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Ph.D. : Physics, Bilkent University, 2012

M.Sc. : Physics, Bilkent University, 2007

B.Sc   : Physics, Middle East Technical University, 2005

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Prof. Evren Mutlugün earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Middle East Technical University in 2005. He subsequently pursued his Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees, both from Bilkent University's Physics Department in 2007 and 2012, respectively.

Following the completion of his academic qualifications, prior to his appointment as a faculty member of Electrical-Electronics Engineering at Abdullah Gül University, Türkiye (AGU) in 2014, he served as a National Research Foundation Competitive Research Programme (NRF-CRP) research fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from 2012 to 2014.

Prof.  Mutlugün's primary research focus centers on colloidal nanocrystal-based exciton harvesting systems for innovative optoelectronics. Among his many accolades in the field, he was awarded the 2022 TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) Incentive Award and the 2017 Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award. Notably, he was elected as a member of the Global Young Academy in 2016 and received the first prize in a competition organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK in 2015, during which he presented his tech-business idea.

Throughout his career, Prof. Mutlugün has delivered numerous invited talks, co-authored numerous conference papers, and published over 80 articles in high-ranking journals in the field of study. Additionally, he is concurrently serving as the director of the technology company that he founded.