Betül KÜÇÜKÖZ Contact Information: Tel: +90 505 588 94 54 E

Betül KÜÇÜKÖZ Contact Information: Tel: +90 505 588 94 54 E

Betül KÜÇÜKÖZ
Contact Information:
Tel: +90 505 588 94 54
E-mail: [email protected]
Ankara University, Department of Engineering Physics,
Tandogan - Ankara / TURKEY 06100
ID INFORMATION:
Date of Birth: 02/08/1988
Place of Birth: Eskisehir / Turkey
Marital Status: Single
EDUCATION:
2005-2010
B. Sc. Bilkent University / Faculty of Science / Department of Physics (Full
scholarship)

Graduation Thesis: Add- Drop Multiplexers
2010-2012
M. Sc. Ankara University / Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science
Department of Engineering Physics – Nonlinear Optics Group
3.36/4.00

Master Thesis: Ultrafast Spectroscopic Properties of Aza-BODIPY Components
2012- (expected in a few months)
Ph. D. Ankara University / Graduate School of Natural
and Applied Science
Department of Engineering Physics – Nonlinear Optics Group
3.71/4.00
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Ph. D. Thesis: Investigation of Effects of Substituents on Fluorescence, Linear and
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Penta and/or Heptaaryl BODIPY Compounds
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2010- Present - Experimental Studies of nonlinear optical properties and energy transfer
mechanisms of BODIPY organic compounds
2010-2011 - Experimental Studies of nonlinear optical properties of vanadium oxide
2009 – 2010 - Physics 1 and Physics 2 course - Teaching Assistant and Grader / Bilkent
University
SKILLS:
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Technical skills
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MS Office
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LabVIEW (Experiences in programming simple experimental setup)
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BeamProbe an FullWave (experiences in designing of waveguide )

User of Spectra Physics Spitfire Pro XP + Tsunami Femtosecond Laser System
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User of Spectra Physics Helios Ultrafast Transient Spectroscopy System
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User of Spectra Physics TOPAS Optical Parametric Amplifier UV-I to Near
Infrared (200-2800 nm)
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User of Continuum Leopard Picosecond Laser System
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User of Brilliant Nanosecond Laser System
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User of J. A. Woollam M2000V Spectroscopic Ellipsometry System
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User of Vaksis Ekin Vacuum Thermal Evaporation System
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User of SCS G3 Spin Coating System
Language Skills

English
(YDS- Yabancı Dil Sınavı/ The Foreign Language Examination)
2016 Spring: 71.25
SCHOLARS/ HONOR DEGREES:
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(2016-2018) TUBITAK 1001 Project Scholarship “Investigation Of Electron Injection
Dynamics Of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells With BODIPY And/Or Aza-BODIPY Dyes
Via Ultrafast Pump Probe Spectroscopy Technique” (project number: 115F400)
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(2015-2016) TUBITAK 3001 Project Scholarship “Designing, Synthesis and
Investigation of Optical Properties of Tetraarylazadipyrromethene Compounds with
four coordinated transition metal complexes for Two Photon Absorption Applications”
(project number: 214Z192)
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(2011-2013) TUBITAK 1001 Project Scholarship “The effect of oxidation and
crystallization in Vanadium Oxide Thin Films on Nonlinear Optical Properties”
(project number: 111T351)
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(2011-2013) TUBITAK 1001 Project Scholarship “Investigation of Two Photon
Absorption Properties of Aza-BODIPY and BODIPY Compounds” (project number:
110T630)
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(2005-2010) Bilkent University Full Scholarship (during undergraduate education)
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(2005-2010) TUBİTAK Domestic Under graduation Scholarship
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(2010) Bilkent University / Faculty of Science - Honor Degree (2010)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
 Nonlinear Optics
 Ultrafast Pump-Probe Spectroscopy
 Nanoparticle
 Photonics
 Energy Transfer Mechanism of Organic Molecules
 Plasmon-Exciton Coupling Mechanism
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Yang , Wenbo; Zhao, Jianzhang; Sonn, Christoph; Escudero, Daniel; Karatay, Ahmet;
Yaglioglu, Halime Gul; Kucukoz, Betul; Hayvali, Mustafa; Li, Chen; Jacquemin,
Denis “Efficient Intersystem Crossing in Heavy atom-Free Perylenebisimide
Derivatives”JOURNAL
OF
PHYSICAL
CHEMISTRY
C
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01584 Accepted: 2016
2. Kucukoz, Betul; Sevinc, Gokhan; Yildiz, Elif; Karatay, Ahmet; Zhong, Fangfang,
Yılmaz, Halil; Tutel, Yusuf; Hayvali, Mustafa; Zhao, Jizanzhang; Yaglioglu, H. Gul
“Enhancement of Two Photon Absorption Properties and Intersystem Crossing by
Charge Transfer in Pentaaryl Boron-Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Derivatives”
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS DOI: 10.1039/C6CP01266C
Accepted:2016
3. Akhüseyin, Elif; Türkmen, Onur; Kucukoz, Betul; Yılmaz, Halil; Karatay, Ahmet;
Sevinç, Gökhan; Xu, Kejing; Hayvali, Mustafa; Yaglioglu; H. Gul “Two Photon
Absorption Properties of Four Coordinated Transition Metal Complexes of Tetraaryl-
Azadipyrromethene Compounds” PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume: 18 Pages: 4451- 4459 Published: 2016
4. Zhong, Fangfang; Karatay, Ahmet; Zhao, Liang; Zhao, Jianzhang; He, Cheng; Zhang,
Caishun; Yaglioglu, Halime Gul; Elmali, Ayhan; Kucukoz, Betul; Hayvali, Mustafa
“Broad-Band N∧N Pt(II) Bisacetylide Visible Light Harvesting Complex with
Heteroleptic Bodipy Acetylide Ligands” INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Volume: 54
Pages: 7803- 7817 Published: 2015
5. Karatay, Ahmet; Miser, M. Ceren; Cui, Xiaoneng; Kucukoz, Betul; Yılmaz, Halil;
Sevinç, Gökhan; Akhüseyin, Elif; Wu, Xueyan; Hayvali, Mustafa; Yaglioglu, H. Gul;
Zhao, Jianzhang; Elmali, Ayhan “The effect of heavy atom to two photon absorption
properties and intersystem crossing mechanism in aza-boron-dipyrromethene
compounds” DYES AND PIGMENT Volume:122 Pages: 286- 294. Published: 2015
6. Yang, Wenbo; Karatay, Ahmet; Zhao, Jianzhang; Song, Jian; Zhao, Liang; Xing,
Yongheng; Zhang, Caishun; He, Cheng; Yaglioglu, Halime Gul; Hayvali, Mustafa;
Elmali, Ayhan; Kucukoz, Betul “Near - IR Broadband-Absorbing trans Bisphosphine Pt(II) Bisacetylide Complexes: Preparation and Study of the
Photophysics” INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Volume: 54 Pages: 7492–7505 Pblished:
2015
7. Guo, Song; Xu, Liang; Xu, Kejing; Zhao, Jianzhang; Kucukoz, Betul; Karatay,
Ahmet; Yaglioglu, Gul; Hayvali, Mustafa; Elmali, Ayhan “Bodipy-C60 triple
hydrogen bonding assembly as heavy atom-free triplet photosensitizers: preparation
and study of the singlet/triplet energy transfer” CHEMICAL SCIENCE Volume: 6
Pages: 3724-3737 Published: 2015
8. Mahmood, Zafar; Xu, Kejing; Kucukoz, Betul; Cui, Xiaoneng; Zhao, Jianzhang;
Wang, Zhijia; Karatay, Ahmet; Yaglioglu, Halime Gul; Hayvali, Mustafa; Elmali,
Ayhan “DiiodoBodipy-Perylenebisimide Dyad/Triad: Preparation and Study of the
Intramolecular and Intermolecular Electron/Energy Transfer” JOURNAL OF
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Volume: 80 Pages: 3036- 3049
9. Kurum, Ulas; Yaglioglu, H. Gul; Kucukoz, Betul; Oksuzoglu, R. Mustafa; Yildirim,
Mustafa; Yagci, A. Murat; Yavru, Can; Ozgun, Sinan; Tiras, Tulay; Elmali, Ayhan
“Modifying ultrafast optical response of sputtered VOX nanostructures in a broad
spectral range by altering post annealing atmosphere”
JOURNAL OF OPTICS Volume: 17 Pages: 015503 Published: 2015
10. Jia, Huiru; Kucukoz, Betul; Xing,Yongheng; Majumdar,Poulomi; Zhang,Caishun;
Karatay, Ahmet; Yaglioglu, Gul; Elmali, Ayhan; Zhao, Jianzhang, Hayvali, Mustafa
“trans-Bis(alkylphosphine) platinum(II)-alkynyl complexes showing broadband visible
light absorption and long-lived triplet excited states” JOURNAL OF MATERIAL
CHEMISTRY C Volume: 2 Pages: 9720-9736 Published: 2014
11. Kurum, Ulas; Yaglioglu, H. Gul; Kucukoz, Betul; Oksuzoglu, R. Mustafa; Yildirim,
Mustafa; Yagci, A. Murat; Pekdemir, Sami; Elmali, Ayhan “Excited state dynamics of
nanocrystalline VO2 with white light continuum time resolved spectroscopy” OPTICS
COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 333 Pages: 109-112 Published: 2014
12. Balci, Sinan; Kocabas, Coskun; Kucukoz, Betul; Karatay, Ahmet; Akhuseyin,
Elif; Yaglioglu, H. Gul; Elmali, Ayhan; “Probing ultrafast energy transfer between
excitons and plasmons in the ultrastrong coupling regime” APPLIED PHYSICS
LETTERS Volume: 105 Issue: 5 Article Number: 051105 Published: AUG 4 2014
13. Sevinc, Gokhan ; Kucukoz, Betul; Yilmaz, Halil; Sirikci, Gokhan; Yaglioglu, H. Gul;
Hayvali, Mustafa; Elmali, Ayhan
borondipyrromethene-benzimidazole
“
Explanation of pH probe mechanism in
compound
using
ultrafast
spectroscopy
technique” SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B- CHEMICAL Volume: 193 Pages:
737-744 Published: MAR 2014
14. Ma, Jie; Yuan, Xiaolin; Kucukoz, Betul; Li, Shengfu; Zhang, Caishun; Majumdar,
Poulomi; Karatay, Ahmet; Li, Xiaohuan; Yaglioglu, H. Gul; Elmali, Ayhan; Zhao,
Jianzhang; Hayvali, Mustafa “Resonance energy transfer-enhanced rhodamine-styryl
Bodipy dyad triplet photosensitizers” JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
C Volume: 2 Issue: 20 Pages: 3900-3913 Published: 2014
15. Guo, Song; Ma, Lihua; Zhao, Jianzhang ; Kucukoz, Betul; Karatay, Ahmet; Hayvali,
Mustafa; Yaglioglu, H. Gul; Elmali, Ayhan “BODIPY triads triplet photosensitizers
enhanced with intramolecular resonance energy transfer (RET): broadband visible
light
absorption
and
application
in
photooxidation”
CHEMICAL
SCIENCE Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Pages: 489-500 Published: 2014
16. Yilmaz, Halil; Kucukoz, Betul; Sevinc, Gokhan; Tekin, Sezen; Yaglioglu, H.
Gul; Hayvali, Mustafa; Elmali, Ayhan “The effect of charge transfer on the ultrafast
and two-photon absorption properties of newly synthesized boron-dipyrromethene
compounds”
DYES
AND
PIGMENTS Volume: 99 Issue: 3 Pages: 979-
985 Published: DEC 2013
17. Tekin,
Sezen;
Kucukoz,
Betul; Yilmaz,
Halil ; Sevinc,
Gokhan;
Hayvali,
Mustafa; Yaglioglu, H. Gul; Elmali, Ayhan “Enhancement of two photon absorption
properties by charge transfer in newly synthesized aza-boron-dipyrromethene
compounds containing triphenylamine, 4-ethynyl-N,N-dimethylaniline and methoxy
moieties” JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY ACHEMISTRY Volume: 256 Pages: 23-28 Published:MAR 15 2013
18. Kucukoz, Betul; Hayvalı, Mustafa; Yilmaz, Halil; Uguz, Birhan; Kurum, Ulaş;
Yaglioglu, H. Gul; Elmali, Ayhan “Synthesis, optical properties and ultrafast
dynamics of aza-boron-dipyrromethene compounds containing methoxy and hydroxy
groups and two-photon absorption cross-section” PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND
PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY Volume: 247 Pages: 24-29 Published: 2012
CONFERENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
1. Betul Kucukoz, Huiru Jia, Yongheng Xing, Poulomi Majumdar, Caishun Zhang,
Ahmet Karatay, H. Gul Yaglioglu, Ayhan Elmali, Jianzhang Zhao, Mustafa
Hayvalı “Trans-Bis(Alkylphosphine) Platinum(II)-Alkynyl Complexes Showing
Broadband Visible Light Absorption and Long-Lived Triplet Excited States” 17.
National Optic, Electro-Optic and Photonic Conference, Ankara University, 2015.
2. Betul Kucukoz, Gökhan Sevinç, Halil Yılmaz, Gökhan Şirikçi, H. Gul Yaglioglu,
Mustafa Hayvalı, Ayhan Elmali “Explanation of pH Probe Mechanism in
Borondipyrromethene-benzimidazole Compound Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Technique” 16. National Optic, Electro-Optic and Photonic Conference, Kocaeli
University, 2014.
3. Betul Kucukoz, Halil Yılmaz, Sezen Tekin, Gökhan Sevinç, Birhan Uğuz, Ulaş
Kürüm, Mustafa Hayvalı, H. Gül Yağlıoğlu, Ayhan Elmalı “Aza Bordipirometen
(Aza-BODIPY) ve Bordipirometen (BODIPY) İçeren Bileşiklerin İki Foton
Soğurma (TPA) Özelliklerinin Araştırılması/ Investigation of two photon
absorption
properties
of
Aza-borondipyrromethene
(Aza-BODIPY)
and
borondipyrromethene (BODIPY)compounds” 15. National Optic, Electro-Optic
and Photonic Conference, ASELSAN, 2013. (The Best Poster Presentation, Third
Award)