-12/15: Director, UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University
-2/13-12/15: Director, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University
-2/13-12/15: Director, Graduate Programs in Mat. Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University
-1/08-02/13: Deputy Director, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University
-1/08-02/13: Deputy Director, UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University
-1/08-02/13: Deputy Director, Graduate Programs in Mat. Science and Nanotech., Bilkent University
-3/12-03/14: Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Physics
-2/06-03/12: Assistant Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Physics
-5/05-02/06: Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Laboratory of Electronics
-6/02-05/05: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Awards:
-Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt, 2020
-European Research Council-ERC Proof of Concept, 2016
-European Research Council-ERC Consolidator, 2012
-The Young Scientists Award of Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2007
-Incentive Award of The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2006
-Optical Society of America (OSA) New Focus Student Award, 2001

PhD Students:
Assistant Professor Tural Khudiyev, National University of  Singapore (NUS)
Assistant Professor Adem Yildirim, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor Pelin Tören, Ostim Technical University
Dr. Mehmet Kanık, MIT, Reseach Laboratory of Electronics
Dr. Ozan Aktaş, University of Cambridge
Dr. Erol Özgür, University of Arizona
Dr. Pınar Beyazkılıç, University of California San Diego
Dr. Hülya Budunoğlu, Aselsan
Bihter Dağlar, Bilkent University (deceased)
Ersin Hüseyinoğlu, Bilkent University

MS Students:
Abubakar Adamu, DTU Fotonik, Denmark
Yavuz Nuri Ertaş, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Özlem Şenlik, Duke University
Duygu Akbulut, University of Twente
Abba Usman Saleh, TUT, Finland
M. Girayhan Say, MIT
Mert Vural, Carnegi Mellon University
Özlem Köylü, University of Delaware
H. Esat Kondakçı, University of Central Florida
Fahri Emre Öztürk, University of Bonn
Bekir Türedi, ETH
Tamer Doğan, University of Twente
Muhammet Çelebi, Tubitak Space Technologies Research Institute
Muhammad Yunusa, Max Planck Institute
Urandelger Tuvshindorj, University of Bonn
Kemal Gürel, Garanti Bank
Muhammet Dolaş, METU
Hüseyin Duman, Roketsan
Murat C. Kılınç, Aselsan
Ahmet F. Yavuz, Tubitak