Prof. Dr. Seth Ariel Tongay

Principle Investigator Arizona State University, USA,

Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate Faculty, Department of Physics Graduate Faculty, Department of Chemistry Editorial Board Member of Nature 2D Materials & Applications Editorial Board Member of Applied Physics Reviews (Impact factor 14.2)

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Bio

Biography. Sefaattin Tongay is an associate professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE) within Materials Science and Engineering Department at Arizona State University. Prior to his appointment at ASU, he has completed his postdoctoral studies at 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 300 SCI-indexed research articles in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Physics, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Nano Letters and Physical Review Letters. He currently has h-index of 75, and holds a number key patents on 2D materials. His work received wide media coverage from Nature publications, Scientific American, MIT news, Science Daily, Phys.org and various other media sources. Prof. Tongay also serves as an editorial member of AIP Applied Physics Review (impact factor 14) and more recently Nature Publishing Journal Nature 2D Materials and Applications.

Recognition
2019     Presidential Early Career Awards in Sciences and Engineering (PECASE) award
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)