We are delighted to share that Prof. Halil Kavaklı, head of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been honored with the 2023 Elginkan Foundation Technology Award. This recognition is attributed to Prof. Kavaklı’s technological approach to increase apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cancer cells by targeting the molecular circadian rhythm.

Prof. Can Erkey, Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been honored with the prestigious The Technology Development Foundation of Türkiye (TTGV) Dr. Akin Cakmakci Award 2023.

The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) announced Young Scientists Award (GEBİP) recipients for 2022. Asst. Prof. Safacan Kölemen, from the Department of Chemistry, has been recognized with this prestigious award.

Prof. Halil Kavaklı, head of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has received the prestigious TÜSEB Aziz Sancar Science Award in 2022, for his outstanding research on DNA repair and circadian rhythm.

From the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Asst. Prof. Member Mehmet Cengiz Onbaşlı received the 2022 TUBITAK Incentive Award for his outstanding work in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Assoc. Prof. Didem Unat received the 2021 ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award, given to mid-career women scientists in the technical and high performance computing communities.