At SUNUM Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, which operates under the scope of Law No. 6550 on Supporting Research Infrastructures, Prof. Alpagut Kara, who has been serving as the acting SUNUM Director since 30.06.2024, has been appointed as the SUNUM Director in person at the Board of Directors meeting on 13.12.2024. As the SUNUM Family, we wish Prof. Alpagut Kara success in his new position.
About Prof. Alpagut Kara
Prof. Alpagut KARA, graduated from Istanbul Technical University/Turkey as a Metallurgical Engineer in 1988. He had his MSc degree in Engineering Ceramics from University of Leeds/UK in 1991. He received his PhD degree from University of Bath/UK in 1999. Since then, he has been working as a lecturer in the department of Materials Science and Engineering of Anadolu University (recently as Eskisehir Technical University)/Turkey. His research activities are in both processing of industrial and advanced ceramics and composites. Up till now, he has published around 100 papers in international and national journals and conferences. He has also been inventor in several national and international patents. Apart from these academic activities, he is one of the co-founders of MDA Advanced Ceramics, a spinoff company, being active in the development of advanced ceramics and composites for ballistic, wear and cutting tool applications since 2004. In addition, he is also the vice president of Turkish Ceramic Society (TSD).
