Young Scientist Profiles
TASSA interviews with select young Turkish American Scientists and Scholars
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The young scholar profile: Beste MutluIn every issue of The Bridge, we highlight a young scholar profile from our diaspora. These accomplished and early career individuals demonstrate the potential of next generation Turkish-American scientists and scholars. full story |
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Young Scientist of the Month, Can BayramWould you please tell us about yourself and your journey that led you to become a scholar. Born to a family of teachers, I was immersed in outside-the-classroom learning experiences growing up. full story |
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Young Scientist of the Month: Emre Ozkumur1) Would you please tell us about yourself and your journey that led you to become a scholar. I have always had interest on how new technology is used, or often created, to solve existing problems. Growing up, reading a book was a rather boring activity whereas opening up the broken walkman was a lot of fun. full story |
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Young Scientist of the Month: Funda Durupinar BaburMy journey to become a computer scientist started early in my life. I was inclined towards math and science. That and my fascination with video games –not just playing them but understanding their design and graphics steered me towards the decision to study computer engineering as a major. full story |
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Young Scientist of the Month: Onur Mudanyali1) Would you please tell us about yourself and your journey that led to become a scholar? When I was around 4, my dad started to teach me simple math and physics basics as if we were playing games. full story |
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Young Scientist of the Month: Serdar Abaci1) Would you please tell us about yourself and your journey that led you to become a scholar. In Turkey I attended a vocational high school, majoring in computer hardware. At the time the graduates of vocational high schools were allowed to attend only Schools of Education afterwards. full story |
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Young Scientist of the Month: Çağlar Girit1) Would you please tell us about yourself and your journey that led you to become a scholar? When I was a boy my father would take me to his lab in the physics department at Princeton University.In the hangar-like building that housed his experiment to detect neutrinos, he would fill his dilution refrigerator with liquid helium. full story |
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Young Scholar Interview with Dr. Ahmet CoskunDr. Coskun is currently an Instructor of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Coskun has been working with Prof. Garry Nolan as a faculty member at Stanford University. full story |
Young Scientists Profile: Conversation with Gizem DönmezGizem Dönmez: I graduated from ODTU (Middle East Technical University) Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in 2000. Then, I did my M.Sc and PhD in Gottingen Germany at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry on Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Then, I came to MIT in 2007 and continued with my postdoctoral studies. full story |
Young Scientists Profile: Conversation with Ayse Kivilcim CoskunI am currently an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boston University. I have started my current position in 2009. My undergraduate major was microelectronics engineering and I received my BS degree in Sabanci University. My interest in electronics was initially rooted in my general interest in math and physics. Sabanci University has a system similar to the schools in the US, where students do not have to declare their major until the end of the sophomore year. Looking back, I believe I selected electronics engineering because I liked the classes and ... full story |
Young Scientist of the Month: Zeynep Madak ErdoganIt was the third year of middle school when I heard about the Molecular Biology and Genetics department in Bilkent University and the studies on cancer that were going on in the department. full story |
Young Scientist of the Month: Emrah TurgutI am Emrah Turgut, working as a third-year postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on chiral magnetic materials. full story |