Funding and recognition
Research projects funded by TÜBİTAK, the Istanbul Development Agency and European COST Actions since the lab opened in 2015, and the awards that came with them.
Research projects
- 2024–2026
Polarization-sensitive DHM with singular structured illumination for biomedical applications
TÜBİTAK 2530 Bilateral Cooperation Programme, with NARD (Moldova), project 123N774, budget 1,720,000 TL
- 2020–2024
High-resolution total internal reflection holographic microscopy for the investigation of cellular interfaces
TÜBİTAK 3501 Career Development Programme, project 120F099, budget 580,000 TL
- 2017–2019
Dual-mode and multi-wavelength 3D quantitative phase and fluorescence microscopy
TÜBİTAK 2515 COST Programme, project 116F437, budget 577,000 TL
- 2016–2017
Center for Novel Microscopy Technologies
İSTKA Innovative and Creative Istanbul Programme, budget 1,500,000 TL
- 2015–2017
Holographic micro-factory
TÜBİTAK 2232 Reintegration Fellowship, budget 108,000 TL
European networks
- 2022–2026
PhoBioS: Understanding interaction light – biological surfaces, possibility for new electronic materials and devices
COST Action CA21159. Management Committee member
- 2016
Awards
- 2025
Best poster award, third place, FOTONİK 2025
National Optics, Electro-Optics and Photonics Workshop, Koç University. Awarded to Mohammad M. T. R. Hussein
- 2023
Best poster award, second place, FOTONİK 2023
National Optics, Electro-Optics and Photonics Workshop, Koç University. Awarded to Tuba Oğuz, with Bilal E. Kerman and M. Fatih Toy
- 2021–2024
Outstanding Young Scientist Award (GEBİP)
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
- 2017
Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Turkey
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Turkey