!!!Mehmet Ali Alpar \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='alpar _ali.jpg' alt='Mehmet Ali Alpar' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *since 1999 Professor, Sabancı University *2004 - 2010 Director, Foundations Development Program, Sabancı University *1990 - 1999 Professor, Physics Dept., Middle East Technical University *1988 - 1989 Visiting Res. Assoc.Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *1985 - 1989 Research Scientist, Physics Dept., Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) *1983 - 1985 Visiting Res.Asst. Professor, Physics Dept.,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *1982 Research Associate, Astronomy Dept., Columbia University *Feb.1978 - Dec.1981 Instructor, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul *Aug.1977 - Feb.1978 Research Associate, Physics Dept., Princeton University \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2003 Best Teacher Award, Sabancı University, elected by the first Graduating Class *1994 Mustafa Parlar Award of the Middle East Technical University for Best Teachers, elected by the Graduating Class *1993 Elected member of The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA; founded 1993) *1992 Science Prize jointly awarded by TÜBİTAK and the Third World Academy of Sciences (the TÜBİTAK Science Prize is the most prestigious prize awarded to scientists in Turkey) *1988 Sedat Simavi Award of the Newspaper 'Hürriyet', Physical Sciences *1986 Encouragement Prize awarded by TÜBİTAK. The Encouragement and Science Prizes of TÜBİTAK and the Sedat Simavi Award comprise the three major national prizes for scientists in Turkey \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Alpar_Mehmet_Ali/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Alpar_Mehmet_Ali/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Alpar_Mehmet_Ali/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Alpar_Mehmet_Ali/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit malpar}] [{ALLOW upload malpar}] [{ALLOW comment All}]