CURRICULUM VITAE Emre Kopanoglu, Ph.D

CURRICULUM VITAE
Emre Kopanoglu, Ph.D.
Address: 300 Cedar Street, The Anlyan Center, N128, New Haven, CT 06520-8043
Phone: (203) 800-6724 Fax: (203) 785-6534
email: [email protected]
www.emrekopanoglu.commons.yale.edu
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/emre-kopanoglu/32/ba5/1a6
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2006-2012
B.Sc.
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2002-2006
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Post-Doctoral
Associate
with R. Todd Constable
at Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
 Iterative RF pulse design method for excitation using nonlinear gradient
magnetic fields in magnetic resonance imaging
 Reduced field-of-view imaging using nonlinear gradient magnetic fields in
magnetic resonance imaging
 Parallel imaging strategy for acceleration of image acquisition
2012 -
Researcher
with Ergin Atalar
at National Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Ankara, Turkey,
2009-2012
Research
Assistant
with Ergin Atalar and Vakur B. Erturk
at Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
 Reduction of specific absorption rate (SAR) in MRI using nonlinear gradient
magnetic fields during excitation
 Development of a theoretical framework for radiofrequency (RF) encoding
 Finding a closed-form expression for the upper bound on signal-to-noise
ratio (UISNR) in MRI
 Determination of the lower limit on specific absorption rate (UISAR) in MRI
and derivation of a closed-form expression
2006-2012
Undergraduate
Researcher
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
 Enhancement of directivity of ultra-high-field antennas using cavities based
on partially reflective surfaces
2005-2006
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching
Assistant
Undergraduate
Teaching
Assistant
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Circuit Theory course for sophomore year students
- Coordinator assistant responsible for weekly interviews, labs and exams
(x5)
2009-2011,
2012
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Power Electronics course for graduate and senior year students
- Responsible for labs and exams
2011
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Circuit Theory course for sophomore year students
- Responsible for weekly interviews
2009
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Microwave Engineering course for graduate and senior year students
- Responsible for labs, exams, term project and weekly assignments
(x2)
2007, 2008
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Electronic Circuit Design course for junior year students
- Responsible for weekly interviews and exams
2008
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Analog Electronics course for sophomore year students
- Responsible for labs and exams
(x2)
2006-2007
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Digital Electronics course for junior year students
- Responsible for quiz grading
2006
FELLOWSHIPS
Graduate
TUBITAK (Scientific & Tech. Research Council of Turkey)
- Full scholarship for Ph.D. studies - $72.000
-
Full scholarship for M.Sc. studies – (declined) - $23.000
Bilkent University
- Scholarship for Ph.D. studies- (declined) - $83.000
- Tuition waiver for Ph.D. studies - $64.600
Undergraduate
Bilkent University
- Scholarship for B.Sc. studies - $4.800
- Tuition waiver for M.Sc. studies - $24.000
2006-2012
2006-2007
2006-2012
2002-2006
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AWARDS AND HONORS
ISMRM - Merit Award: Summa Cum Laude
2013
Yale University - Bio-Imaging Sciences Grand Rounds - First Place
2013
Madrid-MIT M+Vision Consortium - 2012 Fellowship Finalist
2012
ISMRM - Travel Award
2011,
2009
2008
Ranked 97 / 100,000 in the National Graduate Studies Entrance Exam (LES)
2005
Ranked 276 / 1,500,000 in the National University Entrance Exam (OSS)
2002
SUPERVISION & MENTORING
One undergraduate in-term researcher
- Optimization of the directivity of a mobile base station antenna
Fall 2006 Spring 2007
One undergraduate in-term researcher
- Simulating field characteristics of MRI RF coils
Fall 2007
One undergraduate in-term researcher
- Development of linear and nonlinear gradient coils for MRI
Fall 2009 –
Spring 2010
Two undergraduate in-term researchers
- Development of an FPGA based gradient waveform driver for MRI
Spring 2012
One undergraduate summer researcher
- Development of a DAC to be used as part of a gradient amplifier in MRI
Summer
2012
One graduate researcher
- Development of RF pulse sequences codes for Siemens MRI scanners
Fall 2010 –
Spring 2011
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
ISMRM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ESMRMB - European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
TMRD - Turkish Society of Magnetic Resonance
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Intern
Aselsan Inc., Ankara, Turkey
Radar, Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Systems Division
 Development of ultra-high-frequency filters
 Development of ultra-high-frequency antenna arrays
2005
Defensive System Technologies Division
 Development of a multi-user database access and manipulation program for
uniting terminologies used by different divisions of the company
2004
VOLUNTEER WORK
Mathematics
Instructor
Toplum Gonulluleri (ToG), Turkey
 Target Audience: Children of the non-academical personnel of Bilkent
University, attending secondary school
 Objective: Provide educational assistance for preparation to high school
entrance exam
2006 - 2009
SKILLS
RF pulse design
VERSE; multi-dimensionally selective excitation; RF encoding strategies; adiabatic pulses
Optimization
Matching Pursuit algorithm; Conjugate Gradient algorithm; Lagrange Multipliers method
Parallel Imaging
SENSE; SMASH; GRAPPA
Coil design
RF coils – microstrip, birdcage, surface; low power gradient coils
Experimental
Siemens 3T TimTrio; Siemens transmit-array architecture – 8-channel RF array, B1-shimming; 4channel gradient array RRI nonlinear gradient insert
Simulation
Finite Element Method, Method of Moments, Finite Difference Time Domain; plane-wave
expansion, cylindrical basis functions, spherical harmonics
Software
MATLAB; Ansoft HFSS, Ansoft Designer; LaTeX; Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop; CorelDraw;
SQL; Pspice, Xilinx; Java
Language
Turkish (native), English (advanced), French (basic)
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TRAINING
Training and certification for conducting experiments with small animals, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
HIPAA Privacy Training, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
HIPAA Security Training, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Responsible Conduct of Research, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
IEEE Early Career Faculty Development Virtual Mini-Conference
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed
Journal Articles
3. Kopanoglu E, Yilmaz U, Gokhalk Y, Atalar E. Specific absorption rate reduction using
nonlinear gradient fields. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2013;70(2):537-546.
2. Turk EA, Kopanoglu E, Guney S, Bugdayci KE, Ider YZ, Erturk VB, Atalar E. A simple
analytical expression for the gradient induced potential on active implants during MRI. IEEE
Trans Biomed Eng 2012;59(10):2845-2851.
1. Kopanoglu E, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Analytic expressions for the ultimate intrinsic signal-tonoise ratio and ultimate intrinsic specific absorption rate in MRI. Magn Reson Med
2011;66(3):846-858.
Journal Articles
(In Preparation)
2. Kopanoglu E, Constable RT. An Iterative RF pulse design method for excitation using
nonlinear gradient magnetic fields.
1. Kopanoglu E, Atalar E, Constable RT. Sub-volume imaging with excitation using nonlinear
gradient magnetic fields: Imaging cylindrical regions.
Patents
1. Kopanoglu E (Ankara, TR), Atalar, Ergin (Ankara, TR); METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
REDUCTION OF SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR) IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE
DATA ACQUISITION. United States Patent Application, 20120249139.
Peer-Reviewed
International
Conference
Proceedings
11. Kopanoglu E, Atalar E, Constable RT. Reduced-FOV Imaging with Excitation Using
Nonlinear Gradient Magnetic Fields (ENiGMa). In: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of
ISMRM, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, p. 12, 2013.
10. Kopanoglu E, Yilmaz U, Akin B, Acikel V, Atalar E. Localizing the excitation to reduce scan
time using nonlinear gradient fields. In: Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of ISMRM,
Melbourne, Australia, p. 3471, 2012.
9. Kopanoglu E, Gokhalk Y, Yilmaz U, Acikel V, Atalar E. Decreasing SAR of a multi-dimensional
central brightening inhomogeneity correction pulse using nonlinear gradient fields and VERSE. In:
Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Melbourne, Australia, p. 3470, 2012.
8. Kopanoglu E, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Reducing SAR using nonlinear gradient fields: application
to B1 inhomogeneity correction with multi-dimensional excitation pulses. In: Proceedings of the
28th Annual Meeting of ESMRMB, Leipzig, Germany, p. 54, 2011.
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7. Kopanoglu E, Akin B, Erturk VB, Atalar E. SAR Reduction using Nonlinear Gradients. In:
Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Montreal, Canada, p. 1848, 2011.
6. Kopanoglu E, Yilmaz AF, Demir T, Erturk VB, Atalar E. A New Class of Encoding
Techniques using a Transmit Array: Illustration with Cylindrical Encoding. In: Proceedings of
the 18th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 4912, 2010.
5. Viskusenko NV, Kopanoglu E, Jezioranski J, Foltz W, Algin O, Atalar E. Two Channel
Interventional Cervix Coil for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy. In: Proceedings of the 18th
Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 1864, 2010.
4. Turk EA, Kopanoglu E, Eryaman Y, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Experimental and Theoretical
Analysis of the Induced Voltage along Implant Leads due to Gradient Fields. In: Proceedings of
the 18th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 774, 2010.
3. Kopanoglu E, Erturk VB, Atalar E. A closed form expression for radial dependence of the
ultimate intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio in MRI. In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of
ESMRMB, Antalya, Turkey, p. 481, 2009.
2. Kopanoglu E, Erturk VB, Atalar E. A Closed-Form Expression for Ultimate Intrinsic Signal-toNoise Ratio in MRI. In: Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Honolulu, HI,
USA, p. 2975, 2009.
1. Abaci E, Kopanoglu E, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Simple Analytical Equation of the Induced EField. In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, Canada, p. 1051, 2008.
National
Conference
Proceedings
8. Kopanoglu E, Yilmaz U, Gokhalk Y, Acikel V, Atalar E. Dogrusal olmayan gradyan manyetik
alanlar kullanilarak cok boyutlu uyari sinyallerinin Ozgul Sogurum Hizinin dusurulmesi. In:
Turk Manyetik Rezonans Dernegi 17. Yillik Toplantisi, Ankara, Turkey, 2012.
7. Kopanoglu E, Yilmaz U, Akin B, Acikel V, Atalar E. Manyetik rezonansla goruntulemede
dogrusal olmayan gradyan manyetik alanlar kullanilarak goruntuleme suresinin dusurulmesi. In:
Turk Manyetik Rezonans Dernegi 17. Yillik Toplantisi, Ankara, Turkey, 2012.
6. Kopanoglu E, Akin B, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Dogrusal Olmayan Gradyanlar Kullanarak Ozgul
Sogurum Hizinin Dusurulmesi. In: Turk Manyetik Rezonans Dernegi 16. Yillik Toplantisi,
Istanbul, Turkey, 2011.
5. Viskusenko NV, Algin O, Kopanoglu E, Jezioranski J, Foltz W, Milosevic M, Atalar E.
Yuksek Doz Hizli Brakiterapi Icin Endoservikal Manyetik Rezonans Goruntuleme Probu. In:
Turk Manyetik Rezonans Dernegi 15. Yillik Toplantisi, Antalya, Turkey, 2010.
4. Turk EA, Kopanoglu E, Eryaman Y, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Gradyan sargilarin implant kablosu
uzerinde indukledigi voltajin deneysel ve teorik analizi. In: Turk Manyetik Rezonans Dernegi
15. Yillik Toplantisi, Antalya, Turkey, 2010.
3. Kopanoglu E, Acikel V, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Kafes Antenlerde Performansin Nihai Icsel
Sinyal Gurultu Orani Kullanilarak Degerlendirilmesi. In: 3. Turk Manyetik Rezonans Dernegi
Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey, 2008.
2. Abaci E, Kopanoglu E, Erturk VB, Atalar E. Sonsuz Uzunluktaki Gradyan Sargilarin Vucut
Modelinin Icinde ve Disinda Olusturdugu Manyetik ve Elektrik Alan Denklemlerinin
Basitlestirilmesi. In: 3. Turk Manyetik Rezonans Dernegi Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey, 2008.
1. Kopanoglu E, Erturk VB. Yansitici Yuzeyler Kullanilarak Baz Istasyonlarinda Yonlulugun
Arttirilmasi. In: URSI -Turkiye 3. Bilimsel Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey, 2006.
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REFERENCES
R. Todd Constable (Post-doctoral advisor)
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Neurosurgery – Yale
University
Director MRI Research – Yale University
Address: 300 Cedar St. New Haven, CT 06520-8043
Phone: (203) 737-2768
E-mail: [email protected]
Ergin Atalar (Doctoral advisor)
Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering – Bilkent University
Director of National Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Address: UMRAM, Cyberplaza C-blok kat: 2, Bilkent Universitesi, Bilkent Ankara 06800,
Turkey
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3272
E-mail: [email protected]
Vakur B. Erturk (Doctoral advisor)
Associate Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering – Bilkent University
Address: Elektrik-Elektronik Muhendisligi Bolumu, Bilkent Universitesi, Bilkent Ankara
06800, Turkey
Phone: +90 (312) 290 3154
E-mail: [email protected]
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