Name:                 O. Yavuz ATAMAN

Title:                   Professor

Date of Birth:       January 21, 1947

Nationality:          Turkish

Address:              Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University

                                   06531 Ankara, Turkey

Telephone:          90 (312) 210 5019

Fax:                    90 (312) 210 1280

e-mail:                ataman@metu.edu.tr

Personal Information

Degrees

B.S. in Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1970.

M.S. in Analytical Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, USA, 1973.

Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, USA, 1975.

Dozent of Analytical Chemistry, Ankara, 1981.

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1988.

Scholarship for PhD Study, Agency for International Development, 1971-1975, Cincinnati, USA.

Award of Superior Academic Achievement in 1999, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, June, 2000.

Award for The Educator of the Year 2000 – 2001 (2000-2001 Öğretim Yılı ODTÜ Yılın Eğitimcisi Ödülü), Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Education and Research Foundation, December 2001, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Award of Superior Academic Achievement in 1999-2000-2001, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, July, 2002.

Award of Superior Academic Achievement in 2001-2002-2003, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, July, 2004.

Award of Superior Academic Achievement in 2001-2002-2003, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, July, 2006.

Honorary Member for Service of High Quality in Science of Chemistry, Given by the Turkish Chemical Society, May 24, 2006

Awards

1. Member of Organization Committee, III. Spectroscopy Congress, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 1978.

2. Chairman of Analytical Chemistry Section, 35th IUPAC Congress, İstanbul, Turkey, 14-19 August 1995.

3. Member of Organization Committee, XI. National Chemistry Conference, KİMYA 97, Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van, June 16-20, 1997.

4. Member of International Scientific Committee, Second Mediterranean Basin Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Rabat, Morocco, 23-28 November, 1997.

5. Member of Organization Committee, 1st Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days, İzmir, 18-20 November 1998.

6. Chairman, Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXI, September 5-10, 1999, Ankara, Turkey.

7. Member of Organization Committee, 2nd Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days, Ayvalık, 1-4 November 2000.

8. Guest Editor (with M.T.C. de Loos-Vollebregt and W. Slavin) for the Special Issue, Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXI, Spectrochim. Acta Part B 55B, July 2000.

9. Guest Editor (with J.-M. Kauffmann) for the Special Issue, Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXI, Talanta, 53, October 2000.

10. Member of International Scientific Committee, Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXII, July 8-13, 2001, Pretoria, South Africa.

11. Member of International Scientific Committee, 2nd International Symposium on Instrumental Methods of  Analysis "IMA' 2001",  September 5-8, 2001, Ioannina Greece.

12. Member of Scientific Committee, 3rd Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days, September 29- October 3, 2002, Polihnitos, Lesvos, Greece.

13. Member of Scientific Committee, “1st National Analytical Chemistry Congress”, July 3-5, 2002, BUTAL, Bursa, Turkey.

14. Member of Scientific Committee, “VIII. Spectroscopy Congress”, October 30 – November 1,  2002, BUTAL, Bursa, Turkey.

15. Member of Scientific Committee, 6th International Symposium on New Trends in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Society, 4-8 January 2003, Cairo University, Egypt.

16. Member of International Scientific Committee, Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, September 7-12, 2003, Granada, Spain.

17. Member of International Scientific Committee, 3rd  International Symposium on Instrumental Methods of  Analysis "IMA' 2003",  September 23-27, 2003,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

18. Member of Organizing Committee, 2nd  Black Sea Basin Conference on Analytical Chemistry”, September 14-17, 2003, Şile, İstanbul, Turkey

19. Member of Scientific Committee, “5th National Chromatography Congress”, June 30-July 2, 2004, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey.

20. Member of Scientific Committee, “2nd National Analytical Chemistry Congress”, September 2-4, 2004, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey.

21. Member of Scientific Committee, 4th  Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days, September 29- October 3, 2004, Kuşadası, Aydın, Turkey.

22. Member of Advisory (Program) Committee, 4th  Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days, September 29- October 3, 2004, Kuşadası, Aydın, Turkey.

23.   Member of Scientific Committee, IXth National Spectroscopy Congress, June 9-11, 2005, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

24.  Member of Program Committee, IXth National Spectroscopy Congress, June 9-11, 2005, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

25.   Member of Honorary Committee, “1st International Conference on Air Pollution and Combustion”, 22-25 June 2005, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

26.  Member of Scientific Committee, “3rd National Analytical Chemistry Congress”, July 5-7, 2006, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey

27. Member of Scientific Programme Committee, The International Congress on Spectroscopic Methods for Conservation of Cultural Heritage”, 5-7 April, 2007, İstanbul, Turkey

28. Member of Scientific Committee, Xth National Spectroscopy Congress, July 4-7, 2007, İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü, Urla, İzmir, Turkey

29. Member of International Scientific Advisory Board, Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXV, September 23-27, 2007, Xiamen, China

Scientific Meeting Duties

Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, since November 2002.

Member (elected) of University Senate, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2002.

Member of Faculty Board, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2000-2002.

Member of Faculty Administrative Board, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1998-2000.

Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1991-1994.

Head, The Chemical Society of Turkey, Ankara Branch, since 1994.

Assistant Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1989-1991.

 

Administrative Posts

 

Prof.Dr. O. Yavuz ATAMAN