Ekmel Ozbay#
| Membership Number: | 3357 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | TURKEY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.nanotr.bilkent.edu.tr http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~ozbay |
Present and Previous Positions
- 03/2006 - present -- Director, Bilkent University, Space Technologies Research Center
- 06/2003 - present -- Director, Bilkent University, Nanotechnology Research Center
- 09/1999 - 09/2000 -- Visiting Professor, Purdue University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- 01/1995 - present -- Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- 01/1995 - present -- Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Physics
- 02/1993 - 01/1995 -- Scientist, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University
- 02/1992 - 02/1993 -- Post Doctoral Research Associate -- Stanford University
- 09/1987 - 02/1992 -- Research Assistant -- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Fields of Scholarship
- Nanoplasmonics
- Nanoelectronics
- Nanophotonics
- Photonic Metamaterials
- Left-Handed Materials#
- Photonic Crystals
- Nanotechnology, solar blind nitride based UV detectors
- High power high speed GaN/AlGaN nnotransistors
- High speed optoelectronic devices
- Epitiaxial graphene based RF transistors
- MOCVD growth of GaN and related materials
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Turkish Physics Society Science Award
- 2006 TUBITAK Science Award
- 2005 EU Descartes Excellence in Science Award
- 2001 Full Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Sedat Simavi Foundation Science Award
- 1997 Optical Society of America Adolph Lomb Medal
- 1997 TUBITAK Young Scientist Award
- 1996 Tugac Foundation technology development award
- 1995 Young Scientist award from M. Parlar Foundation
