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İsmail Fidan

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry

Education

PhD, Organic Chemistry, Gebze Technical University, 2017-?  

MSc, Organic Chemistry, Yıldız Technical University, 2006-?

BSc, Chemistry, Karadeniz Technical University, 2004-?

Work Experience

  • Researcher, Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research & Application Center (SUNUM), 2023 - Present
  • Project Researcher, Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research & Application Center (SUNUM), 2021-2023
  • R&D Manager, Kale Kimya Group, 2021-?
  • Team Leader / Process Developer, Atabay Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals Inc., 2020-2021
  • Project Manager / Synthesis Specialist, RS Research @Boğaziçi University, 2018-2019
  • Second-Lieutenant / Contract Specialist, Gendarmerie General Command, 2017-2018
  • Visiting Researcher, University of Victoria, 2011-2013
  • Specialist, Yıldız Technical University, 2010-2011

Research Interests

  • Synthetic organic chemistry
  • Natural and synthetic pigments
  • The bio-based resources for industrial applications
  • Development of the graphene-based sensor technologies.
  • Development of the surfactants for detergent-cosmetic industry.
  • Development of chemical processes for the scale-up of APIs and their intermediates.
  • Pilot-scale and industrial production of APIs.
  • Development and pilot-scale production of targeted drug delivery systems based on polymeric and micellar platforms.
  • Solid and solution phase synthesis of linear/cyclic peptides and small molecules.
  • Design and multi-step synthesis of nitronyl nitroxide based stable organic radicals as electrode-active materials for fully plastic batteries.
  • Development of porphyrin and phthalocyanine based architectures for such applications; sensors, photodynamic therapies, pigments.
  • Structural, electrochemical, and chromatographic characterisation of organic molecules.
  • Surface science
  • Coatings
  • Adhesives
  • Resins
  • Magnetic materials
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Lubricants

Last 5 Publications

  • Fidan, İ, Önal E., Hirel C., (2021). Nitroxide radicals appended to phthalonitriles: synthesis, structural characterization and photophysical properties. Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry, 77, 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053229621001832.
  • Önal E, Fidan, İ, Luneau D., Hirel C. (2019). Through the Challenging Synthesis of Tetraphenylporphyrin Derivatives Bearing Nitroxide Moieties. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 23, 584-588. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424619500500
  • Ateş Türkmen T, Zeng L.,Cui Y., Fidan, İ, Dumoulin F., Hirel C.,Zorlu Y., Ahsen V., Chernonosov A..A., Chumakov Y., Kadish K.M., Gürek A.G., Tokdemir Öztürk S. (2018). Effect of substitution pattern (peripheral vs non-peripheral) on the spectroscopic, electrochemical and magnetic properties of octahexylsulfanyl Cu phthalocyanines. Inorganic Chemistry, 57, 6456-6465. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00528
  • İşçi Ü., Topal S.Z., Önal E., Fidan, İ., Berber S., Ahsen V., Parejo C., Sastre-Santos A., Dumoulin F. (2018). Synthesis and characterization of a new meso-tetra-dihydrobenzo cyclo but acenaphthylene free base porphyrin. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 22, 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424618500062
  • Fidan, İ., Luneau D., Ahsen V., Hirel C. (2018). Revisiting the Ullman’s Radical Chemistry for Phthalocyanine Derivatives. Chemistry A European Journal, 24, 5359-5365. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704903

Awards

  • TUBITAK 2247-C STAR Post-Doc Scholarship (2020)
  • Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, 13th JungChemikerForum-Fruehjahrssymposium, Fond der Chemischen Industrie Travel Grant (2011)
  • TUBITAK 2214-A International Research Fellowship Programme for PhD Students (2011)