Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi

Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi (* 1961 in Konya , Turkey ) is a Turkish-Austrian physicist. He is professor of physical chemistry at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz . There he heads the Institute for Physical Chemistry and the Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS).

Life

Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi graduated from the Austrian St. Georgs College in Istanbul. He also studied classical piano at the Istanbul Music Conservatory (1970–1980).

He then began studying physics at the University of Vienna (1980–1989). After obtaining his doctorate (1989), he conducted research at the 2nd Physics Institute of the University of Stuttgart , Germany (1989–1992). In 1992 he received the academic license to teach ( venia docendi ) from the Central Interuniversitary Commission (YÖK) in Ankara , Turkey. He then went to the Institute for Polymers & Organic Solids at the University of California, Santa Barbara , USA, where he worked for more than four years and, together with Alan J. Heeger (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000) discovered and investigated polymeric , organic solar cells hat (1992-1996). In April 1996 he accepted the appointment to the chair for physical chemistry at the Johannes Kepler University Linz.

Since 1996 he has been teaching as a full professor at the JKU and is head of the Institute for Physical Chemistry. In 2000 he was appointed founding director of the Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS) at the JKU. Between 2003 and 2009 he was elected to the municipal council of the state capital Linz (SPÖ parliamentary group). Sarıçiftçi is also a founding member of the Linz Circle. He is also a member of various associations and societies: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), American Chemical Society (ACS), Materials Research Society (MRS), Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG), Society of Austrian Chemists (GÖCH) and Fellow of SPIE. In 2014 he was elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).

Main focus of work and research

Sarıçiftçi specializes in the field of organic semiconductors and their applications. He is particularly active in the field of organic solar cells. Chemical energy storage of solar energy with the help of CO ₂ recycling is becoming increasingly important in his research.

Prices

• TÜBA Prize of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (2015)
• Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences ÖAW (2014)
• Wittgenstein Prize (2012)
• Honorary doctorate awarded by the University of Bucharest in Romania (2012)
• Honorary doctorate awarded by the Åbo Akademi in Finland (2011)
• Cardinal Innitzer Prize (2010)
• Humanity Medal of the City of Linz (2010)
• Austrian of the year 2008, category research (ORF and Die Presse)
• Turkish National Science Prize ( TÜBITAK Bilim Ödülü) 2006
• ENERGY GLOBE Upper Austria 2003 sponsored by the OÖN
• Green Prize 2001 sponsored by the "Greens Upper Austria"

Publications

Sarıçiftçi has published over 500 scientific publications in scientific journals. He is one of the most cited scientists in his field. In a worldwide ranking of the best materials scientists, Sarıçiftçi was ranked 14th.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TÜBA 2015 Academy Prizes Awarded. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 4, 2017 ; accessed on January 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ OeAW members. Retrieved January 4, 2017 . 
3. ^ Science Watch, Top 100 Materials Scientists , accessed August 28, 2011.

Web links

• Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi on the website of the Johannes Kepler University Linz