Turgay Uzer
Encyclopedia
Ahmet Turgay Uzer is a Turkish
-American
theoretical physicist.
Currently Regents' Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
. He has contributed in field of atomic and molecular physics, nonlinear dynamics and chaos significantly. Specially his research on interplay between quantum dynamics
and classical mechanics
, in the context of chaos
considered to be novel in molecular and theoretical physics and chemistry.
. According to Harvard University
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his doctoral thesis was entitled "Photon and electron interactions with diatomic molecules." He defended his dissertation and graduated from Harvard University in 1979.
Before joining Georgia Tech in 1985 as an Associate Professor, he worked as a research fellow at University of Oxford
1979/81, Caltech 1982/1983, and as a research associate at University of Colorado
1983/85. Currently, he is a Faculty member with the Center for Nonlinear Science and
full professor of Physics at Georgia Tech.
His research areas are quite broad but he has focused on the dynamics of intermolecular energy transfer, reaction dynamics, quantal manifestations of
classical mechanics, quantization of nonlinear systems, computational physics, molecular physics,
applied mathematics.
Max Planck Institute, Munich.
Uzer is of Turkish origin and was also awarded the prestigious Science award for his contributions to Physics
from the Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK)
http://www.biltek.tubitak.gov.tr/oduller_en/previous_science.htm in 1998.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
theoretical physicist.
Currently Regents' Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. He has contributed in field of atomic and molecular physics, nonlinear dynamics and chaos significantly. Specially his research on interplay between quantum dynamics
Quantum dynamics
In physics, quantum dynamics is the quantum version of classical dynamics. Quantum dynamics deals with the motions, and energy and momentum exchanges of systems whose behavior is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics...
and classical mechanics
Classical mechanics
In physics, classical mechanics is one of the two major sub-fields of mechanics, which is concerned with the set of physical laws describing the motion of bodies under the action of a system of forces...
, in the context of chaos
Chaos theory
Chaos theory is a field of study in mathematics, with applications in several disciplines including physics, economics, biology, and philosophy. Chaos theory studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, an effect which is popularly referred to as the...
considered to be novel in molecular and theoretical physics and chemistry.
Academic career
Turgay Uzer completed his bachelor's degree at Turkey's prestigious Middle East Technical UniversityMiddle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey...
. According to Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
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his doctoral thesis was entitled "Photon and electron interactions with diatomic molecules." He defended his dissertation and graduated from Harvard University in 1979.
Before joining Georgia Tech in 1985 as an Associate Professor, he worked as a research fellow at University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
1979/81, Caltech 1982/1983, and as a research associate at University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
1983/85. Currently, he is a Faculty member with the Center for Nonlinear Science and
full professor of Physics at Georgia Tech.
His research areas are quite broad but he has focused on the dynamics of intermolecular energy transfer, reaction dynamics, quantal manifestations of
classical mechanics, quantization of nonlinear systems, computational physics, molecular physics,
applied mathematics.
Awards
Uzer was Alexander von Humbolt-Stiftung Foundation Fellow in 1993-1994 atMax Planck Institute, Munich.
Uzer is of Turkish origin and was also awarded the prestigious Science award for his contributions to Physics
from the Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK)
TÜBITAK
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:...
http://www.biltek.tubitak.gov.tr/oduller_en/previous_science.htm in 1998.
Books
- The Physics and Chemistry of Wave Packets, with John Yeazell at books.google
- Lecture Notes on Atomic and Molecular Physics with Şakir Erkoç at books.google
Some of the seminal papers
Uzer has more than 80 refereed Journal articles, in a number of highly respected scientific journals.- appeared in PRE Chaotic billiards with neutral boundaries
- appeared in Science Celestial Mechanics on a Microscopic Scale
- appeared in JCP Quantization with operators appropriate to shapes of trajectories and classical perturbation theory