SERKANT ALİ ÇETİN

BSc, MSc and Phd degrees in physics from Boğaziçi University, Turkey in 1996, 1998 and 2003 respectively. Field of expertise in Experimental High Energy and Particle Physics. Full professor since 2009. Served in various academic-administrative positions such as Department Head, Vice Dean, Dean, Vice Rector, Research Center Director and Institute Director. Currently, chair of the Department of Basic Sciences and leader of the High Energy and Particle Physics Research Group at Istinye University. CERN user since 1997. National Contact Physicist of the ATLAS Experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Team Leader of the Turkish group at CERN Axion Solar Telescope Experiment and at CERN DRD1 Collaboration. Team Leader of the Turkish group participating in BESIII Experiment at Beijing electron-positron Collider. National Contact for CERN's Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition. Lecturer and supervisor in CERN's Turkish Teacher's Programme. Member of the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) as Turkish representative from 2018 to 2020. Acted as the University Representative and Deputy Project Leader of the Turkish Accelerator Center Design Project; a consortium of 10+ Turkish universities supported by the Ministry of Development from 2006 to 2015. Chair of the Representative Board of the Turkish Experimental Particle Physics Community between 2016-2019. Five national umbrella projects on CERN programmes completed as Principle Investigator between 2007 and 2018. Scientific Consultant in two national projects between 2017 and 2020. Supervisor of various graduation projects about magnet design, accelerator design and plant microbial fuelcells. Co-supervised/mentored 10+ graduate thesis related to CERN programmes. Currently running the national umbrella project for participating in CERN's ATLAS Experiment; PI of the national consortium of six universities.