People and Visitors
Ali Serpengüzel, Ph.D., Principal Investigator.
Adnan Kurt, Consultant.
Nesrin Atag, Faculty Secretary.
Ersin Hüseyinoglu, worked on Silicon Microspheres at Koç.
Huzeyfe Yilmaz, Ph.D. student in Micro/Nano Photonics
Research Laboratory, Department of Physics,
University of Washington, St. Louis, Missouri,
worked on silicon microspheres at Koç.
Hasan Yilmaz, Ph.D. student in Complex Photonic Systems,
MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
Dept. Science & Technol. University of Twente,
Netherlands, worked on Si Microspheres at Koç.
Mohammed Sharif Murib, Ph.D. student in Department of Physics,
Hasselt University, Belgium,
worked on Si Microspheres at Koç.
Emre Yüce, Ph.D. student in Complex Photonic Systems,
MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
Dept. Science & Technol. University of Twente,
Netherlands, worked on Si Microspheres at Koç.
Ulas Kemal Ayaz, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
worked on Silicon Microspheres at Koç.
Onur Akatlar,
working in private sector,
worked on Silicon Microspheres at Koç.

Abdullah
Demir, Researcher at JDSU, California,
Ph.D. in Optics, UCF, Orlando, Florida,
USA,
worked on
Dielectric Microspheres at Koç.

Ibrahim
Inanç, Ph.D.
student at Materials Sciences
and Engineering
Department,
Sabanci
University, Istanbul, Turkey
worked on Black Silicon
at Koç.

Yigit Ozan
Yilmaz, Researcher at Intel Photonics Labs, California, USA
Ph.D. in Optics, UNC, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
worked on
Silicon Microspheres
at Koç.
Temel
Bilici, Ph.D. student at Biomedical
Engineering Dept,
Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
worked on Dielectric Microspheres at
Koç.

Senol
Isçi, Ph.D.
student at Biomedical
Engineering Dept,
Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
worked on Dielectric Microspheres
at Koç.
Florent Lyphout, B.S. Student, ENSSAT,
Lannion, France
Summer 2010, Koç University sponsored visit
worked on
liquid crystal devices at Koç.

Barry Masters, Ph.D.,
Department of Biological Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Spring 2010, OSA sponsored visit to Turkey.
Brad Augstein, Ph.D. Student, University College London,
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Summer 2008, IAESTE sponsored visit
worked on
dielectric microspheres at Koç.
Randy Park, Ph.D., Randy Park Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Fall 2006, OSA sponspored visit
collaborated on Optical Communication
and Professional Speaking at Koç.
Alexander Pevtsov,
Ph.D., Ioffe Physico-Technical Inst, St. Petersburg, Russia,
Fall 2005,
EC-PHOREMOST sponsored visit
collaborated on Erbium doped microcavities at Koç.
Graham Thursby,
Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK,
Summer 2005,
EC-NEMO sponsored visit
collaborated on Fiber Couplers at Koç.
Mathias Reufer, Ph.D. Student, University of
Fribourg,
Summer 2005, IAESTE sponsored visit
worked on
Dielectric Microspheres at Koç.

Robert E. Fischer, President, Optics
1, Past President, SPIE,
Fall 2004, OSA sponsored visit
collaborated on Optical System Design at Koç.
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Anthony E. Siegman, McMurtry Professor of Engineering, Emeritus,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA,
Spring 2002, OSA sponsored visit
collaborated on optical resonators at Koç.