Education

• B. S. in Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1981.

• M. S. in Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1983.
  Thesis : "Differential Geometric Methods in Physics of Defects"
  Advisor: Professor Tekin Dereli

• Ph. D. in Physics, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina, 1988.
  Dissertation: "Exact Treatment of Molecular Dynamics Ensembles and Elastic Constants of Sodium"
  Advisor: Professor John R. Ray

Professional Experience

• Director, Materials Science and Technology,
  Materials and Process Simulation Center/Beckmann Institute,
  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, May 1995 - present.

• Molecular Simulations Inc., Pasadena Research Center, Pasadena, California, October 1990 - April 1995.

• Visiting Associate, Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. April 1991 - December 1992.

• Research Scientist, Systran Corporation, Dayton, Ohio.
  Visiting Scientist, Materials Lab./Polymers, Wright Patterson, Ohio.
  October 1989 - September 1990.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston.
  July 1988-September 1989.

Honors, Memberships, Professional Services
1999 Feynman Molecular Nanotechnology Prize in theory.
UNICEF TOKTEN/UNISTAR Fellowships, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000.
American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society
Refereeing: Phys. Rev. Lett., J. Chem. Phys., J. Phys. Chem., Macromol., Molec. Simul., Phys. Rev. B., Nanotechnology, JACS, J. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
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