CV

2012-2017	*Doctoral degree* "Fabrication and Characterization of Innovative Bottom-Up Plasmonic Nanostructures” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Popp Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena The Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena
2011-2012	*Master in Optics, Matter and Plasma* “The development of Structured Illumination Microscopy for living cells”, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Alexandra Fragola and Dr. Vincent Loriette (double degree earned in the frame of Erasmus Mundus Optics in Science and Technology Programme (OpSciTec)) University Paris Sud 11, Institut d’Optique Graduate School co-accredited with Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
2010-2011	*Master of Science in Photonics* (double degree earned in the frame of Erasmus Mundus Optics in Science and Technology Programme (OpSciTec)) Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2008-2009	*Bachelor in Physics* (visiting Student in the frame of Socrates Erasmus programme) Groningen University
2005-2010	*Bachelor in Physics* Yeditepe University, Istanbul
2001-2004	*High School diploma specialized in natural science* Acibadem Science High School, Istanbul

Research

Studying the function of the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain in the activation of HCN2 channels

Skills

Patch-Clamp Technique
Confocal Patch-Clamp Fluorometry (cPCF)

Awards

2010-2012	Grant for Optics in Science and Technology (OpSciTech) Master Programme (double degree) in the frame of Erasmus Mundus Master program The Education, Audiovual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), European Union Commission
2004-2010	Grant for bachelor in physics Ministry of National Education (MEB) Turkey
2008-2011	Grant for bachelor in physics in the frame of Socrates-Erasmus exchange program The Education, Audiovual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), European Union Commission
2001-2004	Grant for the high school studies specialized in natural sciences Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation (ISTEK) scholarship committee

Publications

Yüksel, S., Ziegler, M., Goerke, S., Hübner, U., Weber, K., Cialla-May, D., Schaaf, P., Meyer, H. G., and Popp, J. (2017)

Hierarchically designed 3D flower-like composite nanostructures as an ultra-stable, reproducible and sensitive SERS substrate

under revision ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ziegler, M., Yüksel, S., Goerke, S., Weber, K., Cialla-May, D., Popp, J., Pollok, K., Wang, D., Langenhorst, F., Hübner, U., Schaaf, P., and Meyer, H. G. (2017)

Growth of Hierarchically 3D Silver-Silica Hybrid Nanostructures by Metastable State Assisted Atomic Layer Deposition (MS-ALD)

Advanced Material Technology 2, 1700015

Yüksel, S., Schwenke, A. M., Ardizzone, S., Weber, K., Cialla-May, D., Hoeppener, S., and Popp, J. (2016)

Trace detection of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) with a SERS-based capillary platform prepared by the in situ microwave synthesis of AgNPs

Anal. Chim. Acta 939, 93-100

Jahn, M., Patze, S., Hidi, I. J., Knipper, R., Radu, A. I., Mühlig, A., Yüksel, S., Peksa, V., Weber, K., Mayerhöfer, T., Cialla-May, D., and Popp, J. (2016)

Plasmonic nanostructures for surface enhanced spectroscopic methods

Analyst 141, 756-793

Soliveri, G., Ardizzone, S., Yüksel, S., Cialla-May, D., Popp, J., Schubert, U. S., and Hoeppener, S. (2016)

Microwave-Assisted Silver Nanoparticle Film Formation for SERS Applications

J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 1237-1244

Yüksel, S., Schwenkbier, L., Pollok, S., Weber, K., Cialla-May, D., and Popp, J. (2015)

Label-Free detection of Phytophthora ramorum using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Analyst 140, 7254-7262

Yüksel, S., Ziegler, M., Goerke, S., Hübner, U., Pollok, K., Langenhorst, F., Weber, K., Cialla-May, D., and Popp, J. (2015)

Background-Free Bottom-Up Plasmonic Arrays with Increased Sensitivity, Specificity and Shelf Life for SERS Detection Schemes

J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 13791-13798

Patent

Aktivierte 3-D-Nanooberfläche, Verfahren zu Ihrer Herstellung und Ihrer Verwendung
Mario Ziegler, Sezin Yüksel, Dana Cialla-May.
September 2016, DE 10 2016 118 440.3 (pending)