Melik Demirel

Melik Demirel
Born	Melik Cumhur Demirel
Alma mater	Boğaziçi University Carnegie Mellon University
Scientific career
Fields	Materials science
Institutions	Pennsylvania State University
Thesis	Linking experimental characterization and computational modeling in microstructural evolution  (2002)
Doctoral advisor	Anthony Rollett
Website	mri.psu.edu/mri/personnel-directory/mcd18

Melik Cumhur Demirel is a Turkish materials scientist and engineer, who is a Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on theory-driven functional materials synthesis and fabrication for designing novel engineering materials to produce next generation materials for an array of fields including energy, biomedicine, security and defense. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Boğaziçi University. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. ^{[1] [2]}

Publications

• Malvadkar, Niranjan A.; Hancock, Matthew J.; Sekeroglu, Koray; Dressick, Walter J.; Demirel, Melik C. (2010-10-10). "An engineered anisotropic nanofilm with unidirectional wetting properties". Nature Materials. 9 (12). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 1023–1028. Bibcode:2010NatMa...9.1023M. doi:10.1038/nmat2864. ISSN   1476-1122. PMID   20935657.
• Guerette, Paul A; Hoon, Shawn; Seow, Yiqi; Raida, Manfred; Masic, Admir; et al. (2013-09-08). "Accelerating the design of biomimetic materials by integrating RNA-seq with proteomics and materials science". Nature Biotechnology. 31 (10). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 908–915. doi:10.1038/nbt.2671. ISSN   1087-0156. PMID   24013196.
• Demirel, Melik C.; Lesk, Arthur M. (2005-11-10). "Molecular Forces in Antibody Maturation". Physical Review Letters. 95 (20) 208106. American Physical Society (APS). Bibcode:2005PhRvL..95t8106D. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.95.208106. ISSN   0031-9007. PMID   16384106.
• Demirel, M. C.; Kuprat, A. P.; George, D. C.; Rollett, A. D. (2003-01-09). "Bridging Simulations and Experiments in Microstructure Evolution". Physical Review Letters. 90 (1) 016106. American Physical Society (APS). Bibcode:2003PhRvL..90a6106D. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.90.016106. ISSN   0031-9007. PMID   12570632.
• Bahar, Ivet; Atilgan, Ali Rana; Demirel, Melik C.; Erman, Burak (1998-03-23). "Vibrational Dynamics of Folded Proteins: Significance of Slow and Fast Motions in Relation to Function and Stability". Physical Review Letters. 80 (12). American Physical Society (APS): 2733–2736. Bibcode:1998PhRvL..80.2733B. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.80.2733. ISSN   0031-9007.

References

1. "Engineering, Science and Mechanics People Directory". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
2. "Bioinspired protein creates stretchable 2D layered materials". sciencedaily.com. Pennsylvania State University. July 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-24. Researchers rarely reported this interface property for the bone and nacre because it was difficult to measure experimentally," said Melik Demirel, Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Biomimetic Materials and director of the Center for Advanced Fiber Technologies, Penn State

External links

• Official website at Penn State