Kursad Araz
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
The Herr Laboratory, Bioengineering Department
I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Herr Laboratory in Bioengineering Department at University of California, Berkeley. I received my PhD degree in 2010 from Cornell University under supervision of Professor Amit Lal. During my Ph.D. studies, I worked on the theory/modeling/development/testing of low power acoustical microfluidic actuators towards the realization of the portable point of care devices. More information about my research can be found here.
Education
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Ph.D. in Applied Physics with minor in Electrical Engineering, February 2010
Thesis Advisor: Professor Amit Lal
Research Area: Acoustical Microfluidics, MEMS, BioMEMS, Nanobiotechnology
Certificate in Leadership Development Program (2008-2009)
Organizational Development Services
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.S. in Physics, June 2001
Research Advisor: Professor Levent Kurnaz
Research Area: Computer Simulations of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Pathways
Professional Activities and Academic Service
- Vice President (2005-2006), Co-Founder, Electron Devices Society, Cornell University
- Chair of the Organizing Committee, Cornell Eng. Res. Conf. (CERC 2010)
- Reviewer, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering IOP, Analytical Chemistry, Lab on a Chip
- Member, IEEE
- Member, UFFC
- Outreach Activities for High School Science Teachers
- Judge in Local Science Fairs
Awards and Honors
- Best Student Paper Award, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003
- Student Paper Award, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2005
- Poster Award, IEEE-EMBS Micro and Nanoengineering in Medicine Conference, Maui, Hawaii, 2012
- Best Poster Award, Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2003
- Fellowship, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 1998-1999
- Scholarship, Bogazici University, 9/1998-6/2001
- Student Body Representative for Physics Department, Bogazici University (1998-2001)