Prof. BAYRAM ÜNAL

Bayram Ünal began his academic career in 1987, graduating with honors from the Department of Physics Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University. After successfully completing the English preparatory class, he completed his master's degree in semiconductor electronics in 1990. In the same year, he started a doctoral program at Ankara University and was awarded an overseas postgraduate scholarship by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

In 1993, Ünal went to the United Kingdom for a postgraduate program on behalf of Mersin University and began his doctoral studies in the Department of Physics at Leicester University. Later, he completed his Ph.D. at DeMontfort University in the same city, graduating successfully in 1999. Due to his outstanding performance during his doctoral studies, he was awarded the LAXTON BEQUEST award by the university administration.

Ünal continued his postdoctoral research at DeMontfort University for one year, and in 2000, he joined the Waveguide Laser project at the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Sciences at the University of Southampton. In these studies, which lasted for three years, he pioneered the production of the Nd waveguide laser, a world first.

From 2003, he worked for three years on the EPSRC-supported "Bi-directional interfacing of electronics and cultured neurons" project at DeMontfort University and Queen Mary, University of London. After the project was completed, he returned to Turkey in 2007 to carry out similar projects.

In 2007, the "BioNanoTechnology Infrastructure" project, which he prepared and presented within Fatih University, was approved by TÜBİTAK and supported in 2008 with a budget of 6,900,000 TL (approximately $6 million) by the State Planning Organization (DPT). The high-tech R&D laboratories established were transformed into an R&D Center in 2010 and additionally became operational as an Institute in 2012. Ünal served as the Founding Director of both the R&D Center and the R&D Institute.

In 2014, Ünal resigned from his position at Fatih University and continued his academic career at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University with the title of Associate Professor. In 2015, he was appointed as a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. In the same year, he was appointed as the Head of the Department of Software Engineering and Director of the Institute of Natural Sciences.

In August 2019, Ünal was appointed as a Professor at Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa, Institute of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine. He was also appointed as the Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology, which he had previously designed and founded, and he still serves as a Professor at the Institute of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine.

Throughout his career, Prof. Dr. Bayram Ünal has led many significant projects and is recognized as a respected academician both nationally and internationally.