
Hasan Yılmaz
Principal Investigator (PI)
E-mail: hasan.yilmaz@unam.bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 80 79
Office: Advanced Research Laboratories (ARL) Z02
Education
Ph.D. Applied Physics, University of Twente, The Netherlands (2015)
Worked with: Prof. Allard P. Mosk (Ph.D. Thesis Advisor), Prof. Willem L. Vos, Prof. Ad Lagendijk, Prof. Jacopo Bertolotti, Prof. Pepijn W. H. Pinkse
M.Sc. Materials Science & Engineering, Koç University, Turkey (2011)
Worked with: Prof. Ali Serpengüzel (M.Sc. Thesis Advisor), Prof. Oğuzhan Gürlü
B.Sc. Physics Engineering, İstanbul Technical University, Turkey (2008)
Worked with: Prof. Oğuzhan Gürlü (B.Sc. Thesis Advisor)
Appointments
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (Nov. 2020 – Present)
Associate Research Scientist at the Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, USA (Jan. 2020 – Oct. 2020)
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, USA (Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2019)
Worked with: Prof. Hui Cao, Prof. Stefan Rotter, Prof. Joerg Bewersdorf, Prof. Nir Davidson, Prof. Asher A. Friesem, Prof. Alexey Yamilov, Prof. Chia Wei (Wade) Hsu, Prof. Arthur Goetschy, Dr. Nicholas Bender, Dr. Yaniv Eliezer, Dr. Stefan Bittner, Dr. Wen Xiong
Postdoctoral Researcher at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The Netherlands (July 2015 – Dec. 2015)

Hakan Alıcı
Ph.D. Student Researcher
E-mail: hakan.alici@bilkent.edu.tr
Education
Ph.D. Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2025 – Present)
M.Sc. Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2023 – 2025)
B.Sc. Physics, Bilkent University, Turkey (2023)

Elif Sünnetci
M.Sc. Student Researcher
E-mail: elif.sunnetci@bilkent.edu.tr
Education
M.Sc. Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2023 – Present)
B.Sc. Physics, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey (2023)

Abdullah Serhan Başdemirci
M.Sc. Student Researcher
E-mail: serhan@bilkent.edu.tr
Education
M.Sc. Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2024 – Present)
B.Sc. Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, TOBB ETU, Turkey (2024)
Alumni
Hakan Alıcı
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2025-Present)
Education:
M.Sc. Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2025)
B.Sc. Physics, Bilkent University, Turkey (2023)
Amna Ammar
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Physics, University of Twente, Netherlands (2025 – Present)
Education:
M.Sc. Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2025)
B.Sc. Electrical (Electronics) Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan (2022)
Sarp Feykun Şener
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Quantum Engineering, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (2024 – Present)
Education: B.Sc. Physics, Bilkent University, Turkey (2024)
Mert Ercan
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Physics, Yale University, USA (2023 – Present)
Education: B.Sc. Physics, Bilkent University, Turkey (2023)