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Former Bilkent PhD at NIST
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Dr. Oğuz Gülseren, who earned his MS (1988) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees at the Department of Physics on Condensed Matter Theory is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) USA. He co-authored 3 papers in 2001. The first paper focused on seismological observations have shown that elastic waves generated from earthquakes travel through the inner core faster along directions parallel to Earth’s rotation axis.
Dr. Gülseren’s work (published in Nature 413, 57, 2001) explained this anisotropy and inferred that the core temperature of Earth is 5700K. The implications of this work in Earthquake Science were emphasized in a review article in the November issue of the well-known periodical “Physics Today” and also 10 other internet journals.
A second paper, which appeared in Physical Review Letters, in collaboration with Dr. Taner Yıldırım (NIST), explained the mechanism of high temperature superconductivity in MgB2 crystals. Their theory has been confirmed by experimental studies, and selected as one of the most important research results in 2001 by the Physical Review Focus. Finally, Dr. Gülseren’s most recent paper was published in Physical Review Letters and revealed the novel properties of carbon nanotubes. The editor of Materials Today reported his work as Research News and found his results important for molecular electronics.
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