About me:                                                                
"As an Electrochemical Quantum Materials Technologist, I have three years of post-doctoral experience having researched/collaborated at National Graphene Institute (NGI), University of Manchester, Lancaster University, UK, Rice University, USA, Ankara University, Turkey and Jiangsu University, China - designing 2D materials for developing electrochemical systems. So far three research grants (one under my direct investigation), one patent (applied), six journal publications with 20 international conference presentations (USA, UK, Brazil, Canada, Holland and Spain) were attained, in addition to fellowship programmes supporting my teaching, outreaching (TEDx talks and invited lectures) and entrepreneurial activities. Love horse riding across the country side and practice fencing in my free time".
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Academic pathway:
  • September 2017: PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.                                                             Thesis Title: "Engineering the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of direct methanol                                       fuel cells using novel graphene architecture" (Download Link)                                                                         - Dean's doctoral researcher, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science.           ​
Research project experience:
  • Materials for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) using graphene in PhD, - Part of “Graphene based membranes” project awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to the University of Manchester around £ 3 million (Project reference: EP/K016946/1), (Principal Investigator: Prof. Peter M. Budd).
  • Electrochemical saccharide sensor using poly 2, 5 dimethoxy aniline (PDMA) as a newly functionalized polymer support.
  • Effect of strain rate on the behaviour of stainless steels in chloride medium.
  • Microstructural and elemental characterization through spectroscopic techniques: x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), fourier transform - infrared (FT-IR), ultra violet (UV)-Visible and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
Awards and academic achievements:
  • Research led to winning "Adventurers in Energy research" and "Innovate UK" grants worth half-a-milion GBP.
  • 'Young Chemical Engineer of the Year 2017' by IChemE (Instituition of Chemical Engineers UK), IMechE and IET.
  • Doctoral researcher award (nomination) by Association of British Turkish Academics (ABTA).
  • ‘Letter of appreciation’ by Prof. Matthew Lambon Ralph (Director of Manchester doctoral college) and Dr Ann Webb (Dean of Graduate Education), University of Manchester for enhanced performance in research, teaching and outreaching.   
  • Associate teaching fellowship from Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK.
  • ‘Inspirational speaker award’ by Young Malaysian Engineers’ society, Manchester, UK.
  • Article cited as one of hottest paper among 30 research publications in Wiley.
  • Dean's doctoral fellowship for pursuing PhD research.
  • ​Selected as one of the candidates across the globe for presenting my research work in Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • ​Awarded student member of Electrochemical Society (ECS), USA.​
  • Project shortlisted for Engineering YES (Young Entrepreneurs Scheme) competition (2013), a business plan contest for Engineering PhD and postdoctoral researchers in United Kingdom.
  • Third Prize for best poster in "Use of graphene systems in fuel cells" organized by Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.
  • ​Alison-Uttley award from  Ashburne committee (University of Manchester), for academic achievements.​​