Dr Ayse Kizilersu
Position | Grant-Funded Researcher (B ) |
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Org Unit | Physics |
ayse.kizilersu@adelaide.edu.au | |
Telephone | 831 33549 |
Location |
Floor/Room
108A
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Physics
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North Terrace
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Biography/ Background
I received my Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in physics from the University of Istanbul (Turkey’s oldest university). I graduated at the top of the class for which I received an award. I also received a scholarship from the BARUT Foundation for scientists and was made an honorary fellow. I completed my Master of Science in high energy physics at the University of Istanbul. The MSc degree was a combination of course work and a thesis. My research was conducted at both the ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) in Trieste Italy and at the University of Istanbul. Once again I graduated at the top of the class.
During my master’s degree I became an Honour Fellow of the TUBITAK (The Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council). This position is highly prestigious and it is only offered to a few scientists in each discipline throughout Turkey.
I won a scholarship to do my PhD with the particle theory group at the University of Durham in England under the supervision of Professor Michael R. Pennington. My PhD was a combination of course work and a thesis. During my PhD I published a number of papers and one of them is considered a “TOPCITE” according to High-Energy Physics literature database (SPIRES). This citation record is unusual for a student as the paper is not a review article.
On the 9th of February 1998 following a rigorous review by a senior academic panel and an oral defence I was awarded the title of Associate Professor which is Turkey’s highest academic qualification and is equivalent to Habilitation in other European countries.
According to HEP SPIRES my top five articles have been cited over 200 times with these articles appearing in the most influential particles and fields physics journals: Phys. Rev D impact factor=5.05 (the most cited journal in this area), J. High Energy Phys. impact factor=5.375 (the third most cited journal in this area), Phys. Lett. B impact factor=4.034 (the highest impact factor for a physics letter journal). My most recent article was published in May 2009 in Phys. Rev. D and has already been cited five times.
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Qualifications
- PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics Course work and Thesis: Gauge Theory Constraints on the Fermion-Boson Vertex.
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, England. - MSc in High Energy Physics Course work and Thesis: A String Model with Spinor Interactions Including Dynamical Geometry and Torsion.
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Istanbul, Turkey.
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Awards & Achievements
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ARC (Australian Research Council) Linkage International Grant -
“Advances in Nonperturbative Studies of Subatomic Physics”
with: A. G. Williams, D. B. Leinweber and L. von Smekal. (2007). -
ARC Large Grant - “Advanced Studies of Non-Perturbative Quantum Electrodynamics and Relation to the Standard Model”
with A.G. Williams (2004). -
ARC Large Grant - “Studies of Nonperturbative Quantum Electrodynamics”
with A.G. Williams (2001). -
Research Scholarship from CSSM, University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±, (1998)
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British Council Research Scholarship (1997).
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“Award for Successful Researchers” in University of Istanbul, Research Foundation (1996)
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Scholarship to study PhD overseas (1991).
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Honour-Fellow of the TUBITAK-The Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council.
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