Betül URALCAN
PhD: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, USA, 2018
Graduate Certificate in Comp. and Inform. Science, 2015-2019
Teaching Transcript Program, 2014-2019
MS: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, USA, 2015
Bs: Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2013
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2024-
Posdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chem. and Env. Engineering, Yale University, USA, Jan. 2023-Present
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2019-2023
Post-doctoral Researcher, Princeton University, USA, 2018-2019
Research Assistant, Princeton University, USA, 2013-2018
Assistant in Instruction, Princeton University, USA, 2015-2016
• Science Academy Young Scientists Award Program, Turkey, 2024
• Anderson Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale University, CT, USA, 2023-2024
• TUBITAK 2232 International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers, Turkey, 2019.
• Young Investigator Award, Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Liquids, Holderness, NH, USA 2017
• 3rd place at Gordon Conference on Ionic Liquids, Maine, USA, 2016.
• Prof. Dr. Turgut Noyan Award for Academic Achievements, Boğazici University, Turkey, 2013.• TUBITAK 2232 International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers, Turkey, 2019.
• 1st place - Poster Prize at Faraday Discussions on Ionic Liquids, Cambridge, UK, 2017.
• Young Investigator Award at Gordon Conference on Liquids, New Hampshire, USA, 2017.
• Molecular Simulations of Aqueous Systems with Advanced Sampling Techniques, Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), 2017-2018
• 3rd place at Gordon Conference on Ionic Liquids, Maine, USA, 2016.
• Prof. Dr. Turgut Noyan Award for Academic Achievements, Boğazici University, Turkey, 2013.
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Research Grant (2209-A) for Undergraduate Students, Turkey, 2012 -2013
• Theoretical and computational methods grounded in statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, and data science tools.
• Desalination and membrane technologies.
• Ionic liquid based electrolytes relevant to energy storage applications.
• Protein thermodynamics and kinetics.
• Phase behavior of chiral molecules.• Investigation of the interfacial and capacitive properties of ionic liquid-based electrolytes relevant to energy storage applications using computational and electroanalytical methods.
• Protein thermodynamics and kinetics under environmental perturbations using computational and theoretical techniques rooted in statistical mechanics.
• Computer simulations and theoretical description of the thermophysical properties of water.
• Investigation of the phase behavior of chiral molecules.
• C. Violet …, B Uralcan, …, M. Elimelech, Designing membranes with specific binding sites for selective ion separations, Nature Water, 2, 706–718, 2024.
• Effect of Pressure on the Conformational Landscape of Human γD-Crystallin from Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128 (20), 4931-4942, 2024.
• D. Kaya, D. Koroglu, E. Aydın, B. Uralcan, Optimization of Capacitance in Supercapacitors by Constructing an Experimentally Validated Hybrid Artificial Neural Networks-Genetic Algorithm Framework, Journal of Power Sources, 568, 232987, 2023.
• A. S. Korkut, B. Uralcan, RGO/Ionic Liquid Composites with Tunable Interlayer Spacing for Improved Charge/Discharge Kinetics in Supercapacitors, Nanotechnology, 34(23), 235402, 2023.
• T. Longo, N. Shumovskyi, B. Uralcan, S. V. Buldyrev, M. A. Anisimov, P. G. Debenedetti, Formation of Dissipative Structures in Mixtures with Molecular Interconversion, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(1), e2215012120, 2022.
• B. Uralcan, I. Uralcan, Origin of Enhanced Performance in Nanoporous Electrical Double Layer Capacitors: Insights on Micropore Structure and Electrolyte Composition from Molecular Simulations, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(14), 16800, 2022.
• E. Can, B. Uralcan, R. Yildirim, Enhancing Charge Transfer in Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production over Dye-Sensitized Pt/TiO2 by Ionic Liquid Coating, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4(10), 10931, 2021.
• B. Uralcan, T. J. Longo, M. A. Anisimov, F. H. Stillinger, P. G. Debenedetti, Interconversion-controlled Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation in a Molecular Chiral Model, Journal of Chemical Physics, 155(20), 204502, 2021.
• C. E. Markwalter, B. Uralcan, I. Pelczer, S. Zarzhitsky, M. H. Hecht, P. G. Debenedetti, Stability of Protein Structure during Nanocarrier Encapsulation: Insights on Solvent Effects from Simulations and Spectroscopic Analysis, ACS Nano, 14(12), 16962, 2020.
• B. Uralcan, P. G. Debenedetti, Computational Investigation of the Effect of Pressure on Protein Stability, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(8), 1894, 2019.
• B. Uralcan, Folarin Latinwo, P. G. Debenedetti, M. Anisimov, The pattern of Property Extrema in Supercooled and Stretched Water Models as a Tool to Predict the Stability Limit of Liquid State. Journal of Chemical Physics, 150, 064503, 2019.
• B. Uralcan, S. B. Kim, C. Markwalter, R. K. Prud’homme, P. G. Debenedetti, A Computational Study of the Ionic Liquid-induced Destabilization of the Miniprotein Trpcage, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 22 (21), 5707, 2018.
• B. Uralcan, I. Aksay, P. G. Debenedetti, and D. T. Limmer, Concentration Fluctuations and Capacitive Response in Dense Ionic Solutions, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7(13), 2333, 2016.
• D. J. Bozym, B. Uralcan, D.T. Limmer, M.A. Pope, N.J. Szamreta, P.G. Debenedetti, and I.A. Aksay, Anomalous Capacitance Maximum of the Glassy Carbon Ionic Liquid Interface through Dilution with Organic Solvents. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(13), 2644, 2015.
• B. Uralcan, P. G. Debenedetti, Computational Investigation of the Effect of Pressure on Protein Stability, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10 (8), 1894, (2019).
• B. Uralcan, Folarin Latinwo, P. G. Debenedetti, M. Anisimov, The Pattern of Property Extrema in Supercooled and Stretched Water Models as a Tool to Predict the Stability Limit of Liquid State, The Journal of Chemical Physics 150 (6), 064503, (2019).
• B. Uralcan, S. B. Kim, C. Markwalter, R. K. Prud’homme, P. G. Debenedetti, A Computational Study of the Ionic Liquid-induced Destabilization of the Miniprotein Trpcage, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 22 (21), 5707, (2018).
• B. Uralcan, I. Aksay, P. G. Debenedetti, and D. T. Limmer, Concentration Fluctuations and Capacitive Response in Dense Ionic Solutions, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7(13), 2333, (2016).
• D. J. Bozym, B. Uralcan, D. T. Limmer, M. A. Pope, N. J. Szamreta, P. G. Debenedetti, and I. A. Aksay, Anomalous Capacitance Maximum of the Glassy Carbon Ionic Liquid Interface through Dilution with Organic Solvents, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(13), 2644, (2015).
