Curriculum Vitae
Name:
SERHAT
Surname:
CAKIR
Place of Birth:
Tekirdag, Turkey
Day of Birth:
7/6/1954
Education:
- BS in Physics (Department of Physics, Middle
East Technical University/METU-1978)
- Ph.D. in Physics (Max-Planck Institute for
Extraterrestrial
Physics, Munich, Germany-Department of Physics, Middle East Technical
University/METU-1987)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. In Physics (Department of
Physics, Middle East Technical University/METU-1991)
Scholarships:
- METU Undergraduate Scholarship (1975-1978)
- Max-Planck Institute Ph.D. Scholarship(1979-1983)
Foreign Languages:
- German
- English
Research Experiences:
- Plasma Physics Group at Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial
Physics, Munich, Germany-1979-
- Air Force Geophysical Research Institute, Boston, USA (1982)
Plasma Physics Group, METU 1983-
- Butker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novasbirsk, Russia (1995-)
Professional Positions:
- Student Assistantship Department of Physics,
METU (1976-1978)
- Research Assistantship, Department of Physics,
METU
(1983-1988)
- Instructor Department of
Physics, METU (1989- )
- Science Advisor, Scientific and Technical
Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) (1991-1992)
- Head of Informatics Division of TÜBİTAK (1993-
1995)
- Member of High Council of Committees, YOK,
(1996)
Lectures given at METU:
- Electromagnetic Theory (undergraduate and graduate)
- Computational Physics (undergraduate)
- Plasma Physics and MHD (undergraduate)
- Modern Physics (undergraduate)
Supervised Thesis:
- Vatankhah Saeideh, Magnetohydrodynamics Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
(MS 1991)
- Gity Samadi Hosseinali, Transport Of Ions in Matter (MS 1991)
- Aliekber Akdağ, Open Systems in Plasma Physics, (MS 1993)
- S. Eren San, Balloning Modes in Multiple-Mirror Magnetic Field,
(1996)
- Hilal Goktas, Potential Calculation in Mirror Geometry, (1996)
Research Interest:
- Ionosphere Plasma Instabilities with Max-Planck
Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany
- Modeling of Plasma Systems with Max-Planck
Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany
- Communication in Ionosphere with Max-Planck
Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany
- Computer Modeling and Plasma Potential
Calculations in Open System with Prof. Dr. Viladimir Mirnov
Project Coordinator:
Magnetic Mirror Confinement and Neutron Source, With the Collaboration
of Budcker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP), Novasbirks, Russia
(supported by TÜBITAK, DOPROG/501 ).
The Participants:
Assoc Prof.Dr. S. Çakir (Project Director), Prof.Dr. E. Kruglykov (BINP
Coordinaator- Vise
President of BINP), Prof.Dr. S. Bilikmen, Prof.Dr. A. Ivanov, Prof.Dr.O.
Demokan, Prof.Dr.I. Kotelnikov, Prof.Dr. G.Gündüz, Prof.Dr. I.
Lansky, Prof.Dr. V.V. Mirnov, Prof.Dr.Yu. Tsidko
Memberships:
- TÜVEKA (Türkiye Üniversiteler ve Arastirma Kurumu Agi -Network of the
Turkish Universities and Research Centers) (1993-1995)
- UBAM ( Ulusal Bilgisayar Aglari Merkezi- National Computer Network
Center), 1995
- ODTÜ Ögretim Üyeleri Dernegi- METU Academic Union
- TBD (Türk Bilisim Derneg-Turkish Informatics Union )
- ISOC (Internet Society)