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