Melik Cumhur Demirel is a Turkish materials scientist and engineer, who is a Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on theory-driven functional materials synthesis and fabrication for designing novel engineering materials to produce next generation materials for an array of fields including energy, biomedicine, security and defense. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Boğaziçi University. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.[1][2]
Publications
Malvadkar, Niranjan A.; Hancock, Matthew J.; Sekeroglu, Koray; Dressick, Walter J.; Demirel, Melik C. (2010-10-10). "An engineered anisotropic nanofilm with unidirectional wetting properties". Nature Materials. 9 (12). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 1023–1028. Bibcode:2010NatMa...9.1023M. doi:10.1038/nmat2864. ISSN1476-1122. PMID20935657.
Guerette, Paul A; Hoon, Shawn; Seow, Yiqi; Raida, Manfred; Masic, Admir; et al. (2013-09-08). "Accelerating the design of biomimetic materials by integrating RNA-seq with proteomics and materials science". Nature Biotechnology. 31 (10). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 908–915. doi:10.1038/nbt.2671. ISSN1087-0156.
Bahar, Ivet; Atilgan, Ali Rana; Demirel, Melik C.; Erman, Burak (1998-03-23). "Vibrational Dynamics of Folded Proteins: Significance of Slow and Fast Motions in Relation to Function and Stability". Physical Review Letters. 80 (12). American Physical Society (APS): 2733–2736. Bibcode:1998PhRvL..80.2733B. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.80.2733. ISSN0031-9007.
^"Bioinspired protein creates stretchable 2D layered materials". sciencedaily.com. Pennsylvania State University. July 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-24. Researchers rarely reported this interface property for the bone and nacre because it was difficult to measure experimentally," said Melik Demirel, Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Biomimetic Materials and director of the Center for Advanced Fiber Technologies, Penn State