Ekmel Ozbay
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Ekmel Özbay is a Turkish professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics Departments at Bilkent University
and the director of the Nanotechnology Research Center, and Space Technologies Research Center (BILUZAY) in Ankara.
, Ankara, Turkey in 1987. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University
in 1989 and 1992.
From 1992-1993, Özbay worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Stanford University. His research in Stanford focused on high speed resonant tunneling and optoelectronic devices.
Between 1993 and 1995, he worked as a scientist in the Department of Energy
's Ames National Laboratory at Iowa State University
in the area of photonic band gap materials.
He joined Bilkent University (Ankara
, Turkey
) in 1995, where he is currently a full professor in the physics and electrical electronics engineering departments. His research areas include metamaterials, photonic crystals,
MOCVD growth, fabrication and characterization of nanoelectronic and nanophotonic GaN
/AlGaN devices, and high performance near-infrared semiconductor photodetectors and lasers.
Since 2002, he is a topical editor of the journal Optics Letters
. He has published 210 journal articles and 235 international conference proceedings. His publications have received more than 4500 citations according to the Web of Science
. Özbay holds 2 patents in the area of photonic crystals. His recent review article on plasmonics appeared as an invited review article in Jan. 13th 2006 issue of Science
. Currently, he is principal investigator and executive committee member of 3 EU-FP projects: STREP project EU-DALHM (Development and Analysis of Left Handed Materials), NoE-PHOREMOST (Nanophotonics to realize Molecular-Scale Technologies), and NoE-METAMORPHOSE (MetaMaterials Organized for radio, millimeter wave, and PHOtonic Superlattice Engineering). He is currently acting as the national delegate for Turkey in the program committee of EU-NMP (nanotechnologies, manufacturing and processes) which is in the process of preparing the workprogramme for EU-FP7. Besides the EU projects, he is principal investigator on 12 national projects supported by various funding agencies. He has worked with various high-tech companies in USA, Europe and Turkey.
young scientist, and 1998 Sedat Simavi Foundation Science awards.
Bilkent University
İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, commonly referred to as Bilkent University or Bilkent, is the first private, nonprofit university in Turkey with the fundamental aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research...
and the director of the Nanotechnology Research Center, and Space Technologies Research Center (BILUZAY) in Ankara.
Biography
Ekmel Özbay was born on March 25, 1966 in Ankara, Turkey. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Middle East Technical UniversityMiddle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey...
, Ankara, Turkey in 1987. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1989 and 1992.
From 1992-1993, Özbay worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Stanford University. His research in Stanford focused on high speed resonant tunneling and optoelectronic devices.
Between 1993 and 1995, he worked as a scientist in the Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
's Ames National Laboratory at Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
in the area of photonic band gap materials.
He joined Bilkent University (Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
) in 1995, where he is currently a full professor in the physics and electrical electronics engineering departments. His research areas include metamaterials, photonic crystals,
MOCVD growth, fabrication and characterization of nanoelectronic and nanophotonic GaN
Gan
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/AlGaN devices, and high performance near-infrared semiconductor photodetectors and lasers.
Since 2002, he is a topical editor of the journal Optics Letters
Optics Letters
Optics Letters is a semimonthly, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Optical Society of America. It was first published in July, 1977. The editor-in-chief is Alan Willner .- Scope :...
. He has published 210 journal articles and 235 international conference proceedings. His publications have received more than 4500 citations according to the Web of Science
Web of Science
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. Özbay holds 2 patents in the area of photonic crystals. His recent review article on plasmonics appeared as an invited review article in Jan. 13th 2006 issue of Science
Science (journal)
Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
. Currently, he is principal investigator and executive committee member of 3 EU-FP projects: STREP project EU-DALHM (Development and Analysis of Left Handed Materials), NoE-PHOREMOST (Nanophotonics to realize Molecular-Scale Technologies), and NoE-METAMORPHOSE (MetaMaterials Organized for radio, millimeter wave, and PHOtonic Superlattice Engineering). He is currently acting as the national delegate for Turkey in the program committee of EU-NMP (nanotechnologies, manufacturing and processes) which is in the process of preparing the workprogramme for EU-FP7. Besides the EU projects, he is principal investigator on 12 national projects supported by various funding agencies. He has worked with various high-tech companies in USA, Europe and Turkey.
Awards
Özbay was the 1997 recipient of the Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America and in 2005 of the European Union Descartes Science award. He is also the recipient of the 1995 Parlar Foundation young scientist, 1996 Tugac foundation technology development, 1997 TUBITAKTÜBITAK
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey is the main body responsible for organizing research and development activities on the national level in Turkey, with headquarters located in Ankara.-History:...
young scientist, and 1998 Sedat Simavi Foundation Science awards.