Burak ÖZDAMAR, PhD

Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne, Evry, FR

Postdoctoral FellowJan, 2020 — Jan, 2022

Laboratoire Analyse, Modélisation, et Matériaux pour la Biologie et l'Environnement (LAMBE UMR8587). Postdoc de Retour within Genopole, Evry.

• Hydrophobicity around biomolecules: 1-to-1 relationship between structure and non-linear SFG vibrational spectroscopy
• Electrochemical processes at gold-water interface: Towards a parameter-free probing of the electric double layer on various gold surfaces

Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, TR

Postdoctoral FellowJan, 2017 — Aug, 2019

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. via Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) – ARDEB 115F445

• Structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of single-layer hexagonal crystals of group IV and V elements
• Ballistic thermoelectric transport properties of two-dimensional group III-VI monolayers
• Inducing thermal rectification in a multi terminal junction system of harmonic chains

CNRS Délégation Alsace, Strasbourg, FR

Research Engineer in Scientific CalculationOct, 2016 — Nov, 2016

Finalised the complementary calculations and reports at the end of PhD study.

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TR

Research and Teaching Assistant & Academic AdvisorDec, 2010 — Sep, 2013

Dept. of Physics. Employed as IT system administrator and teaching assistant

• Responsible from the computational framework of the Physics Department and the Linux cluster of Atomic & Molecular Physics Laboratory
• Demonstrated general physics experiments and supervised a lab of 30 students
• Provided academic and social guidance to the freshman students for two semesters

Université de Strasbourg, FR

PhD, Physics and Chemistry of Materials2013 — 2016

Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, IPCMS UMR7504

First-principles simulations of the interaction of metal-organic molecules with a surface and as building blocks for nanodevices. (Link)

Middle East Technical University, TR

MSc, Atomic and Molecular Physics2010 — 2013

GPA 3.43/4.00

Investigation of the structural properties of low dimensional nanostructures: Molecular dynamics simulations. (Link)

Middle East Technical University, TR

BSc, Physics2005 — 2010

GPA 3.07/4.00 - Cum laude (2008/1 & 2009/2)

Specialization in Optoelectronics

Programming

Python (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, TensorFlow, AiiDA), Flutter (Google Cert.), Web development (beginner)

Chem./Phys.

CP2K, CPMD, VASP, GROMACS

Misc.

HPC, git, bash, LATEX, Linux, MacOS, Windows

Language

English, French, Turkish

Publications in international peer-reviewed journals

1. W. Chen, S. E. Sanders, B. Özdamar, D. Louaas, F. S. Brigiano, S. Pezzotti, P. B. Petersen, M.-P. Gaigeot, On the trail of molecular hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity at aqueous interfaces, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 1309 (2023).

2. M. N. Çınar, G. Özbal Sargın, K. Sevim, B. Özdamar, G. Kurt, H. Sevinçli, Ballistic thermoelectric transport properties of two-dimensional group III-VI monolayers, Phys. Rev. B, 103, 165422 (2021)

3. B. Özdamar, G. Özbal, M. N. Çınar, K. Sevim, G. Kurt, B. Kaya, H. Sevinçli, Structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of single-layer hexagonal crystals of group IV and V elements, Phys. Rev. B, 98, 045431 (2018).

4. B. Özdamar, H. Sevinçli, Inducing thermal rectification in a multi terminal junction system of harmonic chains: A toy model and beyond. (in preperation)

5. G. Cotin, C. Kiefer, F. Perton, M. Boero, B. Özdamar, A. Bouzid, G. Ori, C. Massobrio, D. Begin, B. Pichon, D. Mertz, and S. Begin-Colin, Evaluating the critical roles of precursor nature and water content when tailoring magnetic nanoparticles for specific applications, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 1, 4306 (2018).

6. B. Özdamar, A. Bouzid, G.Ori, C. Massobrio, M. Boero, First-Principles study of dissociation processes for the synthesis of Fe and Co oxide nanoparticles, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 14, 225 (2018).

7. B. Özdamar, C. Massobrio, M. Boero, Stability and destabilization processes in the formation of ferrocene-based metal-organic molecule-metal nano-junctions, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 13825 (2016).

8. B. Özdamar, M. Boero, C. Massobrio, D. Felder-Flesch and S. Le Roux, Exohedral M-C60 and M₂-C60 (M = Pt, Pd) systems as tunable-gap building blocks for nanoarchitecture and nanocatalysis, J. Chem. Phys., 143, 114308 (2015)

9. B. Özdamar and Ş. Erkoç , Structural properties of silicon nanorods under strain: Molecular dynamics simulations, J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci., 10, 1 (2013).

10. B. Özdamar and Ş. Erkoç, Structural and thermal properties of boron nitride nanoparticles: Molecular dynamics simulations, In. J. Nanotech. Appl., 1, 41 (2013).

11. B. Özdamar and Ş. Erkoç, Molecular dynamics simulations of sawtooth-like graphene nanoribbons under strain, Adv. Sci. Eng. Med., 4, 459 (2012).

Book chapters

1. Boero, M., Bouzid, A., Roux, S., Ozdamar, B., and Massobrio, C. (2015). First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Methods: An Overview in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Disordered Materials: From Network Glasses to Phase-Change Memory Alloys. C. Massobrio, J. Du, M. Bernasconi, and S. P. Salmon (Eds.), (pp. 33-55). Springer International Publishing.

Oral presentations

1. B. Özdamar, DFT-MD simulations on water/SAM-silica interfaces of various hydrophobicity, EPFL, LCBC, Aug. 2021

2. B. Özdamar, Enhanced sampling techniques for transition metal atom deposition on organometallic molecules, IIT, May 2016

3. B. Özdamar, How do water traces affect the morphology of transition metal-oxide nanoparticles?, IPCMS - UdS, Jan. 2015

4. B. Özdamar, Transition metal atom deposition on ferrocene for nanoelectronics applications, IPCMS - UdS, August 2014

International workshops / tutorials

1. Label de Chimie Théorique, Réseau Français de Chimie Théorique, Paris, France, 20–31 January 2020

2. Recent Progress in the Physics of Thermal Transport, ICTP-ECAR, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkiye, 17–21 July 2017

3. Hybrid Quantum Mechanics / Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Approaches to Biochemistry and Beyond, CECAM-HQ-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 9–13 February 2015

Proceedings presented in national and international meetings

1. B. Özdamar, H. Sevinçli, "Thermal rectification on multi terminal molecular junctions", Condensed Matter Physics VIII (YMF2019), 19 April 2019, IZTECH/Izmir-Turkiye, Abstract Book, p. 22. (Poster)

2. B. Özdamar, G. Özbal, M. N. Çınar, K. Sevim, G. Kurt, B. Kaya, H. Sevinçli, "Structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of single-layer hexagonal crystals of group IV and V elements", Condensed Matter Physics VIII (YMF2019), 19 April 2019, IZTECH/Izmir-Turkiye, Abstract Book, p. 21. (Poster)

3. M. N. Çınar, G. Özbal, G. Kurt, M. Gençoğlu, K. Sevim, B. Özdamar, R. T. Senger, H. Sevinçli, "A computational database for the electronic, thermal and thermoelectric properties of group III-VI monolayers", Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic, Superconducting, Multifunctional and Nanomaterials (JAPMED’10), 4-8 July 2017, IZTECH/Izmir-Turkiye, Abstract Book, p. 77. (Q4-74) (Poster)

4. B. Özdamar, Ş. Erkoç, "Structural, electronic and vibrational properties of cubane structures X₈H₈ (X=C,Si,Ge)", Turkish Physical Society 29th International Physics Congress (TFD-29), 5-8 September 2012, Bodrum-Turkiye, Abstract Book, p. 426. (01-PP73) (Poster)

5. B. Özdamar, Ş. Erkoç, "Structural and thermal properties of BN nanoparticles: Molecular dynamics simulations", NanoTR8, 25-28 June 2012, Hacettepe University, Ankara. Abstract Book, PP-014. (Poster)

6. B. Özdamar, Ş. Erkoç, "Molecular-dynamics simulations of sawtooth-like graphene nanoribbons under strain", Turkish Physical Society 28th International Physics Congress (TFD-28), 6-9 September 2011, Bodrum-Turkiye, Abstract Book, p. 513. (Poster)

7. B. Özdamar, Ş. Erkoç, "Structural properties of Si nanorods under strain: Molecular dynamics simulations", NanoTR7, 27 June - 1 July 2011, Sabanci University, Istanbul. Abstract Book, P2.B.7. (Poster)

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