Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Onur Buyukcakir
İzmir Institute of Technology | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry
Gülbahçe Kampüsü, 35430 Urla - İzmir
Email: onurbuyukcakir@iyte.edu.tr
Biography
I was born in 1983 in Ankara, Turkey. I completed my undergraduate studies (2006) and Master of Science (2008) at Middle East Technical University (METU), focusing on coordination polymers with Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya. I obtained my Ph.D. from Bilkent University (UNAM) in 2013, where I specialized in supramolecular chemistry and molecular-scale logic devices. During my doctoral studies, I spent a year as a visiting scholar at Northwestern University (USA) in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart, collaborating with Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Prof. Lin X. Chen on Cu(I) complexes for solar energy. My postdoctoral tenure at KAIST (South Korea) with Prof. Ali Coskun focused on porous organic materials for gas storage and catalysis. I later served as a Research Fellow and Tenure-track Fellow at IBS-CMCM (South Korea) with Prof. Rodney S. Ruoff before joining IZTECH in 2020.
Education
- Ph.D. Material Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Turkey (2013)
- M.Sc. Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (2008)
- B.S. Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (2006)
Professional Positions
Associate Professor
Feb. 2025 - Present
Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Department of Chemistry
Focus: Functional Polymeric Frameworks, Supramolecular Architectures, Gas & Energy Storage
Assistant Professor
June 2020 - Feb. 2025
Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Department of Chemistry
Tenure Track Research Fellow
June 2019 - June 2020
Institute for Basic Science (IBS), CMCM, UNIST, South Korea
Research Fellow
Jan. 2017 - June 2019
Advisor: Prof. Rodney S. Ruoff | IBS-CMCM, UNIST, South Korea
Postdoctoral Researcher
Sept. 2013 - Jan. 2017
Advisor: Prof. Ali Coskun | KAIST, South Korea
Visiting Scholar
Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2012
Advisor: Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart | Northwestern University, USA