Name&Surname	Aysen Yilmaz
Title	Assis. Prof. Dr.
Current Position	Assis. Chairman
Room no	O-107
Tel	(90) 312 210 5150
Fax	(90) 312 210 12 80
e-mail	ayseny@metu.edu.tr

   EDUCATION

Major Field	Inorganic Chemistry
PhD	2000,  METU, Department of Chemistry
MsC	1995,  METU, Department of Chemistry
BS	1992,  METU, Faculty of Education, Chemistry Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

5/2004-present	Assistant Professor in METU Department of Chemistry
9/2002-1/2004	Instructor in METU Department of Chemistry.
5/2001-8/2002	Research Associate in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California at Santa Barbara, California, USA.
10/2000-5/2001	Post-doctoral researcher at Sabanci University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Orhanli, Tuzla 81474 Istanbul Turkey.
2/1996-9/2000	METU, Department of Chemistry, PhD in inorganic chemistry. Thesis title: Synthesis and Characterizations of Alkaline, Alkaline Earth and Transition Metal Borophosphate Compounds
10/1999-01/2000	Visiting Scientist in Max-Planck Institute für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Dresden Germany. The chemistry of borophosphate compounds Funded by Max-Planck Institute.
02/2000-06/2000	Visiting Scientist in Department of Chemistry University of California at Santa Barbara, California, USA The synthesis and physical properties of borophosphate compounds Funded by TUBITAK NATO A2 scholarship.
9/1995-12/1995	Visiting Scientist in Universitat Halle Wittenberg Department of Chemistry, Merseburg, Germany. Heterogeneous catalysis and preparation, characterization of solid samples Funded by Volkswagen Foundation.
9/1992-9/1995	METU, Department of Chemistry, M.S in inorganic chemistry, Thesis title: Rare Earth Borophosphates
9/1988-6/1992	METU, Faculty of Education, Department of Science Education, Chemistry Program, B.Sc.
9/1987-6/1988	Middle East Technical University English Preparatory School

   MAJOR SUBJECTS OF INTEREST

Synthesis and characterization of new organically templated porous, inorganic polymer, borate and phosphate compound.

Preparation of supported metal oxide catalysts together with their catalytic activity tests and the investigation of surface characterization of solids.

Solid-solid reactions ant high temperatures, gas-solid reactions.
Production of optically active lithium and rare-earth borate compounds.

   SELECTED PUBLICATION LIST

Aysen Yilmaz, Xiao-Ping Zhou, Ivan M. Lorkovic, Gurkan A. Yilmaz, Leroy Laverman, Mike Weiss, Shouli Sun, Dieter Schaefer, Jeffrey H. Sherman, Eric W. McFarland, Peter C. Ford and Galen D. Stucky, “Bromine Mediated Partial Oxidation of Ethane Over Nanostructured Zirconia Supported Metal-Oxide/Bromide “(J. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, accepted).

 Ivan M. Lorkovic, Aysen Yilmaz, Gurkan A. Yilmaz, Xiao-Ping Zhou, Leroy  E. Laverman, Shouli Sun, Dieter J. Schaefer, Michael Weiss,  Maria L. Noy, C. Ian Cutler, Jeffrey H. Sherman, Eric W. McFarland, Galen D. Stucky,  Peter C. Ford, A novel integrated process for the functionalization of methane and ethane: Bromine as mediator, (Catalysis Today, accepted).

X. P. Zhou, A. Yilmaz, G. A. Yilmaz, I. M. Lorkovic, L.E. Laverman, M.Weiss, J. H. Sherman, E. W. McFarland, G.D. Stucky, P. C. Ford “An Integrated Process for Partial Oxidation of Alkanes” Chemical Communications, 2294-2295, 2003.

Aysen Yilmaz, Leyla Tatar, Xianhui Bu, Meral Kizilyalli and Galen D. Stucky, “New Zeotype Borophosphates with Chiral Tetrahedral Framework Topology: (H)_0.5M_1.25(H₂O)_1.5[BP₂O₈].H₂O (M= Co(II) and Mn(II))”  (Crystal Research and Technology, accepted).

P. Çamurlu, A. Yilmaz, L. Tatar, D. Kısakürek, D. Ülkü, “Synthesis, crystal structures and characterizations of new transition metal compounds of bromophenols: Bis(2,4,6-tribromophenolato)di(N-methyl imidazole)M(II) (M=Co, Cu)” (Crystal Research and Technology, accepted).

Zeynep Ozdemir, Gulhan Ozbayoglu, Meral Kizilyalli and Aysen Yilmaz, “Synthesis and Characterization of Mineral Processing” Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing, 38, 321-327, 2004.

A. Yilmaz, X Bu, M. Kizilyalli, R. Kniep, G. D. Stucky “Cobalt Borate

Phosphate; Co₃[BPO₇], Synthesis and Characterization” J. Solid State Chemistry,

156, 281-285, 2001.

A. Yilmaz, X Bu, M. Kizilyalli, G. D. Stucky “Fe(H₂O)₂BP₂O₈.H₂O, a First

Zeotype Ferriborophosphate with Chiral Tetrahedral Framework Topology”

Chemistry of Materials, 12: (11) 3243-3245 NOV 2000.

C. Hauf, A.Yilmaz, M. Kizilyalli, R. Kniep “Borophosphates: Microwave-Assisted

and Hydrothermal Synthesis of Na₅[B₂P₃O₁₃]” J. Solid State Chem. 140,154-156, 1998.