Principle Investigator
Dr. Mustafa Karatok
Mustafa Karatok is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine at Hacettepe University. Dr. Karatok earned his BSc (2010) and MSc (2012) degrees in Chemistry from Ankara University and obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Bilkent University in 2017. Under the supervision of Prof. Emrah Özensoy, his doctoral research focused on investigating oxygen species on model catalysts and their role in selective oxidation reactions. Following his PhD, Dr. Karatok was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University from 2018 to 2022, where he worked with Profs. Cynthia Friend and Bob Madix on bimetallic model surfaces and nanoparticles for selective catalytic reactions.
Team Members
Dr. Eda Özgüven
ozguveneda@gmail.com
Eda earned her BS and MSc degrees in Chemistry from Ankara University, where she also completed her PhD. Her doctoral research focused on developing quantitative analysis methods for smectite minerals in bentonitic clays. At the FunCatLab, she works in the colloid synthesis of bimetallic nanoparticles and their characterization.
Şimal Mirza
eminesimalmirza@hacettepe.edu.tr
Şimal earned her BS and MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering from Ankara University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine at Hacettepe University as a member of the FunCatLab. Her research focuses on developing catalysts for energy-efficient chemical transformations.
Rahime Aybike Koraş
rahimekoras@hacettepe.edu.tr
Aybike earned her BS degree in Genetics and Bioengineering from Alaaddin Keykubat University. She is currently pursuing her MSc degree in Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine at Hacettepe University as a member of the FunCatLab. Her research focuses on the design strategies of bimetallic nanocatalysts.
Çiğdem Sıla Koç
cigdemsilakoc60@gmail.com
Çiğdem is a 3rd year undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering at Hacettepe University. At FunCatLab, she will be working on the photocatalysis project, focusing on the environmental applications of catalytic materials.
Batıkan Serhan Mısırlı
batikanserhan@gmail.com
Batıkan is a 3rd year undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering at Hacettepe University. At FunCatLab, he will be working on the photocatalysis project, focusing on the environmental applications of catalytic materials.
Ece Karatok
Ece is the youngest and most inquisitive member of the team, still actively exploring our research field. She constantly questions why things work the way they do. When not in the lab, she focuses on expanding her expertise in snack chemistry and kinetic playground studies.
Alumni
Sevde Gökalp (2024)
Undergraduate researcher
