Serkan Zorba

Curriculum Vitae

SERKAN ZORBA

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Whittier College = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = 14209 Broadway Street Apt. # 3<= /o:p>

Dept.= of Physics and Astronomy &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Whittier, CA 90604 U.S.A.

13406 E. Philadelphia Street=

P.O. Box 634=

Whittier, CA 90608 U.S.A.=

Work = Phone: (562) 907-4200 ext.: 4450

Home = Phone: (562) 903-1253

Fax: = (562) 464-4514

szorba@whittier.edu

http://web.whittie= r.edu/physics/serkanzorba.mht

Present = &nb= sp; Assistant Professor of Physics at Whittier= College, Whittier, CA, USA=

2004-2005 &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at Whittier College, = Whittier, CA, USA

1999-2004 &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Ph.D. Experimental Condensed Matter Physics at University of Rochester, Rochester= , NY ,USA

1997-1999 &nbs= p; &= nbsp; M.A. at the University<= /st1:PlaceType> of Rochester, Rochester, NY, <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">USA

1992-1997 &nbs= p; &= nbsp; B.S. at the Dept. of Applied Physics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

· Research Assistant Condensed Matter Physics, 1999-2004. Fundamental research on morphological, electronic, and optical properties of organic semiconductors.

· Fabricated nanoscale gold electrodes at Corn= ell NanoScale Science&Technology Facility (CNF) for research on organic semiconductor materials, Fall-Spring 2001

· Internship on the theoretical study of phase transitions using stochastic methods via computer simulations as an undergraduate at Hacettepe University in Turkey, Summer 1996

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

· Taught (as professor) Introduction to Optics and Modern Physics, Experimental Physics, Electronics and Digital Interfacing, Modern Physics, Optics, and Introduction to Mechanics and Electromagnetism = in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Whittier College, 2004, 2005, 2006.

· Instructor for PHY 122 ( Electricity and Magnetism= ), Summer 2004, Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester

· Completed the program of College Teaching in Physi= cs and Astronomy, University= of Rochester

· Teaching Assistant for PHY 408 (Quantum Mechanics = II ), Spring 1999, Physics and Astronomy, University of Roche= ster

· Teaching Assistant for PHY 415 (Electromagnetic Th= eory I ), Fall 1998, Physics and Astronomy, University of Roche= ster

· Instructor for PHY 114 ( General Physics II ), Sum= mer 1998, Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester

· Instructor for PHY 122 ( Electricity and Magnetism= ), Summer 1998, Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester

· Teaching Assistant for PHY 114 (General Physics II= ), Spring 1998, Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester

· Teaching Assistant for PHY 122 (Electricity and Magnetism), Fall 1997, Physics and Astronomy, University of Roche= ster

SKILLS

· Familiar with High Power Nitrogen/Dye Pulsed-Laser System

· Highly familiar with various Scanning Probe Micros= copy and Spectroscopy techniques such as: AFM, STM, NSOM

· Experience with photoemission spectroscopy techniq= ues such as: XPS, UPS, IPES and other ultra high vacuum (UHV) systems

· Experience in clean room facility

· Computer languages: Fortran, Visual Basic, True Ba= sic, LabVIEW, some C, some assembler & machine code

· Simulations in critical phenomena and surface grow= th, and numerical analysis techniques

· Operating systems: Windows, Mac OS

· Other software skills: MicroCal Origin, Mathematic= a, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

· Languages: English (fluent), Turkish (mother tongu= e), Arabic (some)

HONOR= S and REWARDS

· 1994-1997 Tubitak, Scientific and Technical Resear= ch Council of the Turkish Republic, Scholar

· 1994-1997 Turkish Physics Foundation Scholar<= /o:p>

· 1993-1997 Number one for all semesters in the Dept= . of Applied Physics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

· 1993-1997 Faculty of Engineering, Hacettepe University= , Ankara, Turkey, Scholar

· 1997 Graduated number one in the Dept. of Applied Physics and number two in the Faculty of Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

· Symposium on Materials Research 2000, University of Rochester, Best Oral presentation Award

· Symposium on Materials Research 2004, University of Rochester, Best Poster presentation Award

PRESENTATIONS

· “Growth Kinetics of Pentacene Thin Films,= 221; Oral presentation, Functional pi-Electron Systems Conference, June 2004, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

· “Feasibility of Static Induction Transistor = with Organic Semiconductors,” Oral presentation, 46^th Electroni= c Materials Conference, June 2004, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

· “Growth Kinetics of Pentacene= Thin Films,” Oral presentation, American Physical Society March 2004 Meeti= ng, Montreal, Canada

· “Feasibility of Static Induction Transistor = with Organic Semiconductors,” Oral presentation, American Physical Society March 2004 Meeting, Montreal, Canada

· “Surface Growth Study of Pentacene and Perylene,” Oral presentation, American Vacuum Society Spring 2001 Meeting, San Francisco, CA

· “Unstable Growth of Perylene on Glass and Au Substrates”, Poster Presentation, American Physical Society March 200= 2, Indianapolis, IN

· "Growth Modes of Vacuum Evaporated Pentacene = on Si0₂, MoS₂, and Au Substrates", Poster Presentat= ion, American Vacuum Society Fall 2000 Meeting, Boston, MA

· "Growth Modes of Vacuum Evaporated Pentacene = on Si0₂, MoS₂, and Au Substrates", Oral Presentatio= n, Symposium on Materials Research 2000 Meeting, Un= iv. of Rochester, Rochester, NY

· "Current-Voltage Measurements as a Function of Applied Tip Force on Pentacene by Conducting Probe Microscopy", Oral Presentation, Materials Research Society Fall 2000 Meeting, Boston, MA =

PUBLICATIONS

Recently Accepted:

· Serkan Zorba, Yonathan Shapir, and Yongli Gao, “Fractal-Mound Growth of Pentacene: A Novel Morpology,= 221; Physical Review B, in print.

Published:

1.&n= bsp; Serkan Zorba and Yongli Gao, “Feasibi= lity of Static Induction Transistor with Organic Semiconductors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 193508 (2005)..=

2. Serkan Zorba and Yongli Gao, “Organic Nanofilm Growth,” Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Ed. H.S. Nalwa, Vol 8, 271 (2004). A review chapter.

3.&n= bsp; Serkan Zorba, Li Yan, Neil J. Watkins, and Yongli Gao, “Growth Front Kinetics of Perylene on Glass and Au Substrates,” SPIE Proc. 4801, 136 (2003).

4.&n= bsp; Serkan Zorba, Li Yan, Neil J. Watkins, and Yongli Gao, “Kinetic Roughening Study of Perylene on Glass and Au Substrates,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 5195 (2002).

5.&n= bsp; Li Yan, N. J. Watkins, S. Zorba, Yongli Gao, and C. W. Tang, "Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Metal-Organic Interface Dipole," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 2752 (2002).

6.&n= bsp; N. J. Watkins, Li Yan, S. Zorba, Yongli Gao, and C. W. Tang, “Evidence of Electron and Hole Transfer in Metal/CuPc Interfaces,” SPIE Proc. 4800, 248 (2002).

7.&n= bsp; N.J. Watkins, S. Zorba, L. Yan, and Y. Gao, “A Photoemission Spectroscopic Study of the Inter= face Formation in Organic Thin Film Transistors,” MRS Proc. 708, BB2.3 (20= 02).

8.&n= bsp; Serkan Zorba, Q. Toan Le, Neil J. Watkins, = Li Yan, and Yongli Gao, "Current-Voltage Measurements as a Function of Applied Tip Force on Pentacene by Conducting Probe Microscopy," MRS Pr= oc. 660, JJ10.3 (2001).=

9.&n= bsp; Li Yan, N. J. Watkins, S. Zorba, Yongli Gao, and C. W. Tang, "Direct Observation of Fermi Level Pinning in Cs Doped CuPc Film," Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 4148 (2001).

10.&= nbsp; Serkan Zorba, Quoc Toan Le, Neil J. Watkins, Li Yan, and Yongli Gao, "Morphology and Current-Voltage Measurement Studies of Pentacene by At= omic Force Microscopy," J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 1, 317 (2001).

11.&= nbsp; N. J. Watkins, Quoc Toan Le, S. Zorba, Li Yan, Yongli Gao, S. F. Nelson, C= . S. Kuo, and T. N. Jackson, "Photoemission Characterization of Interfaces between Au and Pentacene," SPIE Proc. 4466, 1 (2001).

12.&= nbsp; N.J. Watkins, Quoc Toan Le, S. Zorba, Li Yan, and Yongli Gao, "Inter= face Formation in Pentacene Based Thin Film Transistors: an Electronic and Morphological Study," MRS Proc. 660, JJ7.3 (2001).