Hilmi Volkan Demir received his B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University (one of the top ranking engineering schools in Turkey) in 1998, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, CA, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. He received his Docent title (assoc. prof.) in optics and photonics from the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YOK) in 2007. Since September 2004, he has been working as a faculty member at Bilkent University (his alma mater), where he presently holds joint appointments as an Associate Professor at Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Physics Department, and Materials Science and Nanotechnology Graduate Program. He is also a member of UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center (nanomaterial growth and synthesis, nanofabrication, nanocharacterization), UMRAM - National Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Center (bioimplant metamaterials), and the Advanced Research Laboratory (device fabrication and testing).

At Bilkent, he is the Principle Investigator of the Demir Research Group, and the Founding Director of the Devices and Sensors Research Lab. His current scientific research interests and projects include the development and demonstration of high-quality solid state lighting using nanophosphors, high spectral efficiency photovoltaics using semiconductor quantum dot nanocrystals, nonradiative energy transfer driven devices, plasmonic devices, biomimetic optoelectronic devices, and bioimplant metamaterial sensors. He has published over 130 research articles in major peer-reviewed scientific journals (over 55) and conferences (over 75), presented more than 100 invited lectures, invited seminars, and invited conference talks around the world, and has over 15 patents at various stages of the process. He is the Founding Partner of a nanotechnology startup company, Innovnano, which is now turned into Innovcoat as a joint venture in Europe. He is a partner of European Union FP7 Nanophotonics4Energy Network of Excellence (N4E NoE) and the PI of N4E NoE at Bilkent.

Dr. Demir is a winner of 2007 ESF-EURYI Award (European Science Foundation European Young Investigator Award). He is also a recipient of 2009 TUBITAK-TESVIK Award (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council Young Scientist Award), 2008 Parlar Foundation Young Scientist Award, 2006 TUBA-GEBIP Award (Turkish National Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award), and 2005 European Union Marie Curie Fellowship Award. He is recognized with two of The Outstanding Young Persons Awards (TOYP Awards) of Junior Chamber International (JCI International Federation of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs), 2006 JCI Turkey First Prize and 2007 JCI World First Prize in academic achievement and leadership as a young scientist. He serves as European Union FP7 National Expert in information and communication technologies (ICT), NATO National Technical Member in nanotechnology, a member of Advisory Board of Bilkent University Library, and an Editorial Board Member of TUBITAK. He is currently the Chair of IEEE Photonics Society Turkish Chapter. He is a member of the professional societies of OSA, IEEE, and SPIE and the alumni associations of Stanford University, Bilkent University, and Ankara Science High School.

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