Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2002
M.S., Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1998
B.Sc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1996

Work Experience

Faculty member, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hacettepe University , since 2004 (currently professor)
Research fellow, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, 2004.
Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2003.
Graduate research assistant, Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1997-2002.
Intern, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, Whippany, New Jersey (now Alcatel-Lucent) summer 2000.

Honors and Recognition

"Golden paper award", IEEE PacRim 2007 Conference (with Rasit Tutgun)
European Commission FP6 Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (2006)
The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Young Scientist Career Development Grant (2005)
TUBITAK Fellowship for Graduate Studies (1996)