Faculty of
arts & sciences
Department of
PHYSICS
MURAD ANNAORAZOV
Specialist
email: murat.annaorazov@emu.edu.tr
BS 1974 Turkmen State University, Physics
MS 1974 Turkmen State University, Physics
PhD 1979 Institute of Physics, Krasnoyarsk Russia, Solid
State Physics
PhD 1993 Moscow State University Russia, Physics of
Magnetic Phenomena
Prof Annaorazov graduated from the Research Interests
department of Physics, Turkmen State
University (Turkmenistan) in 1974. He Solid State Physics
received BS and MS degrees in Physics Physics of Magnetic Phenomena
in Turkmen State University in 1974. He First-order Phase Transitions and Sensor
completed PhD degree in Solid State Heat-Mech. and Electr. Energy Transformation
Physics in Krasnoyarsk Institute of Magnetic Refrigeration
Physics (Russia). He joined Experimental
and Theoretical Physics Department as
F A C U L T Y
an assistant professor in 1978. Between Selected Publications
1995/2000 he was Vice-chairman of
the Council in Physics of Solids and Morchshakov V., Annaorazov M., Medvedeva I.V.,
Research Studies, Deputy Dean in Bärner K., "Determination of the baric coefficient
Research, Faculty of Physics and using a double AC-method", Review of Scientific
Mathematics, Chair of the Research Instruments, vol. 76, pp. 1 - 6, 2005.
Center in Physics in Turkmen State
University. From 2001/2004 he worked Annaorazov M.P., Güven H.M., Bärner K., "COP of
as a professor at Turkish universities. cooling cycles around the AF-F transition in FeRh
Currently, he is lecturing in the depart- based on experimental data", Journal of Alloys and
ment of Physics, is a Research Professor Compounds, vol. 397, no. 1-2, pp. 26 - 30, 2005.
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at Institute of Advanced Technologies
R&D, Eastern Mediterranean University. Annaorazov M.P., "An analysis of the process of
Prof. Annaorazov has one book, 6 adiabatic inducement of the F-AF transition in FeRh
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inventions, 27 research journal articles, by pressure", Journal of Alloys and Compounds,
22 scientific reports, 18 conference vol. 354, no. 1-2, pp. 1 - 5, 2003.
abstracts, 2 PhD dissertations in Solid
State Physics and Physics of Magnetic Annaorazov M.P., Nikitin S.A., Tyurin A.L., Asatryan
Phenomena. In 1998 Prof. Annaorazov K.A., Dovletov A.Kh., "Anomalously High Entropy
was a Fellow of German Academic Change in FeRh Alloy", Journal of Applied Physics,
vol. 79, no. 3, pp. 1689 - 1695, 1996.
&
Exchange Service (DAAD), 4th Physical
Institute, University of Gëttingen,
Germany, and currently he is working Annaorazov M.P., Asatryan K.A., Myalikgulyev G.,
S C I E N C E S
on a joint NATO Collaborative Linkage Nikitin S.A., Tishin A.M., Tyurin A.L., "Alloys of the
Grant Project. Since 2005 he has been Fe-Rh system as a new class of working material for
working on Seed Money Research magnetic refrigerators", Cryogenics, vol. 32, no. 10,
Project in Eastern Mediterranean pp. 867 - 872, 1992.
University.
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D‹ZEM AR‹FLER
Assistant Professor
email: dizem.arifler@emu.edu.tr
BS 2000 University of Texas at Austin, Physics
MS 2002 University of Texas at Austin, Biomedical
Engineering
PhD 2005 University of Texas at Austin, Biomedical
Engineering
Research Interests
Biomedical Optics for Cancer Diagnosis Dizem Arifler received the BS degree in
Biomedical Optical Imaging/Spectroscopy Physics, and the MS and PhD degrees in
Model-based Analysis of Biophotonics Biomedical Engineering from The
Numerical Analysis of Nanophotonics University of Texas at Austin in 2000,
Design of Biomedical Optical Sensors 2002, and 2005, respectively. She is
currently an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Physics, Eastern
Selected Publications Mediterranean University, Famagusta,
Cyprus. Her research interests include
S C I E N C E S
Schwarz R.A., Arifler D., Chang S.K., Pavlova I., biomedical optics and biophotonics,
Mack V., Knight B., Richards-Kortum R., Gillenwater with special focus on optical spec-
A.M., "Ball lens coupled fiber-optic probe for depth- troscopy and imaging for early cancer
resolved spectroscopy of epithelial tissue", Optics detection, theoretical and model-based
Letters, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 1159 - 1161, 2005. analysis of light propagation in biologi-
cal media, and applications of numeri-
Arifler D., Schwarz R.A., Chang S.K., Richards- cal and computational approaches in
Kortum R., "Reflectance spectroscopy for diagnosis electromagnetic to biophotonics and
of epithelial pre-cancer: model-based analysis of nanophotonics.
fibre-optic probe designs to resolve spectral infor-
mation from epithelium and stroma", Applied
&
Optics, vol. 44, no. 20, pp. 4291 - 4305, 2005.
Chang S.K., Arifler D., Drezek R., Follen M.,
Richards-Kortum R., "Analytical model to describe
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fluorescence spectra of normal and preneoplastic
epithelial tissue: comparison with Monte Carlo sim-
ulations and clinical measurements", Journal of
Biomedical Optics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 511 - 522,
2004.
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Collier T., Arifler D., Malpica A., Follen M.,
Richards-Kortum R., "Determination of epithelial tis-
sue scattering coefficient using confocal
F A C U L T Y
microscopy", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Quantum Electronics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 307 - 313,
2003.
Arifler D., Guillaud M., Carraro A., Malpica A.,
Follen M., Richards-Kortum R., "Light scattering
from normal and dysplastic cervical cells at differ-
ent epithelial depths: finite-difference time-domain
modelling with a perfectly matched layer boundary
condition", Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 8, no.
3, pp. 484 - 494, 2003.
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AYHAN B‹LSEL
Professor
email: ayhan.bilsel@emu.edu.tr
BS 1974 University of York, Theoretical Physics
MS 1975 University of Essex, Theoretical Physics
PhD 1980 University of Essex, Theoretical Physics
Research Interests
Professor Bilsel joined the Eastern Physics Education
Mediterranean University (then Higher Engineering Education
Technological Institute) in October
1980, a few weeks after he obtained
his PhD. He designed the mathematics Selected Publications
and physical sciences components of
the engineering curriculum. In 1982 he Garip M., Erdil E., Bilsel A., "Engineering Faculty
was appointed the first head of the Attitudes to General Chemistry Courses in
Department of Basic Sciences. In 1986, Engineering Curricula", Journal of Chemical
F A C U L T Y
he became the founding dean of the Education (in press), 2006.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, a position
he held until 2005. In 1989 he chaired Erdil E., Bilsel A., "Curriculum design to Revitalize
the committee responsible for establish- Electrical Engineering Education at Eastern
ing the Graduate School. In 1999 he Mediterranean University", International Journal of
initiated the setting up of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Education, vol. 42, no. 3, pp.
Education, and he was the acting dean 234 - 246, 2005.
of this Faculty until 2003. In 2004 he
was appointed as the first Vice Rector Erdil E., Garip M., Bilsel A., Buluncak A., "Content
for Research. His early research was on Evaluation of Traditional Core Physics Courses in
theory of light scattering, more specifi- Engineering Curricula", International Journal of
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cally Brillouin scattering from liquid and Engineering Education, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 943 -
solid surfaces. His current research 949, 2005.
interests include engineering education,
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curriculum studies, and the analysis mis- Bilsel A., Erdil E., "Experience Gained in Applying
conceptions in physics. He is a member ABET Criteria to an Electrical/Electronic Engineering
of the American Physical Society, the Program in a Turkish University.", International
American Association of Physics Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 20, no. 1,
Teachers, and the Institute of Physics pp. 77 - 82, 2004.
(UK).
&
Bilsel A., Oral O., Pillai J., "Turkish and North
American Engineering Programs: A Comparative
Study of Curricular Emphases on Mathematics,
S C I E N C E S
Basic Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences",
IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 41, no. 4, pp.
247 - 252, 1998.
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ÖZAY GÜRTU⁄
Associate Professor
email: ozay.gurtug@emu.edu.tr
BS 1988 Eastern Mediterranean University, Electrical
and Electronics Engineering
MS 1991 Eastern Mediterranean University, Physics
PhD 1997 Eastern Mediterranean University, Physics
Research Interests
Colliding Gravitational Waves Özay Gürtu¤ received his BSc degree in
Singularities in General Relativity Electrical and Electronic Engineering at
Cylindrical Gravitational Waves Eastern Mediterranean University in
1988. He obtained his MS and PhD
degrees in physics at the same universi-
Selected Publications ty in 1992 and 1997 respectively. He
was appointed as an assistant professor
Gurtug O., Halilsoy M., Sakalli I., "Singular and in the department of Physics in 1999.
Nonsingular Colliding Wave Solutions in the He has served as the Academic
S C I E N C E S
Einstein-Maxwell-scalar Theory", General Relativity Coordinator of the Rector's Office
and Gravitation, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 2159 - 2170, between the years 2003-2005. He has
2003. made contributions to the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences in the different com-
Gurtug O,. Sakalli I., "Cosmic Strings Coupled With mittees. He has served also as an elect-
a Massless Scalar Field", International Journal of ed Senate member in the Academic
Theoretical Physics, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 1863 - 1876, years of 2003 - 2004 and 2004 - 2005.
2003. He was promoted to the Associate
Professorship position in 2004.
Gurtug O., Halilsoy M., "Failure of a Stability
Conjecture in General Relativity", IL Nuovo Cimento
&
B, vol. 117 B, no. 5, pp. 493 - 499, 2002.
Gurtug O,. Halilsoy M., "Effect of Sources on The
Inner Horizon of Black Holes", Physical Review D,
A R T S
vol. 64, 2001.
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MUSTAFA HAL‹LSOY
Professor
email: mustafa.halilsoy@emu.edu.tr
BS 1973 Middle East Technical University, Physics
MS 1975 Middle East Technical University, Nuclear
Physics
PhD 1978 Middle East Technical University, Physics
Research Interests
Mustafa Halilsoy completed his PhD in Non-linear Interactions
Physics at Middle East Technical Black Hole Formations
University in 1978. During the academic Singularity Structure
year of 1976-77, he served as a Higher Dimensional Space Times
research fellow at the university of String Theory
Texas. He served as an assistant profes-
sor at METU during 1978-81. He took
up a position at the King Abdulaziz Selected Publications
University at Jaddah, Saudi Arabia in
F A C U L T Y
1981. He taught various physics courses Halilsoy M., Halilsoy E, Unver O., "Colliding waves
at the Departments of Nuclear from 5-dimentional black holes and black p-branes",
Engineering and Physics. Upon his pub- Jour. Math. Phys., vol. 47, pp. 125 - 145, 2006.
lished works, he was promoted to
Associate Professor in 1984 and Halilsoy M., Al-Badawi A., "Revisiting the rotating
Professor in 1988. He returned to BR electromagnetic universe", Il Nuovo Cimento,
Cyprus in 1990 to take up a position at vol. 119B, pp. 931 - 944, 2004.
EMU. He has been involved in active
theoretical research and has published Halilsoy M., "New Metrics for Spinning Spheroids",
numerous papers. Presently he is the Jour.Math. Phys, vol. 33, pp. 4225 - 4230, 1992.
Chair of the Physics and Chemistry
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Department. Halilsoy M., "Studies in spacetimes Admitting two
space-like Killing vectors", Jour. Math. Phys., vol.
29, pp. 320 - 326, 1988.
A R T S
Halilsoy M., "Colliding EM shock waves in General
Relativity", Phys. Rev.D37, pp. 2121 - 2126, 1988.
&
S C I E N C E S
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OMAR S. MUSTAFA
Professor
email: omar.mustafa@emu.edu.tr
BS 1984 Yarmouk University, Physics
MS 1987 Middle East Technical University, Physics
PhD 1991 Middle East Technical University, Physics
Research Interests
Quarkonium Mass Spectroscopy and Decay Widths Omar Mustafa taught physics at
Magnetic Fingerprints for Quantum Dots AlFarouq secondary School, Nablus,
PT-symmetric Quantum Mechanics Palestine in 1984-1985. After complet-
Psudo-Hermiticity ing his MSc, he started his PhD at
PCT and Position-dependent Mass Hamiltonians Middle East Technical University, where
he also got a research assistantship in
the Department of Physics. In 1992, he
Selected Publications started work as an Assistant Professor
in the Physics Department at Eastern
S C I E N C E S
Mustafa O., "Perturbed-Coulombic potentials in Mediterranean University. In 1995, he
Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations", Czech. J. Phys., was promoted to the rank of Associate
vol. 54, 2004. Professor and to Professor in 2002. He
was elected as Professor's
Mustafa O., "Dirac and Klein-Gordon particles in Representative to the Faculty Board of
complex Coulombic fields: a similarity transforma- Art & Sciences in the academic year
tion", J. Phys. A: Math. and Gen., vol. 36, 2003. 2002-2003 and to the University Senate
for the academic year 2003-2004. He
Mustafa O., Znojil M, "PT-symmetric pseudo-pertur- also served, until recently, as the Arab
bation recipe; an imaginary cubic oscillator with Student's Advisor at EMU. He served as
spikes", J. Phys. A: Math and Gen., vol. 35, 2002. the Chair for the Physics and Chemistry
&
Departments between July 2004 and
Mustafa O., Chhajlany S.C., "Ground-state energies October 2005.
of Hydrogenic atoms in a uniform magnetic field of
arbitrary strength", Phys. Rev. A, vol. 50, 1994.
A R T S
Mustafa O., "The shifted 1/N expansion for two-
dimensional Haydrogenic donor states in an arbi-
trary magnetic field", J. Phys.: Condens Matter, vol.
5, 1993.
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