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Hilmi Volkan Demir
 
Assistant Professor of Physics
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Associate Director of Nanotechnology Research Center
Bilkent University
 
I am the Principal Investigator of the Devices and Sensors Research Group at Bilkent University. I am working at Nanotechnology Research Center and Advanced Research Laboratory, where my research group and labs are located.
 
Devices and Sensors Research Group at Bilkent:
In my group, our research focus is to develop and demonsrate innovative chip-scale opto-electronic, nanophotonic, and RF devices and sensors embedded with nanostructures in hybrid architectures for the applications of lighting, displays, communications, imaging, alternative energy, sensing, and environmental decontamination.
 
Research team and funding:

Our research group consists of 15+ research students and researchers from different disciplines and background including physics, applied physics, electrical engineering, material science, and chemistry. Our research work is supported by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) [4], TUBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) [1], ESF (European Science Foundation) [1], European Union [2], NATO [2], and industrial [2] programs and projects.

Dr. Demir is an awardee of EURYI (European Young Investigator Award) and TUBA-GEBIP (Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award). The Demir Group is also a member of European Union PhOREMOST Network of Excellence on Nanophotonics.

 
Positions available:

Please contact Dr. Demir for post-doc and Ph.D. positions available through European and TUBITAK projects.

 
Our current research projects and interests include:
  • Hybrid nanophotonic devices
  • Nanocrystal and nanoparticle embedded optoelectronic nanodevices
  • UV and visible (blue) quantum modulators and white LEDs (InAlGaN)
  • Ultrafast photonic switching devices
  • High-performance optoelectronic sensors
  • Physics and applications of quantum confined structures
  • Novel bio-implant sensors