Volkan Ediz
Contact Address
Ph.D. Candidate at the Chemistry Department
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
E-mail: vediz[dot]andrew[dot]cmu[dot]edu
Education
- 2010 (expected) Carnegie Mellon University, Ph.D. in Chemistry
- 2007 Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. in Chemistry
- 2004 Koc University, B.S. in Chemistry
Awards and Honors
- Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2009
- Summer school invitation from ICYS-ICMR in Japan, 2006
- SURP at Virginia Tech: Summer 2003
- Study trip scholarship from FIAT, 2001
- Full scholarship from Koç University, 1999-2004
Work Experience
- 2000-2004 Koc University, Istanbul: Research Assistant in Polymer Chem. Labs. under supervision of Dr. Iskender Yilgor
- 2003 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA: Research Assistant in Theoretical Chem. under supervision of Dr. Daniel Crawford
- 2003-2004 Koc University, Istanbul : Lab Assistant in Instrumental Anal. Lab
- 2004 Koc University, Istanbuk: Lab Assistant in Physical Chem. Lab
- 2004 Carnegie Mellon University: Course Assistant of Instrumental Anal.
- 2005 Carnegie Mellon University: Lab Assistant in Organic Chem.Lab
- 2005 Carnegie Mellon University: Lab Assistant in Lab I: Introduction to Chemical Anal.
- 2006 Carnegie Mellon University: Teaching Assistant, Physical Chemistry
- 2005-2010 Carnegie Mellon University: Research Assistant in Theoretical Chem under supervision of Dr. David Yaron
Professional Skills/Experience
- Languages
- Turkish (native)
- German (fluent)
- Italian(intermediate)
- Computer skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Windows, Unix, Mac
- Programming in C++, Matlab, and Fortran
- QM/MM calculation packages (G03, Hyperchem, Ampac, Cerius)
- Laboratory skills
- Hands on experience on polymer synthesis
- FTIR spectroscopy
- UV-Visible spectroscopy
- Viscometry
- DSC and other thermal analysis techniques
- Contact angle goniometry
- Stress-strain tests
- Atomic Absorption spectroscopy
Publications
- Ediz, V., Monda, A.C., Brown, R.B., Yaron, D., Using molecular similarity to develop reliable models of chemical reactions in complex environments, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2009, 5 (12), pp 3175–3184
- 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 (to be submitted to JPC)
- 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