I am an Associate Professor and Chair at the Mathematics Department of Bilkent University. Previously, I taught at Doğuş University, UNC-Charlotte, and IZTECH, and I was also a visiting faculty at the University of Cambridge. I received my PhD in Mathematics from the University of Virginia, my MS in Mathematics, as well as my BS degrees in Mathematics and Computer Engineering from Koç University. My research fields are analysis of partial differential equations and control theory, in particular, design, analysis, and controllability of initial-boundary value problems (IBVPs) associated with spatio-temporal phenomena in applied sciences. I am a member of the Analysis Research Group at Bilkent. I organized the workshop series Nonlinear PDEs in Applied Mathematics, sponsored by the International Center for Theoretical Physics – Eurasian Centre for Advanced Research (ICTP-ECAR) and Turkish Mathematical Society. Currently, my research is funded through TÜBİTAK’s 1001 Research Grant (122F084). You can click here to see the courses taught by me over the past few years at Bilkent.

Recent articles (Click here for the full list):

  • Well-posedness of the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a finite interval (with C. Mayo and D. Mantzavinos), accepted, J. Evol. Equ.39 pp. arXiv
  • Low-regularity solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the spatial quarter-plane (with D. Mantzavinos), SIAM J. Math. Anal. 57 (2025), no.6, 6731-6773. DOI
  • Stabilization of linear waves with inhomogeneous Neumann boundary conditions  (with I. Susuzlu), Internat. J. Control, 98 (2025), no. 7, 1639-1663. DOI
  • Finite dimensional backstepping controller design (with V.K. Kalantarov and K.C. Yılmaz),  IEEE Trans. Automat. Control, 70 (2025), no. 6, 3816-3829 DOI
  • Local well-posedness of the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the half-line: single boundary condition case (with A. Alkın and D. Mantzavinos), Stud. Appl. Math. 152 (2024), no.1, 203-248 DOI
  • Numerical computation of Neumann controls for the heat equation on a finite interval (with K. Kalimeris and N. Dikaios), IEEE Trans. Automat. Control, 69 (2024), no. 1, 161–173 DOI

Open positions in Department of Mathematics: 

Visiting and Promotion-track open rank positions are available in Mathematics. Click here for more information.

Graduate and Postdoc Scholarships: 

M.S., Ph.D., and Postdoc Scholarships are available in Control of PDEs. Click here for more information.