Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM)

Doctorate: Applied Physics

2015-2020 PhD in Applied Physics, Ajou University, Republic of Korea

2010-2012 MPhil in Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

2008-2010 MSc in Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

2024~ Researcher in Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Istanbul, Türkiye

2021-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher in Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), Sabanci, University, Istanbul, Türkiye

2020-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher in Basic Science Research Center, Ajou University, Republic of Korea

2013-2015 Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Applied Physics, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Biocompatible, Flexible, and Wearable Electronics Devices for Healthcare Applications
Biosensor
Spatial Assembly of Micro/Nanomaterials
Micro and Nano Fabrication
Biopolymer-based Nano and Biophotonic Devices for Biological and Environmental Applications.

Umar, M., Farid, S. I., Mirbakht, S. S., Yapici, M. K., “Contact‐based and proximally thermosensitive few‐layer graphene Ntc thermistors with highly fast switching behavior” Advanced Electronic Materials (2024) 10, 2300723. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300723
Umar, M., Ozek, E.O., Abdul, B., Shafaghi, A. H., Yapici, M. K., “Extremely Long Nanojet Formation from a Ballpoint Photonic Pen,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B (2023) 40, 284–292. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.475348
Mirbakht, S., Golparvar, A., Umar, M., Yapici, M. K., “Flexible Silk Based Bioelectronics for Wearable Multimodal Physiological Monitoring,” IEEE 36th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Munich, Germany. (2023) DOI: 1109/MEMS49605.2023.10052459
Umar, M., Son, D. Arif, S., Kim, M., Kim, S., “Multistimuli-responsive optical hydrogel nanomembranes to construct planar color display boards for detecting local environmental changes,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2020) 12, 55231– https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c15195
Umar, M., Li, W., Bonacchini, G. E., Min, K., Arif, S., Omenetto, F. G., Kim, S., “Inkjet-Printed Lasing Silk Text on Reusable Distributed Feedback Boards,” Optical Materials Express (2020) 10, 818–830. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.389206

Best poster presentation award at the Optical Society of Korea Meeting in August 2018. Republic of Korea.
Best oral presentation award at the Korean Physical Society Meeting in October 2017. Republic of Korea.
Best oral presentation award at the Korean Physical Society Meeting in October 2016. Republic of Korea.
Best oral presentation award at the Korean Physical Society meeting held in April 2016. Republic of Korea.
BK 21 merit-based research fellowship for PhD studies, Ajou University, Republic of Korea (2015-2019).

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