Education📚
PhD, Chemistry: Bursa Uludağ University, 2013-2018Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rahmiye AYDIN Thesis Title: Synthesis, Characterization, DNA/Protein Interactions and Investigation of Biological Activities of Copper(II) And Palladium(II) Ions Complexes with Phenanthroline Derivatives And Amino AcidsMSc, Chemistry: Bursa Uludağ University, 2010-2013Thesis Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rahmiye AYDIN Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Complexes Formed with Copper(II) Ion of L-Amino Acids and Aromatic Diimines and Investigation of Their Stability Constants and DNA Interaction Bachelor, Chemistry: Bursa Uludağ University, 2005-2009
Research Areas🔬
Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Amino Acids, Schiff bases, New drug design and characterization (elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR, ESI-MS, Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis), potentiometry, spectroscopy, Investigation of the behavior of drug active substances in aqueous solution, Interactions of metal complexes and ligands (drugs, etc.) with biomacromolecules (DNA, protein, enzyme etc.), antioxidant, anticancer and antidiabetic activity, molecular docking.
Academic and Administrative experience👩🏫
Associate Professor: Bursa Uludağ University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 2022-Associate Professor: Kocaeli University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 2021-2022Assistant Professor: Kocaeli University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 2020-2021
Advising Theses🎓
Büşra Gültekin, MSc Thesis title: Investigation of Copper(II) Complexes Containing Amino Acid Schiff Base And Phenanthroline Derivative. End date: 22.06.2023
Scholarships and awards 🏆
Best performance academic success in 2021, Certificate of Appreciation, Kocaeli University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2022. Best Doctoral Thesis Award, Bursa Uludağ University, Institute of Science, 2018. TÜBİTAK 2211-C Domestic Priority Areas Doctoral Scholarship Programs, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), 2015-2018 PhD Scholarship, Türk Eğitim Vakfı, 2013-2015