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Alper Nese

Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Mellon Institute Box #16
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-3208
anese@andrew.cmu.edu


EDUCATION
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
August 2004

B.S. Chemistry

Areas of Concentration: Polymer Characterization, Biochemistry, Hydrogel Preperation

Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Sept. 2006
M.S. Chemistry
Areas of Concentration: Nanocomposite Preperation, Polymer Synthesis

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Hydrogel Preperation by Gamma-irradiation
• Nanocomposite Preperation by Photopolymerization
• Molecular Brushes
• Imagination and Realization of Macromolecular Materials

EXPERIENCE
Secretary, ACS, Polymer Division, Pittsburgh Section
May 2008—Present
   
Chemistry Department Representative, Graduate Student Assembly (GSA)
2007—2008
   
Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry
Aug. 2006—Present

    • IT Manager (Computers, WEB, Server)

Graduate Student, Bogazici University, Department of Chemistry
Aug. 2004—Sept. 2006
  • Advisor: Professor Nihan Nugay
    • Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Nanocomposites Prepared by In-situ Photopolymerization, Joint Project with Yusuf Yagci Research Group
Graduation work, Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry
May 2002—Sept. 2002
    • Correlation of the Three Given Methods in the Calculation of Molecular Weight Between Crosslinks of P(VP/EGDMA) Hydrogels

AWARDS

2008

Elected as the Secretary of Polymer Group, Pittsburgh Section, ACS
2005 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Bogazici University, Istanbul

AFFILIATIONS

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

PRESENTATIONS

• The 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. August 17-21, 2008.
• 8th International Symposium, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Budapest, Hungary
13-16 September 2005.

PUBLICATIONS

• Insun Park, Alper Nese, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, and Sergei S. Sheiko, “Molecular Tweezers: Controlled Scission of a Single Disulfide Bond by Adsorption-Induced Tension in Brush-like Macromolecules” Submitted.
• Hyung-il Lee, Jamie R. Boyce, Alper Nese, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, “pH-Induced Conformational Changes of Loosely-Grafted Molecular Brushes Containing Poly (acrylic acid) Side Chains” Polymer. 2008, in press.
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Metin Sitti, Brian Cusick, Burak Aksak, Alper Nese, Hyung-il Lee, Hongchen Dong, Tomasz Kowalewski, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. “Polymer Molecular Brushes as Biologically Inspired Reversible Fibrillar Adhesives” Submitted.
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Alper Nese, Sinan Sen, Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen, Nihan Nugay, Yusuf Yagci. “Clay-PMMA Nanocomposites by Photoinitiated Radical Polymerization Using Intercalated Phenacyl Pyridinium Salt Initiators” Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2006, 207, 820 - 826.

PATENTS

• Burak Aksak, Brian Cusick, Hyung-il Lee, Alper Nese, Tomasz Kowalewski, Metin Sitti, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski "Rate Sensitive Dry Adhesive” patent application submitted.

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