SELİM HANAY

Associate Professor

Selim Hanay

BIOGRAPHY

Selim Hanay holds a BS degree from the Microelectronics Engineering Program at Sabanci University, with a minor in Physics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech in 2011, where he developed nanomechanical sensors capable of weighing single protein molecules in real time. He continued his research at Caltech, first as a post-doctoral fellow and then as a research engineer, for a total of two years before joining Bilkent University, Turkey, as an Assistant Professor in 2013.

His current research focuses on the detection of viruses and nanoparticles using nanomechanical mass spectrometry under atmospheric conditions, microwave sensing of nanoparticles in microfluidic systems, and the development of deformable microfluidics for controlled cell transfection. He has received incentive awards from several national research organizations (Tübitak, Tüba, Bilim Akademisi) and the Distinguished Teaching Award of Bilkent University. He is also the recipient of an ERC Starting Grant and an ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant.

From 2022 to 2024, he held a Visiting Associate position in the Physics Department at Caltech. He is currently an Associate Professor at Bilkent University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is affiliated with UNAM –National Nanotechnology Research Center.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Physics, California Institute of Technology (2011)
B.S., Microelectronics Engineering with minors in Physics, Sabanci University (2003)

RESEARCH

Our research group works on cutting edge problems in dynamics to develop sensors. for biomedical and environmental challenges. 

Our main thrusts are:

1) Microfluidics-Integrated Microfluidics Sensors (MIMS)

2) Nano-Electromechanical Systems (NEMS) for Sensing

3) Nanoscale Buckling for Information Science and Chaos

4) Optomechanical Sensors

 

Our research group is supported by an ERC Starting Grant, numerous TUBITAK grants, and the young investigator awards of both Turkish Academy of Sciences and Science Academy, Turkey. 

 

RESEARCH WEB PAGE:  https://www.nems.me/

Teaching
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