Asst. Prof. Kemal Yıldız of the Department of Economics has been recognized by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). Dr. Yıldız received a 2022 TÜBİTAK Incentive Award for his outstanding work in the field of economic theory in the areas of game theory and mechanism design, boundedly[Read More…]
Research
Recent Publication by Ece Göztepe
Prof. Ece Göztepe’s new co-authored book, “The Constitutional Court of Turkey: Between Legal and Political Reasoning,” has been published by Nomos Verlag in Germany. As described in the publisher’s website, the 721-page volume is “an interdisciplinary study [that] portrays the Constitutional Court of Turkey, which has asserted itself for 60[Read More…]
Asst. Prof. Fatih İnci Named Scientist of the Year
Asst. Prof. Fatih İnci has received the Scientist of the Year award from the Science Heroes Association. This award is given to scientists who contribute to the fields of basic sciences and engineering at an international level and lead the way in increasing the visibility and development of these fields[Read More…]
EU Horizon Approves Halt-Ronin Grant
Bilkent University is a beneficiary of the Halt-RONIN grant, an EU Horizon project funded with over 6 million euros. Fifteen European institutions and three UK partners participate in this project, which is coordinated by Prof. Javier Cubero (Complutense University of Madrid). The project is based on the identification of biomarkers[Read More…]
Hüseyin Can Aksoy Named One of Turkey’s “Ten Outstanding Young Persons”
Asst. Prof. Hüseyin Can Aksoy of the Faculty of Law has been named this year’s Outstanding Young Person in the field of “Politics, Law and Public Administration.” The award is from the Turkish branch of Junior Chamber International (JCI), an international non-profit organization with more than 200,000 members in over[Read More…]
Book on Migration Law Published
“European and International Migration Law,” edited by Asst. Prof. Gülüm Özçelik (LAW) and PhD student Elçin Aktan (LAW), has been published by Yetkin Publishing. The book, which Dr. Özçelik worked on between 2019 and 2022, is an outcome of her Jean Monnet Module on European and International Migration Law. It[Read More…]
Bilkent Ranked Most Successful Turkish Research Institution in Horizon Europe
Bilkent University has ranked first in the “Most Successful Turkish Research Institutions” list, based on the amount of funding it has received from Horizon Europe projects. As of today, Bilkent University has signed contracts with ten Horizon Europe projects with a budget of 7.45 million EUR. Bilkent coordinates eight of[Read More…]
Emrah Özensoy Wins Sedat Simavi Science Award
Prof. Emrah Özensoy, chair of the Department of Chemistry, has won the 2022 Sedat Simavi Foundation Science Award for his work “Unraveling Molecular Fingerprints of Catalytic Sulfur Poisoning at the Nanometer Scale with Near-Field Infrared Spectroscopy.” The study was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the leading[Read More…]
Grad Students Win Best Poster Award
PhD student Mohammed Alkhaled and MSc student Batuhan Emre Kaynak from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Hanay Research Group have received the best poster award in their field at MNE-ES 2022. MNE-ES is one of the most important conferences in the field of micro/nano fabrication. This year’s conference was[Read More…]
Study on Infection Detection Strategies
Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) Faculty Member Asst. Prof. Urartu Şeker and his team published an article entitled “A Genetically Engineered Biofilm Material for SARS-CoV-2 Capturing and Isolation.” The study was conducted with a focus on infection detection strategies, especially for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Accordingly,[Read More…]