ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, 2019-
  
• Docent, title conferred by the Council of Higher Education, Turkey, 2016
  
• Temporary Faculty, University of Nevada, Reno, 2015-2019
• Visiting Fellow, ITAMP and Harvard University, Aug-Dec 2014
• Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Nevada, Reno, 2012-2015
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Auburn University, 2009-2012
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kansas State University, 2007-2008
• Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University, 2002-2007

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Physics, Auburn University, August 2007
• M.Sc. in Physics, Auburn University, August 2005 (non-thesis)
• B.Sc. Honors in Physics, Marmara University, June 2002 (summa cum laude)