Ümit Akbey CV Assistant Professor & AIAS COFUND Junior Fellow Education: 2005.08.01 - 2008.11.13: PhD Physical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP), Mainz, Germany. 1999 - 2005: University (B.S.) Bilkent University, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey. 1996 - 1999: High school Aksaray Science High School, Aksaray, Turkey. Professional & Research Experience 2015 – Now: Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) COFUND Junior-Fellow, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 2014 – Now: Assistant Professor, iNANO, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 2014: Visiting Professor, Chemistry Department, IYTE, Izmir, Turkey. 2012: Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. 2012: Visiting Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. (Prof. Shimon Vega Lab.) 2010: Visiting Scientist, MIT, Cambridge, USA. (Prof. Robert G. Griffin Lab.) 2009 - 2014: Research Associate, Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) Berlin, Germany. (Prof. Hartmut Oschkinat Lab.) 2005 - 2008: PhD with Prof. Hans W. Spiess, MPIP, Mainz, Germany. 2004 - 2005: Research with Prof. Margaritha Kantcheva, Bilkent University (2 Semester) 2004: Visiting Student, UIUC, Illinois, USA. (Prof. Eric Oldfield Lab. Summer) 2003: Research with Prof. Sefik Suzer, Bilkent University (1 Semester) 2003: Visiting Student, University of Frankfurt, Germany. (Prof. Harald Schwalbe Lab. Summer) 2002: Research with Prof. Donus Tuncel, Bilkent University (1 Semester) Achievements: - Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies Fellowship, AIAS, Aarhus University, Denmark. (2015) - Assistant Professor, iNano, Aarhus University, Denmark. (2014) - Assistant Professor offer from Chemistry Department, Bilkent University, Turkey. (2012) - Research associate grant from FMP & Deutche-Israili-Project (DIP) funding (2010-2016). - Leibniz Institute research associate funding (2009-2010). - Graduate-Student Travel Award by Rocky Mountain NMR Conference (2008). - PhD scholarship awarded by MPIP (2005-2008). - Travel and Research Grant from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, USA (Summer 2004). - Travel and Research Grant from Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (Summer 2003). - Full scholarship awarded by Bilkent University (1999-2005). - ~2000th most successful student among ~1,500,000 (0.13%) in national university entrance exam (1999). Lectures & Courses: - Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Summer Semester 2009: (Free University Berlin & FMP Berlin) - Practical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Winter Semester 2011: (Department of Physical Chemistry, Free University Berlin) - Seminar Series on “Biological Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy”. Spring Semester 2012: (FMP, Berlin) - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Jointly organized NMR workshop with Bruker 2011: (Koc & Bilkent & IYTE University, Istanbul-Ankara-Izmir, Turkey) - Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Summer Semester 2012: (Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey) - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Jointly organized workshop with Bruker 2013: (UNAM-Bilkent University, Ankara) - NMR Spectroscopy for Functional Materials and Catalysis Applications Lecture Series for the PhD students 2013: (TU, Berlin) - Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Summer Semester 2014: (IYTE, Izmir, Turkey) - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Nano-characterisation 2014: (CAS University, Beijing, China) Talks: - DIP - GDCh MR Meeting, Berlin, Germany. 2014. Invited Speaker Toward High Resolution and Better Efficiency DNP NMR - Greek-Turkish NMR Meeting, Patras, Greece. 2014. Invited Speaker - Organizer Biological Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Application & state of the art - Izmir Institute of High Technology IYTE, Istanbul, Turkey. 2014. Invited Speaker Characterization of functional and biological materials. A solid-state NMR approach - COST DNP Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland. 2014. Towards High Resolution-Sensitivity DNP NMR - 10. NanoTr Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey. 2014. Invited Speaker NMR Spectroscopy & Structure-Dynamics of Nanoparticles - InSpin Meeting, Aarhus, Denmark. 2014. Invited Speaker Structural Biology of Bacterial Amyloids - 2. BAU Drug Design Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. 2014. Invited Speaker NMR Spectroscopy & Structural Biology - ENC NMR Conference, Boston, USA. 2014. Invited Speaker Quadrupole Resonance NMR Spectroscopy & DNP - Danish NMR Meeting, Denmark. 2014 Hyperpolarized NMR of Functional and Biological Materials. - Karolinske Institute Microbilogy Department. Stockholm, Sweden. 2013 NMR Spectroscopy & Structural Biology - Turkish Bruker NMR Workshop, Ankara, Turkey. 2013 Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy of Functional and Biological Materials - Nanobiotechnology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. 2013 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance & Structural Biology - 7. Alpine Conference, Chamonix, France. 2013 Quadruple-Resonance MAS NMR Spectroscopy - 4. DNP Conference, Kopenhagen, Denmark. 2013 Dynamic Nuclear Polarization of Spherical Nanoparticles - East-NMR Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey. 2012 Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Enhanced Solid-State NMR Studies Proteins and Materials. - EUROMAR, Dublin, Ireland. 2012 Solid-State NMR Studies on Deuterated Proteins: Higher Resolution & Better Sensitivity. - iNano Talk, Aarhus, Denmark. 2012 Solid-State NMR Studies on Functional & Biological Materials. - Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey. 2012 Macromolecular Solid-State NMR Research: Application & Method Development. - Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 2012 DNP Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy with Deuterated Proteins. - Bio-NMR Meeting, Berlin, Germany. 2011 Multi-Dimensional NMR Experiments with Deuterated Proteins: How can we get more sensitivity & resolution? - First Turkish Magnetic-Resonance Workshop, Istanbul-Izmir-Ankara, Turkey. 2011 Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Introduction, Theory, and Examples. - EUROMAR, Frankfurt, Germany. 2011 Spin Gymnastics with Deuterated Proteins: Solid-State NMR & DNP - 25. Turkish National Chemistry Congress, Erzurum, Turkey. 2011 Macromolecular Solid-State NMR Research: Application & Method Development - 3. DNP Conference, Lousanne, Switzerland. 2011 High-Field DNP Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy of Proteins in the Solid-State: Application to Deuterated and Protonated Proteins - East-NMR, Istanbul, Turkey. 2010 Supramolecular Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. - Bilkent University & Sabanci University & Izmir High Technology Institute, Turkey. 2010 Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Application and Method Development. - ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland. 2008 High-Resolution MAS NMR studies of proton conductors. - National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Florida, USA. 2008 MAS NMR Studies of Triazole Functional Siloxanes “As Anhydrous Proton Conducting Polymer”. - Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany. 2008 Solid-State NMR studies of some “common” and “not that common” proton conducting polymers. Collaborations: - Prof. Kursat Turgay, University of Hannover, Germany. - Dr. Daniel Lopez, Wurzburg University, Germany. - Prof. Daniel Otzen, iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark. - Prof. Rikke Meyer, iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark. - Prof. Niels C. Nielsen, Dr. Morten Bjerring, iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark. - Prof. Birgitte Nowark, Dr. Sandra Muschiol, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. - Prof. Hartmut Oschkinat, Dr. Peter Schmieder, Dr. Anne Diehl, FMP, Berlin, Germany. Metrics: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=T5N5ARYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao http://apps.webofknowledge.com/Search.do?product=UA&SID=T1WPu7zcunAF2AjVsCN&search_mode=Gene ralSearch&prID=2f47d949-10ba-4d5b-86da-91bed9f9e779 .