Biography
Sefaattin Tongay is the chair and professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University. Prior to his appointment at ASU, he completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley in the Materials Science and Engineering Department with Prof. Dr. Junqiao Wu. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 2010 working with Distinguished Prof. Dr. Arthur F. Hebard.
His work focuses on the manufacturing of semiconductors, synthesis, and fundamental understanding of low-dimensional quantum materials. His team uses state-of-the-art manufacturing and characterization techniques to enable next-generation applications such as quantum information, energy conversion (catalysis, photovoltaics), and chemical engineering (desalination, purification, and gas separation). He has published more than 300 SCI-indexed research articles in prestigious journals such as Science and Nature. He currently has +300 ISI-index journal publications, an h-index of 71, and holds a number of key patents on quantum materials. His work received wide media coverage from Nature publications, Scientific American, MIT News, Science Daily, Phys.org, and other media sources. Prof. Tongay also serves as an editorial member of AIP Applied Physics Review (impact factor 21) and more recently Nature Publishing Journal Nature 2D Materials and Applications. (Last updated:08/17/2023)
CITATIONS METRICS (Google Scholar)
H Index: 71
Total Citation: >27,000
Global Citation Ranked in Materials Science and Engineering in the world
Highly Cited Researcher in 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
(Top 1% of most cited researchers in Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering; Thomson Reuters).
Recognition
| 2023 | Top 5% Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2022 | Highly Cited Researcher Award by Web of Science Clarivate Analytics |
| 2022 | Top 5% Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2021 | Highly Cited Researcher Award by Web of Science Clarivate Analytics |
| 2021 | Lamonte H. Lawrence Professor in Solid State Sciences |
| 2021 | Fulton School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award |
| 2021 | Sigma Xi Full Member |
| 2021 | Fulton Impact Professorship Award |
| 2020 | Top 5% Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2020 | Highly Cited Researchers of 2020 by Web of Science and Clarivate Analytics |
| 2019 | Presidential Early Career Awards in Sciences and Engineering (PECASE) award |
| 2019 | Highly Cited Researchers of 2019 by Web of Science and Clarivate Analytics |
| 2019 | Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World – Academic Leadership and Accomplishment |
| 2019 | Top 5% Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2019 | World Nobel Laureates Association -Young Scientists Winner |
| 2018 | Top 5% Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2017 | Ira. A. Fulton Outstanding Assistant Professor Award (ASU) |
| 2017 | Outstanding Reviewer Award by Chemistry of Materials (impact factor:10) |
| 2017 | Top 5% Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2016 | Early Career Awards for Sciences and Engineering (CAREER) Award |
| 2016 | Top 5% Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2016 | The Scientist of the Year Award by Turkish Science Foundation |
| 2016 | French National Institute Applied Sciences Researcher Award |
| 2015 | Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2010 | Tom Scott Memorial Award (Most innovative dissertation award at Florida) |
| 2002 | Summa Cum Laude (Top rank student award) |
| 2002-2004 | Bilkent University Broad of Directors Fellowship (Bilkent) |
| 1998-2002 | Presidential awards for distinguished undergraduate students (Aegean) |
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
- Ph.D. University of Florida 2010