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ABOUT
Turkish
American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) is an
independent, non-profit and non-political organization established in
June 2004 in Washington, DC.
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TASSA
INSTITUTIONAL
MEMBERS
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TASSA
2016 CONFERENCE SPONSORS
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TASSA '16 Conference was held in Chicago
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TASSA'16 Conference was held on April
2-3, 2016 at the Charles M. Harper Center at the University of
Chicago, and was a great success thanks to the 384 attendees who
braved the cold, snowy Chicago weather. The hospitality of the Booth
School of Business gave the conference a much warmer atmosphere
indoors. We were also lucky to have esteemed speakers like the 2015
Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Aziz Sancar, and two newly named members of
the National Academy of Medicine; Murat Gunel and Serdar E. Bulun,
which also emphasize the rightful recognition of TASSA members for
their world class research.
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TASSA
Announces two new awards:
Aziz Sancar and
Kenan Sahin Awards
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 In 2014 TASSA launched a very successful young
scholar awards program that aims to recognize and honor the
achievements of young Turkish American scientists and scholars, and
since the beginning of this program approximately twenty awards have
been given out, covering a broad spectrum of fields and early career
stages, including junior faculty, postdoctoral scholars and graduate
students, all under the age of 35.
At the last TASSA meeting in Chicago, two new
awards were announced, namely the Aziz Sancar and Kenan Sahin Awards,
to strengthen TASSA's commitment to this exciting Young Scholar
Awards Program. Both Aziz Sancar and Kenan Sahin are inspirational
leaders and long term supporters of TASSA, and through these new
awards their prestigious legacy will continue to inspire, motivate
and honor the very best of the next generation of scientists,
scholars, engineers and entrepreneurs.
TASSA is asking its members to nominate outstanding
scientists to these prestigious awards, which will be presented for
the first time at the 2018 TASSA Conference.
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TASSA
'16 Proudly Presents Young Scholar Award Winners
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In 2014, TASSA launched a new award
to recognize and honor the achievements of young Turkish American
scientists and scholars, namely the TASSA Young Scholar Awards.
Since then TASSA has been committed to have this Young Scholar Awards
program as the signature event of each TASSA general meeting, and in
the 2016 TASSA Conference in April, nine junior scholars were
announced as the 2016 winners of this prestigious award among
approximately 170 highly qualified applications, each under the age
of 35.
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Students
and Postdocs Showcased Their Projects
During TASSA '16 Poster Session
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The poster session of TASSA 2016 Conference was held
at Charles M.
Harper Center, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
April 2, 2016. The aim of TASSA 2016 poster session was to establish a
convenient platform where young and experienced scientists from
Turkey and the US could develop new collaborative initiatives,
exchange ideas and knowledge, and explore new possibilities. Building
on this idea, we developed this casual forum for researchers and institutions.
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Job Fair a success during TASSA '16 Conference
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 During
TASSA's 2016 Conference on April 2nd and 3rd, a
job fair was held with the participation of 13 institutions. A
detailed Job Fair report was published on TASSA's website. A large
number of graduate students, researchers, post-docs had an
opportunity to be interviewed by the participating institutions on
site. Even though we do not have an exact number, we believe that
about 100 interviews were conducted during the two days of the
conference. Each institution was assigned a room to conduct private
interview with the students who applied. In addition, several
universities had informational meetings addressing to groups of
students who are interested.
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A Special Concert was held on the opening day of
TASSA '16 Conference
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A special concert took place at the Chicago Theological
Seminary on the opening day of the TASSA'16 conference. The classical
music concert was performed by Hasan Yener (Baritone) and Yesim
Alkaya Yener (Piano) which flew in from Ankara. Yener couple added a
much appreciated artistic touch to the TASSA'16 conference by
performing a variety of pieces from Brahms to Zeybek
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TASSA '16
Young Scholar
Award
Winners
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Junior Faculty
Level
Erol
Akçay
Assistant
Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Ayse
Asatekin
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological
Engineering Department, Tufts University
Alper
Erturk
Assistant Professor,
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech
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Postdoctoral
Scholar / Scientist Level
Eda
Isil Altiok
Associate
Scientist,
Exponent, Inc.
San Francisco,
California
Gokhan
Barin
Miller
Research Fellow,
Department of Chemistry
and Miller Institute for
Basic Research in Science,
University of California, Berkeley
Tuncay
Özel
Postdoctoral
Fellow in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, Harvard
University
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Graduate
Student Level
Tara
Zeynep Baris
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
Selman
Erol
Penn Economics,
University of Pennsylvania
Basak
Guler
Wireless
Communications and Networking Laboratory, Department of Electrical
Engineering, Pennsylvania
State University
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