Academic Positions

“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all.”

- Richard P. Feynman -

Assistant Professor (July 2019 - present)
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Postdoctoral Researcher (July 2018 - June 2019)
Fortune Laboratory
Department of Biological Sciences
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA

Research and Teaching Assistant (Sept 2009 - May 2017)
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Education

  • PhD in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, May 2017. (Supervisors: Dr. Ömer Morgül and Dr. Uluç Saranlı)
  • MSc in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, May 2017. (Supervisors: Dr. Ömer Morgül and Dr. Uluç Saranlı)
  • BSc in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, May 2017.

Teaching Experience

  • Instructor for Mechanical Engineering Dynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (Spring 2018)
  • Teaching Assistant for Industrial Design Projects, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University (Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014)
  • Teaching Assistant for Feedback Control Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University (Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010)
  • Teaching Assistant for Nonlinear Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University (Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011)
  • Teaching Assistant for Control and Optimization of Stochastic Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University (Summer 2014)
  • Teaching Assistant for Robust Feedback Theory, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University (Fall 2011)
  • Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Digital Design, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University (Fall 2009)

Reviewer

  • IEEE / ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
  • Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control
  • IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control (CDC),
  • IFAC World Congress,
  • IFAC Symposium on System Identification,
  • IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control,
  • IFAC International Workshop on Periodic Control Systems

Honors and Awards

  • Receipent of Aselsan Ph.D. Fellowship, March 2014 – May 2017.
  • Graduate Student Fellowship for M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies awarded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), 2009 – 2017.
  • Full Educational Scholarship for B.Sc (tuition waiver + montly stipend), M.Sc. (tuition waiver) and Ph.D. (tuition waiver) studies awarded by Bilkent University, 2009 – 2017.
  • Ranked 605th in Nationwide University Entrance Exam among 1.7 million students, 2005.
  • Best Paper in Turkish Automatic Control Conference (TOK), 2014.
  • Best Presentation in IEEE Graduate Research Conference, 2014..
  • High Honor Student in Dean’s list in Bilkent University, 2005 – 2009

Invited Talks

  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, March 2018.
  • Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, March 2018.
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, March 2018.
  • Department of Computer Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, November 2017.