Academic Background

• 2016, Associated Professor, Universiteler Arasi Kurul
• 2011, PhD., Astronomy and Physics, University of Iowa
• 2004, BS., Physics Department, Bogazici University

Academic Appointment 

• Since July 2022, Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Dept. of Energy Systems Engineering
• September 2017 - July 2022, Associated Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Dept. of Energy Systems Engineering
• September 2015 - January 2017, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Dept. of Energy Systems Engineering
• 2013-2015, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Physics, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
• 2012-2013, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Astronomy and Physics, University of Iowa

Research Interests

• High Energy Physics
• Exotic Meson Spectroscopy
• Detector R&D
• Complex Data Analysis

Research Projects

• TENMAK, 2023 TENMAK (CERN) A5.H3.F2-03, Researcher, Design of electronic systems in the HGCAL Detector, study of SUEP and the HF online raddam
  system improvement (continue)
• BAP Project, Istanbul Bilgi University, Researcher, Modelling of Core Boil Separation in Pressurised Water Reactors (completed)
• TAEK, 2018 TAEK (CERN) A5.H6.F2-18, Researcher, B-physics, Quark-Gluon Jet Separation and Phase 2 Update Studies at the CMS detector (completed)
• TÜBİTAK, Proje No:117F114, Araştırmacı, SPIRAL2 Radyoaktif Hüzme Deneylerinde NEDA Dizini Kullanımı ve N=Z=50 Civarında ve Ayna Çekirdeklerde İsospin Simetrisi Kırılımı ve Çiftlenmesinin Araştırılması
• TAEK, 2014 TAEK (CERN) A5.H6.F2, Researcher, Data acquisition in the CMS detector, jets, B-physics and detector upgrade studies after the first phase (completed)
• TUBITAK, Project No:113F337, Researcher, Design, Construction and Operation of a Compact Calorimeter Based on Secondary Emission Electrons (completed)
• TUBITAK, Project No:114F215, Researcher, Development of Observability of Exotic Hadrons in High Energy Experiments (completed)
• TUBITAK, 2232 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, Researcher, B Physics Research and Detector Renewal-Development Studies at CMS (completed)

SCI Journal Publications

Selected Articles from CMS experiment

• Development of the CMS detector for the CERN LHC Run 3, By CMS Collaboration, JINST 19 P05064 (2024)
• Performance of the CMS muon trigger system in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV, JINST 16 P07001 (2021)
• Measurement of the Y(1S) pair production cross section and search for resonances decaying to Y(1S)μ+μ- in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV, Physics Letters B 808, 135578 (2020)
• Brightness and uniformity measurements of plastic scintillator tiles at the CERN H2 test beam, By CMS HCAL Collaboration, JINST 13 P01002 (2018)
• Geant4 simulation of a conceptual calorimeter based on secondary electron emission, By F. Ozok, T. Yetkin, E.A. Yetkin, E. Iren and M.N. Erduran, JINST 12 P07014 (2017)
• Observation of the decay B± → ψ(2S)φ(1020)K± in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV, By CMS Collaboration, PLB 764 (2017) 66-86.
• Observation of a peaking structure in the J/ψφ mass spectrum from B± →J/ψφ± decays, By CMS Collaboration, PLB 734 (2014) 261.
• Tests of CMS hadron forward calorimeter upgrade readout box prototype , By CMS HCAL Collaboration, JINST 7 P10015 (2012).
• Quartz plate calorimeter prototype with wavelength shifting fibers, U Akgun, E A Albayrak, G Aydin, W Clarida, F Duru, V Khristenko, A Moeller, J Neuhaus, Y Onel, J Wetzel, D Winn and T Yetkin, JINST 7 P07004 (2012).
• Search for New Physics with Jets and Missing Transverse Momentum in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV , By CMS Collaboration, arXiv:1106.4503, J. High Energy Phys. 08 (2011) 155.
• Study of Various Photomultiplier Tubes with Muon Beams And Cerenkov Light Produced in Electron Showers, CMS HCAL Collaboration (Serguei Chatrchyan et al.), JINST 5 (2010) P06002.
• CMS hadronic endcap calorimeter upgrade studies for SLHC ‘p-terphenyl deposited quartz plate calorimeter prototype’, By Ugur Akgun, Elif A. Albayrak, Gural Aydin, Burak Bilki, Peter Bruecken, Kerem Cankocak, Warren Clarida, Lucien Cremaldi et al. IEEE Tran- s.Nucl.Sci. 57 (2010) 754-759.
• CMS hadronic endcap calorimeter upgrade studies for SLHC Cerenkov light collection from quartz plates, By F. Duru, U. Akgun, E.A. Albayrak, A.S. Ayan, P. Bruecken, E. Nor- beck, J. Olson, Y. Onel et al.. IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci. 55 (2008) 734-740.
• Radiation damage and light transmission studies on air core light guides, By U. Akgun, P. Bruecken, A. S. Ayan, F. Duru, J. Olson, E. A. Albayrak, E. Gulmez, A. Mestvirishvili, Y. Onel, and I. Schmidt, IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci. 53 (2006) 1547-1550.

Conferences and Workshops

• CHEF 2017: Calorimetry for the High Energy Frontier, Lyon, France, "Simulation of secondary emission calorimeter for future colliders" (October 2017)
• TESNAT 2017: 3rd International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Studies in Nuclear Applications and Technology, Adana/Turkey, ”Simulation of secondary emission calorimeter for future colliders”, (May 2017)
• MESON 2014, 13th International Workshop on Production, Properties and Interaction of Mesons, KRAKOW, POLAND, “Heavy Meson Production and Spectroscopy at CMS”, EPJ Web of Conferences 81, 01022 (2014)
• Quarkonium 2014, The International Workshop on Heavy Quarkonium 2014, CERN, Switzerland, “CMS results on quarkonium spectroscopy”, (November 2014)
• IVth International Conference on Hadron Physics TROIA’14, Canakkale, Turkiye, “Observation of Structures in the J/ψφ Mass Spectrum at CMS”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 562 (2014) 012013 (Invited Speaker)
• XXI International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Relates Subjects 2013, Marseille, Japan, “Exotic Quarkonium Spectroscopy and Production”, Proceedings of Science (DIS2013)177
• Turk Fizik Dernegi IX. Uluslararasi Katilimli Parcacik Hizlandiricilari ve Detektorleri Yaz Okulu, Bodrum, Turkiye, “Data Analysis Techniques”, (September 2013)(Invited Speaker)
• Hadron Collider Physics Symposium 2012 (HCP), Kyoto, Japan, “B-hadrons & Heavy Quarkonium: Spectroscopy & Properties”, 2012, EPJ Web Of Conferences 49, 13007 (2013)
• Izmir Yuksek Enerji Fizigi Ve Uygulamalari Calistayi, Izmir, Turkiye, “Physics Analysis With Missing Energy”, (June 2012) (Invited Speaker)
• Technology And Instrumentation In Particle Physics (TIPP), Chicago, IL, USA, “CMS Hadronic Endcap Calorimeter Upgrade R&D Studies”, 2011 (10.1016/j.phpro. 2012.02.370)
• American Physics Society (APS), Washington DC, USA, “Stability in the response of HF-PMT as a function of magnetic field at the HF position, when CMS solenoid field is ramped up to 4T”, 2010.
• American Physics Society (APS) Prairie Meeting, Iowa City, IA, USA, “A Data Driven Method to Estimate High Missing Energy Tail in QCD Events”, 2009.
• American Physics Society (APS) April Meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA, “Detector Effects on Missing Transverse Energy and Missing Transverse Energy Performance in CMS”, 2008.