Mehmet Ali Alpar#
| Membership Number: | 3257 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | TURKEY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1999 Professor, Sabancı University
- 2004 - 2010 Director, Foundations Development Program, Sabancı University
- 1990 - 1999 Professor, Physics Dept., Middle East Technical University
- 1988 - 1989 Visiting Res. Assoc.Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1985 - 1989 Research Scientist, Physics Dept., Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
- 1983 - 1985 Visiting Res.Asst. Professor, Physics Dept.,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1982 Research Associate, Astronomy Dept., Columbia University
- Feb.1978 - Dec.1981 Instructor, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
- Aug.1977 - Feb.1978 Research Associate, Physics Dept., Princeton University
Fields of Scholarship
- Neutron Stars:
- Structure and dynamics
- Evolution
- Superfluidity and superconductivity
- Accretion and accretion disks
- Pulsars:
- Timing and glitches
- Evolution of millisecond pulsars
- Fallback Disks:
- Evolution of young neutron stars
Honours and Awards
- 2003 Best Teacher Award, Sabancı University, elected by the first Graduating Class
- 1994 Mustafa Parlar Award of the Middle East Technical University for Best Teachers, elected by the Graduating Class
- 1993 Elected member of The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA; founded 1993)
- 1992 Science Prize jointly awarded by TÜBİTAK and the Third World Academy of Sciences (the TÜBİTAK Science Prize is the most prestigious prize awarded to scientists in Turkey)
- 1988 Sedat Simavi Award of the Newspaper 'Hürriyet', Physical Sciences
- 1986 Encouragement Prize awarded by TÜBİTAK. The Encouragement and Science Prizes of TÜBİTAK and the Sedat Simavi Award comprise the three major national prizes for scientists in Turkey
