Middle East Technical University

Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Murat Kaya
Tel: +903125868561
e-mail: [email protected]
Personal Data
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Sep., 10, 1978
Ankara-Turkey
Turkish
Married
Education
 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (2002), Middle East Technical University, Ankara
 Master of Science in Chemistry (2004), Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Thesis: Determination of Germanium at Trace Level by Chloride Generation
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (2011), Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Thesis: Preparation and Surface Modification of Noble Metal Nanoparticles
with Tunable Optical Properties for SERS Applications
Languages: Turkish (Native), English (Advanced)
Experience
2009-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
Part Time Lecturer (General Chemistry, Chem102), Atilim University,
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Ankara
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Technical University,
Chemistry Department, Ankara
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Related Skills
(a) In Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Methods: Surface Enhanced Raman
Scattering, Preparation and Surface Modification of Noble Metal Nanoparticles with
Different Structures to Monitor Biologically and Chemically Important Molecules
(Sensor Applications), Preparation of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Magnetic Separation,
Magnetically
Targeted
Imaging,
Time-Resolved
IR
Techniques,
Assembling
Nanostructures for Effective Catalysis, Magnetically Separable Catalysts, Hydrogen
Storage and Evolution, Biomass Conversion.
(b) In Physical Characterization and Experimental Methods: experienced in the use
and the interpretation of the following characterization techniques;
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Gas Chromatography (GC)
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), (FAAS, AES, ETV, HG)
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Fluorescence Spectrometry
Raman Spectrometry
UV-VIS
FTIR
X-Ray Diffractometer
BET
Flow Injection System
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Research Projects
 Preparation and characterizatin of magnetic nanoparticles (The Scientific and
Technological Research Council of Turkey, Project no: TUBITAK 104T361. (
Researh Assistant)
 Preparation of Ni-NTA Bearing PMAA Coated Superparamagnetic Magnetite
Nanoparticles selective to Histidine, for the purification of Histidine Tagged
Benzaldehyde Lyase Enzyme by Using Magnetic Separation (The Scientific and
Technological Research Council of Turkey, Project no: TUBITAK 108T368. (
Researh Assistant)
 Preparation and Characterization of Silica Coated Magnetite Nanoparticles and
Labeling with Tc-99m for Magnetically Targeted Radioactive Imaging (Republic of
Turkey Ministry of Industry and Trade, Project no: SAN-TEZ, 00339.STZ.2008–2.
( Researh Assistant)
 Preparation, Characterization and the Use of Dye-Embedded Core- Shell
Nanoparticles as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Tags for Detection of 26 S
Proteasom and 20 S Proteosom, Project no: TUBITAK 111T151. (Postdoctoral
Research Fellow)
Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
(1) “Silver Nanoparticle-doped Polyvinyl Alcohol Coating as a Medium for Surfaceenhanced Raman Scattering Analysis”
Seher Karabıçak, Murat Kaya, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Mürvet Volkan
J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 2008, 8, 955, DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.D272
(2)
“Preparation
and
Characterization
of
Ni-NTA
Bearing
PMAA
Coated
Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanoparticles”
Bilsen Tural, Murat Kaya, Necati Özkan, Mürvet Volkan
J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 2008, 8, 695, DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.B270
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(3) “Synthesis of N-Polyethereal Polypyrroles and Their Application for the
Preconcentration of Rare Earth Ions “
Bahar Köksel, Murat Kaya, Atilla Cihaner, Mürvet Volkan, Ahmet M. Önal
J. App. Poly. Sci., 2008, 108, 2707, DOI: 10.1002/app.27781
(4) “Germanium Determination by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry: An
Increased Vapor Pressure-Chloride Generation System”
Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan
Talanta, 2011, 84, 1, 122, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.12.029
(5) “Genotoxicity of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles on MDA-231 Cells Using Comet
Assay”
Gonca Cakmak Demircigil, Elif Asik, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Mesude Iscan
48th Congress of the European-Societies-of-Toxicology (EUROTOX)
Toxicology Letters, 2012, 211,SI, 206, DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.03.738
(6) “Cytotoxicity of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles On Breast Cancer Cell Lines”
Elif Asik, Murat Kaya, Tuba Nur Alp, Mürvet Volkan, Mesude Iscan
48th Congress of the European-Societies-of-Toxicology (EUROTOX)
Toxicology Letters, 2012, 211,SI, 206, DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.03.739
(7) “Copper(0) Nanoparticles Supported on Silica-Coated Cobalt Ferrite Magnetic
Particles: Cost Effective Catalyst in the Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Borane with an
Exceptional Reusability Performance”
Murat Kaya, Mehmet Zahmakiran, Mürvet Volkan, Saim Ozkar
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2012, 4, 8, 3866, DOI: 10.1021/am3005994
(8) “Usage of Silica Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles and SERS Nanotags for Gene
Detection”
Yeliz Akpinar, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan
22nd IUBMB Congress/37th FEBS Congress
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FEBS Journal, 2012, 279, SI, 350
(9) “New Approach for the Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS)
Detection of Dopamine at Picomolar (pM) Levels in the Presence of Ascorbic Acid”
Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan
Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 84, 18, 7729, DOI: 10.1021/ac3010428
(10) “Ag nanostructures on a Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Film Prepared with
Electrochemical Route: A Controllable Roughened SERS Substrate with High
Repeatability and Stability”
Üzeyir Doğan, Murat Kaya, Atilla Cihaner, Mürvet Volkan
Electrochimica Acta, 2012, 85, 220, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.08.053
(11) ‘‘Palladium(0) nanoparticles supported on silica-coated cobalt ferrite:A highly
active, magnetically isolable and reusable catalyst forhydrolytic dehydrogenation of
ammonia borane’’
Serdar Akbayrak, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkana, Saim Özkar
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 147 (2014) 387– 393
National and International Conferences Presentations
 Poster Presentation: Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Determination of Germanium at
Trace Level by Interference Free Chloride Generation Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry, III Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days, Sep 29th-Oct 3rd 2002,
Polihnitos, Lesvos, Greece
 Poster Presentation: Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Atomic Spectrometric Method
for the Determination of Trace Amounts of Germanium through the Vaporization of
Germanium as Germanium Tetrachloride, 2nd Black Sea Basin Conference on
Analytical Chemistry, 14-17 September 2003, Sile, Istanbul, Turkey
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 Poster Presentation: Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Gerçek Örneklerde Eser
Miktarlardaki Germanyumun Klörür Oluşturma- Alevli AAS Yöntemi Kullanılarak
Tayini. "II. Ulusal Analitik Kimya Kongresi", 2-4 Eylül, 2004, İnönü Universitesi,
Malatya
 Poster Presentation: Seher Karabıçak,
Murat Kaya, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Mürvet
Volkan, Silver Nanoparticle-doped Polyvinyl Alcohol Coating as a Medium for
Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Analysis, International Workshop on Nanostructured Materials, NANOMAT 2006, June 21-23, 2006, Antalya, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Bilsen Tural, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Preparation and
Characterization of Maghemite and Magnetite Nanoparticles Designed Specifically as
a Magnetic Platform for Histidine Separation, International Workshop on Nanostructured Materials, NANOMAT 2006, June 21-23, 2006, Antalya, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Bahar KÖKSEL, Murat Kaya, Atilla CİHANER, Ahmet M.
ÖNAL, Mürvet VOLKAN, Using Poly-1-11-Bis(1-1 Pyrrole)3,6,9–Trioxaundecane
in Preconcantrations of Lanthanides, 10th International Spectroscopy Conference, 0407 Jully, 2007, IYTE, İzmir
 Poster Presentation: Serap Tekin, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Sensor Application
of Ferrozine Doped Sol-gel Beads for Speciation Studies of Iron, Europtrode IX –
Dublin, March 30th – April 2nd, 2008. Dublin, Ireland.
 Poster Presentation: L. Sezen Keser, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Nano Boyutta
Gümüş Küre, Çubuk ve Tel Yapıların Kimyasal Sentezi ve SERS Uygulamaları. "XI.
Ulusal Spektroskopi Kongresi", 2009, Gazi Üniversitesi, Ankara
 Poster Presentation: Recep Yüksel, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Bimetalik AltınGümüş Nanoparçacıkların Sentezi ve SERS Uygulamaları. "XI. Ulusal Spektroskopi
Kongresi", 2009, Gazi Üniversitesi, Ankara
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 Poster Presentation: Lütfiye Sezen Keser, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, DNA
Purification with Aminosilane Modified Magnetic Cobalt Nanoparticles, 5th
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTR5), June 08-12, 2009,
Eskisehir, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Seda Kibar, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Preparation and
Characterization of Silaca Coated-Dye Doped Ag Nanoparticles, 5th Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTR5), June 08-12, 2009, Eskisehir, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Gülfem Aygar, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Preparation of
Silica and PMAA Coated Cobalt Ferrite (CoFe2O4) Magnetic Nanoparticles for the
Purification of Histidine-Tagged Proteins, 5th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Conference (NanoTR5), June 08-12, 2009, Eskisehir, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Synthesis of hollow gold-silver
double shell and gold core silver shell nanoparticles for molecular sensing using
surface-enhanced
Raman
scattering
(SERS)
spectroscopy,
Colloquium
Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXVI - August 30-September 3, 2009, Budapest,
Hungary
 Poster Presentation: Gözde Kerman, Muharrem Timuçin, Murat Kaya, Mürvet
Volkan, Nuhan Puralı, Petek Korkusuz, Sema Hakkı, Feza Korkusuz, Trace Element
Release from Si-HAP Containing Ceramics, BIOTECH 2009 International
Symposium on Biotechnology: Developments and Trend, 27-30 September 2009,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Üzeyir Doğan, Murat Kaya, Atilla Cihaner and Mürvet
Volkan, Performance of Silver Doped PEDOT Polymer Film as a SERS Substrate,
6th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTR6), 15-18 June 2010,
IYTE, İzmir, Turkey
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 Poster Presentation: Gülfem AYGAR ,Zeynep ERGÜL, Lütfiye Sezen KESER ,
Murat Kaya , Mürvet VOLKAN, Comparison of Magnetic Behavior of Cobalt,
Cobalt-Ferrite and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Silica Coatings, 6th Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTR6), 15-18 June 2010, IYTE, İzmir, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Zehra Tatlici, Umit Zengin, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan,
Preparation and Characterization of Silica Coated Magnetite Nanoparticles and
Labeling with Tc-99 for Magneticly Targeted Radioactive Imaging, 7th Aegean
Analytical Chemistry Days, AACD2010 Conference, 29th September-3th October
2010, Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece (Best poster award)
 Poster Presentation: Ceren Uzun, Yeliz Akpinar, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan,
Synthesis and Characterization of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Tags with Ag
and Au Core-Ag Shell Nanostructures, NanoTR7, 2011, Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology Conference, June 27-July 1, 2011, Sabanci University, Istanbul,
Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Ceren Uzun, Yeliz Akpınar, Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan,
Raman-Dye-Labeled Nanoparticle Probes for DNA Studies, NanoTR8, 2012,
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
 Poster Presentation: Murat Kaya, Serap Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Colloidal Hybrid
Nanostructures: A New Type of Bifuntional Nanoparticles, 2012 MRS Fall Meeting
& Exhibit, November 25-30, 2012, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, USA
 Poster Presentation: Üzeyir Doğan, Murat Kaya, Atilla Cihaner and Mürvet
Volkan, Silver Nanoparticles Embedded in a PEDOT Film Prepared via
Electrochemical Route: A Controllable Roughned Optically Active Nanomaterial,
2012 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, November 25-30, 2012, Hynes Convention
Center, Boston, MA, USA
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 Oral Presentation: Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Preparation of Hollow GoldSilver Double Shell Nanospheres and Gold Core Silver Shell Nanoparticles for SERS
Applications, 5th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTR5), June 0812, 2009, Eskisehir, Turkey
 Oral Presentation: Murat Kaya, Mürvet Volkan, Surface Enhanced Raman
Scattering (SERS) Detection of Biologically Important Compounds Utilizing Noble
Metal
Nanoparticles
with
Tunable
Optical
Properties,
ECASIA'09
13th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis,
October 18-23, 2009, Antalya Turkey
References
Prof. Dr. Mürvet Volkan, Department of Chemistry, METU, Ankara, TURKEY
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (90) 312 210 32 28
Prof. Dr. O. Yavuz Ataman, Department of Chemistry, METU, Ankara, TURKEY
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (90) 312 210 32 32
Prof. Dr. E. Hale Göktürk, Department of Chemistry, METU, Ankara, TURKEY
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (90) 312 210 32 23
Prof. Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave 66-456, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (1) 617-253-7090
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