Vita

Cem Özdogan was born in Merzifon, Amasya on October 23, 1969. He received his B.S. degree in Physics from the Middle East Technical University in June 1994. He received his M.S. degree in Physics from the Middle East Technical University in June 1996. He received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Middle East Technical University in June 2002. He worked as a research assistant from 1994 to 2001 in the department of physics, Kirikkale University and Middle East Technical University and as instructor in the department of computer engineering, Çankaya University from 2001 to 2002. He was promoted to associate professor status in 2009 (YÖK - The Council of Higher Education). He is currently employed as associate professor and serving as chair in the department of materials science and engineering, Çankaya University. He was previously a member of computer engineering department (2001-2011). His main areas of interest are electronic structure calculations, parallel computing and scientific computing. He has been married since 2008.