Graduate Student Researcher

Ece Aytan

Phonon Optimized Engineered Materials (POEM)

Nano-Device Laboratory (NDL)


INTERESTS

  • Nanostructures and Devices
  • Phonon Transport

900 University Ave.

Riverside, CA 92521

Tel: (951) 827-1012

Education

2011

Bilkent University

B.Sc. Chemistry

2014

Koc University

M.Sc. Material Science and Engineering
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Biography

Ece Aytan received her B.S in Chemistry (2011) from Bilkent University and M.S. in Material Science and Engineering (2014) from Koc University where she studied self-assembly of PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers in aqueous solutions. She is now pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California – Riverside (UCR). She is an expert in visible and UV Raman spectroscopy with experience of investigation of phonons and magnons in bulk and low-dimensional material systems. She is presently working on investigating phonon dynamics in 1D and 2D Van der Waals materials and spin-phonon coupling in magnetic materials using resonant and non-resonant Raman spectroscopy. Her research expertise and interests also include high-resolution material characterization (TEM, SEM, and XPS) and cleanroom nanoscale device fabrication. She received UCR Dean’s Distinguished Scholarship in 2014.