Members
About Prof. Çırpan
Prof. Dr. Ali Çırpan
Ali Cirpan obtained his B.S. in Chemistry (1998) followed by his M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2004) at Middle East Technical University (METU). He became interested in the field of electrochromism as a visiting graduate student with the Professor John Reynolds’ Research Laboratory at the University of Florida in 2002.
After finishing his PhD in 2004 with Professor Levent Toppare at METU, he joined the Professor Frank E Karasz research group as a Postdoctoral Associate, at the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, where he developed light emitting devices using new organic or inorganic materials for two and a half years.
THE BOSS
Prof. Dr. Ali Çırpan
Team Members
Ph.D. Student - Chemistry Department
Oğuzhan Karakurt
Oguzhan received his BS degree in Chemistry at Middle East Technical University. After that, he joined Çırpan Research Group and completed his M.Sc. in 2021. Recently, he is a Ph.D. student and his thesis focuses on developing non-fullerene acceptors and conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaics.
Email: oguzhankarakurt12@gmail.com
Phone: +90 (312) 218 51 02
Ph.D. Student - Polymer Science and Technology
Meriç Çalışkan
Meriç joined Cirpan Research Group in 2017 when she was an undergraduate student. She carried out an undergraduate research project in this group on the syntheses of conjugated polymers for solar applications. She graduated from the Department of Chemistry in 2017. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in the Cirpan Research Group.
Email: meric.caliskan@metu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 218 76 68
Ph.D. Student - Chemistry Department
Selin İlter
Selin graduated from the Department of Chemistry at METU in 2021 and completed her master’s degree in 2024. She joined Çırpan Research Group as a M.Sc. student in the same year. She is working on the synthesis of phenanthroimidazole based materials for OLED application.
Email: e221511@metu.edu.tr
M.Sc. Student - Chemistry Department
Meltem Türkatar
Meltem graduated from Department of Chemistry Education at Middle East Technical University in 2022. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she joined Çırpan Research Group in July 2022 as a Masters Student. Her thesis focuses on synthesis of high-yield conjugated polymers for photovoltaic applications.
Email: meltem.turkatar@metu.edu.tr
M.Sc. Student - Chemistry Department
Sevgi Aydın
Sevgi received her BS degree in Chemistry at Middle East Technical University. She started as an undergraduate student at Çırpan Research Group in 2021 and continued as a Master’s student. Her main research focuses on the synthesis of new conjugated polymers for application in photovoltaic devices.
Email: sevgi.aydin@metu.edu.tr
M.Sc. Student - Chemistry Department
Gizem Arslan
Gizem graduated from Middle East Technical University with a BS degree in chemistry. She began working at Çırpan Research Group in 2021 and she is currently a Masters Student there. The synthesis of conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaic applications is her primary research area of interest.
Email: arslan.gizem@metu.edu.tr
M.Sc. Student - Chemistry Department
Cem Maraşlıoğlu
Cem completed his BS degree in Middle East Technical University Department of Chemistry. During the undergraduate period, he joined Çırpan Research Group and studied organic photovoltaic solar cells. In 2022, he has begun his Master’s study in the group. His main research interest covers synthesis of organic small molecules for organic light emitting diode applications.
Email: cemmaraslioglu@gmail.com
M.Sc. Student - Polymer Science and Technology
Elif Deniz Yeşilyaprak
Elif received her BS degree in Chemistry at Middle East Technical University. She then joined Cirpan Research Group in 2021 as an undergraduate student. Now she is a M.Sc. student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ali Cirpan.
M.Sc. Student - Chemistry Department
Eminenur Baran
Eminenur graduated from Middle East Technical University with a BS degree in Chemistry Education. She has been attending as a Master’s student at Çırpan Research Group since July 2023.
Email: baran.eminenur@metu.edu.tr
M.Sc. Student - Polymer Science and Technology
Arya Zelal Keserci
Arya Zelal received a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University. She started working for Çırpan Research Group in 2023 and is presently enrolled as a Master’s student there.
Email: arya.keserci@metu.edu.tr
M.Sc. Student - Micro and Nanotechnology Department
Bilgenur Kazancıoğlu
Bilge received her undergraduate degree from the Department of Chemistry at Middle East Technical University in January 2024. She joined the Cırpan Research Group in her senior year in the Department of Chemistry and is currently continuing her master’s degree in the MNT department.
M.Sc. Student - Chemistry Department
Sedanur Şahinaslan
Sedanur graduated from Middle East Technical University with a BS degree in chemistry. She began working at Çırpan Research Group in 2022 and she is currently a Masters Student there. Her primary research area of interest is synthesizing conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaic applications and supercapacitors.
Email: sedanursahinaslan@gmail.com
M.Sc. Student - Chemistry Department
Duygu Yalvaç
Duygu received her BS degree in Chemistry at Middle East Technical University. She joined Çırpan Research Group in February 2024. She is currently continuing her master’s degree there.
Undergraduate Researchers
Semih Can Çakmaktepe
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Bahar Eylem Kargın
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Ayşenur Arı
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Dilan Akdeniz
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Elif Pınar Yılmaz
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Esra Yenidoğan
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Metin Akgün
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Ozan Tekin
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Oğuz Yılmaz
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Gülten Yıldırım
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Beyza Ülgül
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Gülden Karaçam
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