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CONTACT INFORMATION
Address : Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Science and Letters Faculty, Physics Dept., Cumhuriyet Mah. Silahşör Cad. No:89 Bomonti-Şişli- Istanbul, Turkey.
e-mail : kulker-at-msgsu.edu.tr, kayhan.ulker-at-gmail.com
web : kayhanulker.net
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Quantum Field Theory, Supersymmetry, Non-commutative models, Algebraic Renormalization, BV – BRST Quantization, Applications of Exact Renormalization Group, Low Dimensional Field Theories, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Complexity, Network Science.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC TITLES
Professor, April 2012
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Science and Letters Faculty,
Physics Department.
Associate Professor, April 2006
The Council of Higher Education (YÖK), Ankara.
Ph.D. in Physics, February 2002
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Title : “Cohomological Structure of Supersymmetric Field Theories”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rainald Flume and Prof. Dr. Mahmut Hortaçsu
M.Sc. in Physics, February 1997
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Title : “Spherical Gravitational Shock Waves”
Advisor : Prof. Dr. Mahmut Hortaçsu
B.Sc. in Physics Engineering, June 1995
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Title : “Equivalence of Constrained Models”
Advisor : Prof. Dr. Mahmut Hortaçsu
Lycee, June 1991
Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Young Scientist Award (GEBIP), June 2009
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA).
Graduate Research Fellowship, December 1998 – November 2000,
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK),
(For graduate research at Theoretical Physics Department of Bonn University, Germany.)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vice Rector, May 2013 – January 2019
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul
Department Head, May 2012 – February 2020
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,
Science and Letters Faculty, Physics Department, Istanbul
Director, August 2018 – January 2019
Design, Art, Science Platform – d/a/s-platform
(Design, Art and Science Research Center)
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul
Professor, April 2012 – …
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,
Science and Letters Faculty, Physics Department, Istanbul
Director March 2011 – July 2011
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul.
Vice Director December 2009 – March 2011
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul.
Researcher February 2003 – July 2011
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul.
Research Assistant February 1996 – February 2003
Istanbul Technical University, Physics Department.
VISITING POSITIONS
Visiting Researcher, February 2012
University Carlos III, Mathematics Department, Madrid, Spain.
Visiting Researcher, December 2010
Federico II di Napoli University, Theoretical Physics Department, Napoli, Italy.
Visiting Researcher, May 2010
Kobe University, Physics Department, Kobe, Japon.
Visiting Researcher, November 2008
Kobe University, Physics Department, Kobe, Japon.
Visiting Researcher, January 2007 – February 2007
Max-Planck Mathematics Institute, Bonn, Germany.
Visiting Student, November 2000 – February 2001
Henri Poincaré Institute, Paris, France.
Visiting Student, December 1998 – November 2000
Bonn University, Theoretical Physics Department, Bonn, Germany.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PhD Courses
Quantum Field Theory I
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department
Quantum Field Theory II
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department
MSc Courses
Quantum Mechanics I
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department
Quantum Mechanics II
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department
BSc Courses
Statistical Physics I
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department
Statistical Physics II
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department,
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department
Introduction to Quantum Computation
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department,
Physics in The Arts
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department,
Elective course for undergraduate art and design students .
Basic Physics
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Restoration and Conservation of Art Department
Physics II – Electromagnetism and Optics
Doğuş University, 2008
Elementary physics course for undergraduate engineering students.
Other formal and informal courses
Introduction to QFT
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, September 2018
12 hours of intensive course for MSc and PhD students delivered at Summer School in High Energy Physics (B-YEF’18)
Physics in The Arts
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department,
Elective course for undergraduate art and design students .
Quantum Mechanics II
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department, Spring 2013
Graduate course for physics students.
Quantum Field Theory in Low Dimensions
Istabul University, Quantum Technologies Laboratory, 2012
Graduate course for physics students.
Renormalisation Group and QFT
Feza Gürsey Institute, 2010
Lectures delivered for International Summer School in Mathematical Physics II.
QFT: Functional Methods and Renormalisation,
Feza Gürsey Institute, Spring 2010
Special topic lecture for graduate students.
An Introduction to QFT
Feza Gürsey Institute, Fall 2009
Special topic lecture for graduate students.
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Feza Gürsey Institute, 2009
14 hours of intensive course delivered at Summer School in High Energy Physics (YEF’09)
Supersymmetry
Feza Gürsey Institute, 2007
9 hours of intensive course delivered at Summer School in High Energy Physics (YEF’07).
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Feza Gürsey Institute, 2007
9 hours of intensive course delivered at Summer School in High Energy Physics (YEF’07).
An Introduction to Supersymmetry,
Feza Gürsey Institute, 2005
Special topic lecture for graduate students.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
MSc Student
Ulas ̧ Saka, (graduation: June 2007), Istanbul University, Istanbul Turkey.
Title : Dimensional Reduction of Non-Commutative Supersymmetric Models.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Referee :
Communications in Mathematical Physics.
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.
Organizing Committee :
Hortaçsu-fest
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department, Istanbul, 19 April 2018. Link
Workshop on Aspects of Non-Associative and Non-Commutative Geometries in String Theory II.
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department, Istanbul, 9 – 15 October 2013. Link
Workshop on Aspects of Non-Associative and Non-Commutative Geometries in String Theory I.
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Physics Department, Istanbul, 1 – 6 October 2012. Link
”Feza Gürsey” Summer School in Mathematical Physics III
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 20 June – 06 July 2012. Link
”Feza Gürsey” Summer School in Mathematical Physics II:
Probability, Statistical Mechanics and Renormalisation Group
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 16 June – 02 July 2010. Link
Lectures on Renormalizable non-renormalizable theories,
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 07 –11 September 2009. Link
Lectures on Neutrino Mass and Grand Unified Theories,
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 27 July – 01 August 2009. Link
Summer School in High Energy Physics (YEF’09),
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 13 – 26 July 2009. Link
Summer School in Mathematical Physics : Rigorous Results in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory,
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 12 – 20 June 2008. Link
Mini School in Mathematical Physics,
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 5 – 9 June 2008. Link
Summer School in High Energy Physics (YEF’07),
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 25 July – 3 August 2007. Link
Mini School on Some Recent Developments in Relativistic and Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics,
Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul, 23-28 June 2005. Link
Scientific Organization Committee :
Istanbul High Energy Workshop (YEFist 2018)
Istanbul, 28-29 April 2018. Link
Istanbul High Energy Workshop (YEFist 2017)
Istanbul, 6-7 May 2017. Link
Istanbul High Energy Workshop (YEFist 2016)
Istanbul, 16-17 April 2016 . Link
International Workshop on Exotic Hadrons – xHadrons@Istanbul
Istanbul, 3-5 September 2015 . Link
Istanbul Yüksek Enerji Fiziği Çalıştayı (YEFist 2015)
Istanbul, 18-19 April 2015 . Link
TROIA14 : IVth International Conference on Hadron Physics
Çanakkale, 1-5 July 2014 . Link
Istanbul Yüksek Enerji Fiziği Çalıştayı (YEFist 2014)
Istanbul, 26-27 April 2014 . Link
Izmir Yüksek Enerji Fiziği ve Uygulamaları Çalıştayı (IZYEF 2013)
Izmir, 11-13 September 2013.
I.st Winter School in High Energy Physics – ULUYEF’12,
Bursa, 5–11 February 2012.Link
III. International Conference on Hadron Physics-TROIA’11,
Çanakkale, 22–25 August 2011. Link
13th Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics,
Antalya, 27–31 October 2010. Link
International Summer School and Conference on High Energy Physics : Standard Model and Beyond,
Muğla, Akyaka, 27 August – 4 September 2010. Link
II. International Conference on Hadron Physics-TROIA’09,
Çanakkale, 30 August – 3 September 2009. Link
International Summer School and Conference on High Energy Physics : Standard Model and Beyond,
Muğla, Akyaka, 27 August – 4 September 2009. Link
International Summer School and Conference on High Energy Physics : Standard Model and Beyond,
Mugla, Akyaka, 10 – 18 September 2008. Link
International Conference on Hadron Physics-TROIA’07,
Çanakkale, 30 August -3 September 2007. Link
INVITED TALKS (Physics)
Knots, Topological Field Theories and Quantum Computers
21.st Statistical Physics Days,
Erciyes University, Kayseri, 19-21 June 2014.
Supersymmetry – Genel Bir Bakış
Izmir Workshop on High Energy Physics and Its Applications (IZYEF 2012)
IYTE, Izmir, 19-23 June 2012.
On the All Order Solutions of Seiberg-Witten Map for Noncommutative Gauge Theories
The Instituto de Ciencias Matemticas – ICMAT, Madrid 20.2.2012
Noncommutative Gauge Theories and Seiberg-Witten Map
Ankara High Energy Physics Days, Ankara University, 27 – 30 December 2011
Supersymmetric Models and Exact Renormalization Group,
TÜBA-GEBİP, Ege University 9–11 September 2011.
SUSY and All that : A Simple Example in 1-dimension,
Nis University, Serbia, 2 September 2011.
Non-commutative Gauge Theories and Seiberg–Witten Map,
The SEENET-MTP Workshop, Serbia, 27 August – 1 September 2011.
Topological Field Theories : Topological Yang Mills via Field Redefinition,
Kobe University, Japon, 24 May 2010.
Supersymmetry In 4 Dimensions : Super Yang Mills Theory,
Kobe University, Japon, 23 May 2010.
Basic Formulation of Supersymmetry : A simple example in 1 dimension,
Kobe University, Japon, 14 May 2010.
Non-commutative Gauge Theories and Seiberg-Witten Maps To All Orders,
Kobe University, Japon, 11 November 2008.
Introduction to Supersymmetry : Supersymmetry, Superalgebra and Superspace on 1–Dimension,
Muğla University, Physics Department, Muğla, 30 October 2008.
Non-commutative Gauge Theories and Seiberg-Witten Maps To All Orders,
Workshop on Quantization, Dualities and Integrable Systems VII,
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, 23–25 April 2008.
Dimensional Reduction, Seiberg–Witten Map and Supersymmetry,
Workshop on Quantization, Dualities and Integrable Systems VI,
Ortadoğu Teknik University, Ankara, 20–22 April, 2007.
Superspace Formulation of N=4 SYM,
Ankara University, Ankara, 5 January 2007.
Superfield formulation of N=4 SYM theory in extended superspace,
Boğaziçi University, Physics Department Seminar,
Istanbul, 29 November 2006.
Supersymmetry, Superspace and N=4 SYM in extended superspace,
Istanbul Teknik University, Physics Department Seminar,
Istanbul, 13 October 2006.
Duals of Noncommutative and Nonanticommutative Supersymmetric Gauge Theories,
5th Workshop on Quantization, Dualities and Integrable Systems,
Pamukkale University, Denizli, 23 – 27 January 2006.
An Introduction to Supersymmetry,
Joint Mathematics – Physics Bridging the Gap Seminars,
Ortadoğu Teknik University, Ankara, November 2005.
N=2 SYM as a BRST Exact Term and Construction of TYM by Using Field Redefinitions,
International Workshop on Physics Beyond the Standard Model,
Muğla, 22 – 26 August 2005.
Construction of topological Yang-Mills theory without twisting,
The International Workshop Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries,
Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Dubna, Rusya, 27 – 31 July 2005.
SYM Action and BRST Cohomology,
Feza Gürsey Institute,
Istanbul, January 2001.
INVITED TALKS (Other)
Constructing a bridge between cultures by art
Pekin, November 2017
Interdisciplinary approach of the education in physics using arts
Bükreş, February 2017
Art Education in Turkey
60th Anniversary of NTUA, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2015
Quality Assurance for Fine Arts Education
ALIA Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan November 2014
POPULAR TALKS, TV PROGRAMS etc.
TRT Radio 1 :
Radio program on space, time and particle physics, 14 May 2013.
NTV X,Y,Z : Higgs Particle – What is happening in CERN
NTV Television popular science program, 14 March 2013.
NTV X,Y,Z : Time and Time Travel
NTV Television popular science program, 28 February 2013.
Symmetry : Particle Physics and Civilization
Istanbul Üniversitesi, 3. Physics Workshop 15 February 2013.
TV8 — Haberaktif :
TV8 Television popular science program about Higgs particle, 04 July 2012.
HABERTÜRK — Special — What is discovered at CERN?
Habertürk Television popular science program, 09 July 2012.
Discovery of Higgs Boson
Cumhuriyet Science and Technology Magazine, 13 July 2012.
Quantum Field Theory and Particle Physics,
Istanbul University, 6 October 2011.
Quantum Field Theory and Particle Physics,
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, 29 April 2011.
Quantum Field Theory,
Antalya University, 8 October 2010.
Supersymmetry :
11.th Physics Days : Mersin University, Mersin, 4–5 May 2009.
Supersymmetry and Noncommutative Theories,
Kocaeli University, 12 March 2009.
PUBLICATIONS