MUSTAFA CULHA
Augusta University, GA, USA and Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Istanbul, Turkey
Email: mculha2@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?user=xhUbDfEAAAAJ&hl=tr&oi=ao
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 2002, Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
M.S., 1997, Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
B.S., 1990, Chemistry, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
EXPERIENCE
2020- Professor/Researcher, Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, Istanbul, Turkey
The University of South Florida, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine Tampa, FL, USA (Research professor)
2019-2020 Visiting Prof./Associate Specialist, Oregon Health & Science University, Knight Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR), Portland, Oregon, USA
2011-2019 Professor, Yeditepe University, Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Istanbul, Turkey
2005- 2011 Associate Professor, Yeditepe University, Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Istanbul, Turkey
2004- 2005 Assistant Professor, Yeditepe University, Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Istanbul, Turkey
2003-2004 Investigator, Schering-Plough Corporation, Global Quality Services-Analytical Sciences, Implementation of New Technology Department, Union, NJ, USA
2002-2003 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Advanced Biomedical Science & Technology Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
1997-2002 Research/ Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
1995-1997 Research Assistant, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
RESEARCH INTEREST
• Applications of surface-enhanced Raman scattering in cancer diagnosis and
clinical pathogen detection and identification.
• Synthesis, self-assembly and applications of novel nanomaterials and
nanocarriers for delivery of cancer therapeutics.
• Nanomedicine and nanomaterial surface chemistry nanotoxicity relationship.
PUBLICATIONS
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PATENTS
1- A Microorganism Identification Method Based on Surface-enhanced Raman scattering, 2007-G 85368.(US Patent, Granted)
2- A Nanoparticle Aggregation Method, 2007-G-225560 (PCT, Granted)
3- A Tissue Differentiation Method Based on Surface-enhanced Raman scattering, 2008/02195 (US Patent No: US8435753 B2)
4- Synthesis of Oligonucleotide Madiated Au-Ag Core-Shell Nanoparticles, 2009/ 090309 (PCT, Granted)
5- A Production Method for the Boron Nitride Nanotubes, PCT/IB2013/054883 (Granted)