Volkan Ediz

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Contact Address

PhD Student at the Chemistry Department
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

To get in touch via e-mail: vediz[dot]andrew[dot]cmu[dot]edu

Advisor:

  • Prof. David Yaron

    • Research:

  • See my CV for further details!

    • Recent work:

  • Ediz, V., Monda, A.C., Yaron, D., Using data mining algorithms to extract polarizable solvent models from quantum chemical data, Abstract of Papers, submitted to 236th ACS National Meeting, Philedelphia, PA, Au gust 17-21, 2008

  • Ediz, V., Sung, W.C., Shrecengost, E., Armitage, B.A., Yaron, D., Design of fluorogenic dyes by engineering of torsional potentials via steric interactions (in preparation)

  • Ediz, V., Lee, J.L., Armitage, B.A., Yaron, D., Molecular engineering of torsional potentials in fluorogenic dyes via electronic substituent effects, J. Phys. Chem. A, web released, 2008

  • Yaron, D., Ediz, V., Lee, J.L., Silva, G., Armitage, B.A., Computational modeling and design of fluorescent dyes for bioimaging, Abstract of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007

  • Lee, J.L., Ediz, V., Silva, G., Armitage B.A., Yaron, D., Computational modeling of cyanine dyes for bioimaging, Abstract of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007

  • Silva, G., Ediz, V., Armitage, B.A., Yaron, D., Experimental and Computational Investigation of Unsymmetrical Cyanine Dyes: Understanding Torsionally Responsive Fluorogenic Dyes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 (17), 5710 -5718, 2007

  • Ediz, V., Yaron, D., Computational studies of excitons in carbon nanotubes, Abstract of Papers, 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2006

  • Ediz, V., Yaron, D., Computational studies of excitons in carbon nanotubes, ICYS-ICMR Summer School, Tsukuba, Japan, July, 2006

  • Yilgor, I., Atilla, G. E., Ediz, V., Yilgor, E., Yurtsever, E., Understanding the hydrogen bonding in polyurethanes: Quantum mechanical calculations and experimental studies on model systems, Abstract of Papers, 25th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, March 23-27, 2003

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    About me

    Born in Istanbul, Turkey. Graduated from Cagaloglu Anatolian High School (1999) and Koc University (Dept. of Chemistry, 2004).