Humeyra Caglayan
Professor, Experimental Optics and Photonics
Top achievements
ERC Starting Grant 2018 (2019-2023) 1.5M Euro
Science Academy’s Young Scientist Awards Program (BAGEP) by Turkish Science Academy 2016 Unesco-Loreal Women in Science (Turkey) Award 2015
The Young Scientists Award Programme (GEBIP) by Turkish Academy of Science 2014
Mission statement
Our group focuses on engineering the fundamental interaction between light and matter at the nanometer scale.
Research topics
Metamaterials, metasurfaces, plasmonics, optical light modulation, imaging
Research unit
Photonics
Funding
QUAntum nanophotonics in Rolled-Up Metamaterials (aQUARiUM) ERC Starting Grant 1.5M EUR 1/2019-12/2023
Research career
Ph.D. Physics Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Engineering and Applied Science (Supervisor: Prof. Nader Engheta) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.