Canan Atilgan#
| Membership Number: | 6541 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | TURKEY |
| Homepage(s): | http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/canan/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0557-6044 |
| Twitter: | @midstlab |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/canan-atilgan-625ab983/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - current President, Science Academy
- 2007 - current Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey
- 2018, 03 - 2020, 07 Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey
- 2018, 03 - 2020, 07 Director, Graduate School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey
- 2000 - 2007 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey
- 1999 - 2000 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey
- 1996 - 1999 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Conformational multiplicity
- Molecular evolution
- Biophysics
- Modeling and simulation
- Protein dynamics
Honours and Awards
- 2021 President, Bilim Akademisi, Science Academy, Turkey
- 2021 - 2024 term Biophysical Society Ambassador for Turkey
- 2017 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, S. Africa
- 2012 Elected member of Bilim Akademisi, Science Academy, Turkey
- 2005 L’Oréal Turkey Young Women Scientist Fellowship
- 2004 Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award (TÜBA-GEBİP)
- 2002 TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) Encouragement Award
- 1996 Bogazici University Ph.D. Thesis Award
- 1993 - 1996 TUBITAK Munir Birsel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship
