Biography
Sefaattin Tongay is the undergraduate program chair and an associate professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE) within the Materials Science and Engineering Program at Arizona State University. Prior to his appointment at ASU, he has completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley at the Materials Science and Engineering Department with Professor Junqiao Wu. He received his doctorate at the University of Florida in 2010 working with Distinguish Professor Arthur F. Hebard.
His work focuses on the 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), chemical engineering (desalination, purification, and gas separation). He has published more than 200 SCI-indexed research articles in prestigious journals such as Science and Nature. He currently has 222 ISI-index journal publications, h-index of 60 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 19) and more recently Nature Publishing Journal Nature 2D Materials and Applications. (Last updated:10/17/2021)
Recognition
| 2021 | Highly Cited Researcher Award by Web of Science Clarivate Analytics |
| 2021 | Lamonte H. Lawrence Professor in Solid State Science |
| 2021 | Teaching Excellence Award |
| 2021 | Sigma Xi Full member |
| 2021 | Fulton Impact Professorship Award |
| 2020 | Top 5% Engineering 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% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2019 | World Nobel Laureates Association -Young Scientists Winner |
| 2018 | Top 5% Engineering 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% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU) |
| 2016 | Early Career Awards for Sciences and Engineering (CAREER) Award |
| 2016 | Top 5% Engineering 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
- M.Sc. Bilkent University 2005
- Bachelor’s degree. Ege University 2002