Bekir Turedi

• Skilled researcher with 9+ years of extensive knowledge in thin film optics, semiconductor materials, and their optoelectronic device applications.
• In-depth experience with thin film deposition and semiconductor material preparation & characterization methods.
• Experienced in designing, simulating, fabricating, and testing photovoltaic devices, photodetectors, and LEDs.
• Proven track record in semiconductor research, aligning with an innovative industry environment.
• Capable of leading complex research projects with extensive cross-functional team experience.
• Hands-on experience with various physical characterization tools.
• Strong foundation in physics and materials science, with solid chemistry knowledge from interdisciplinary research.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills from writing reports, and publications, and delivering presentations at international conferences.
• Experienced in cleanroom environments and familiar with most cleanroom processes.

• Thin Film Fabrication: Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Wet/Dry Etching, Spincoating, Glovebox Utilization, Cleanroom Processes, Photolithography, Fabrication of Solar Cells, Photodetectors, and LEDs
• Material Characterization: X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman Spectroscopy, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Photoluminescence (steady-state, transient, and cryogenic temperatures), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Profilometry, Ellipsometry, Electrical Characterizations
• Synthesis: Wet Chemistry, Crystal Growth, Bridgman-Grown Semiconductors, Melt-Grown Binary/Ternary Compounds, Small Organic Molecule Synthesis
• Data Processing and Simulation Software: Origin, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, Klayout, Lumerical (simulation software for modeling light interaction with materials), Onshape (3D drawing software), Python (familiar)

• Provided mentorship to junior researchers. To date, I have mentored 3 Ph.D. candidates, guided 6 external interns, and assisted 3 internal undergrad students with their research projects.
• Initiated and managed research collaborations with international researchers from Canada, the UK, the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and other countries.
• Voluntarily co-organized a national physics olympiad for high school students, attracting over 150 participants. Responsibilities included overseeing the organization, management, and operational logistics of the event.

Selected Publications (3 out of 25)

• Stable perovskite single-crystal X-ray imaging detectors with single-photon sensitivity, Sakhatskyi, K.; Turedi, B.; et al., Nature Photonics, 2023, 17, 510-517
• Single-Crystal Perovskite Solar Cells Exhibit Close to Half a Millimeter Electron Diffusion Length, Turedi, B.; et al., Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 47, 2202390
• Perovskite Single-Crystal Solar Cells: Going Forward, Turedi, B.; et al., ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 2, 631-642

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=s4VJbn4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Also delivered 6 oral and 1 poster presentations as main presenter in internationally recognized scientific conferences.

• KAUST Ph.D. Fellowship, 08/2015, 07/2021
• Graduate Scholarship, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 09/2013, 12/2015
• Bilkent University Graduate Scholarship, 09/2013, 12/2015
• Undergraduate Scholarship, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 09/2008, 06/2013
• Bilkent University Undergraduate Scholarship, 09/2008, 08/2013

Maksym V. Kovalenko

Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (D-CHAB)

ETH Zürich

8093 Zürich, Switzerland

+41 44 633 4156

mvkovalenko@ethz.ch

Osman M. Bakr

Department of Physical Sciences and Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 23955-6900 

+966 02 808 4439 

osman.bakr@kaust.edu.sa