Principal Investigator
Safacan Kolemen
PhD, Bilkent University
Postdoc, UC Berkeley
Dr. Kolemen trained as an organic chemist during his PhD at Bilkent University, Turkey and then dived into the field of chemical biology at UC Berkeley, Department of Chemistry while working as a postdoctoral scholar. Before joining to Koç University, he worked at ROKETSAN as a R&D engineer for a short period of time, where he expended his knowledge on polymeric and composite materials. After joining Koç University in 2017, Dr. Kolemen established the “Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology” lab. In his independent career, he is combining his previous expertise to develop new generation tumor selective phototherapy drugs for cancer treatment and in vivo bio-imaging agents for cancer diagnosis.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Hande Gündüz
Dr. Hamdiye Yadigar Ece
Graduate Students
Musa Dırak
PhD Student
BSc ITU
Müşerref Cansu Yenici
PhD Student
BSc ITU
Kübra Durgun
PhD Student
BSc METU – MSc Ankara Uni
Ayça Saymaz
MSc Student
BSc IZTECH
Ceren Ünver
Visiting MSc Student
BSc Boun
Berkan Bozkurt
Visiting MSc Student
BSc Koç
Undergraduate Students
Mehmet Akif Aktaş
BSc
Koç ’22
Sarp Emre Turan
BSc
Koç ’24
Mina Mustafazade
BSc
Koç ’24
Ayça Melis Keskin
Koç ’24
Mascot
Rita
Alumni
Hümeyra Kaanoğlu, 2020 – PhD Student, Sancar Lab; University of North Carolina
Begüm Mestçioğlu, 2020 – R&D Assistant Specialist, Organik Kimya Inc.
Çağrı Özsan, 2021 – PhD Student, Frei Lab; University of Bern
Büşra Aslan, 2021 – R&D Specialist, Gen İlaç Inc.
Sultan Çetin, 2021 – PhD Student, Ceroni Lab; Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Berkan Bozkurt, 2021 – MSc Student, Neuroscience, Stress, Mood, and Cognition Lab /w KolemenLab; Koc University
Eda Kılıç, 2022 – PhD Student, Pratt Lab; University of Ottawa
Eda Erbil, 2022 – MSc Student; Karolinska Institute
Zeynep Kılcan, 2022 – MSc Student; Heidelberg University
Toghrul Almammadov, 2022 – Post-doctoral Researcher, Juríček Lab; University of Zurich
Dr. Aatif Ijaz, 2023