Tekin Dereli (November 30, 1949) is a

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theoretical physicist.

Life and academic career

He studied at

Ankara Science High School Ankara High School of Science (; also called as its old name High School of Science en Lisesi - (FL is a public boarding high school in Ankara, Turkey with a curriculum concentrated on natural sciences and mathematics for top-notch students. ...

and the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...

. He was an associate professor and a Professor of Physics at Middle East Technical University (1984–1987, 1993–2001); professor at Faculty of Science at

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

(1987–1993), Leverhulme Visiting Professor at

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UK (2000–2001) and since 2001, he is a professor at the department of physics at

Koç University Koç University () is a private non-profit research university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumelifeneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç University is ranked hi ...

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honored him with TÜBİTAK Junior Science Price in 1982 and TÜBITAK Science Prize in 1996. He also was awarded prestigious Turkish prizes for science by Sedat Simavi Trust in 1989 and METU Mustafa Parlar Foundation Science Award in (1993). He is a member of

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(TAS) since 1993. He is married with two children.

Research interests

His research interests are Yang-Mills gauge theories,

supersymmetry Supersymmetry is a Theory, theoretical framework in physics that suggests the existence of a symmetry between Particle physics, particles with integer Spin (physics), spin (''bosons'') and particles with half-integer spin (''fermions''). It propo ...

supergravity In theoretical physics, supergravity (supergravity theory; SUGRA for short) is a modern field theory that combines the principles of supersymmetry and general relativity; this is in contrast to non-gravitational supersymmetric theories such as ...

quaternion In mathematics, the quaternion number system extends the complex numbers. Quaternions were first described by the Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton in 1843 and applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space. The algebra of quater ...

and

octonion In mathematics, the octonions are a normed division algebra over the real numbers, a kind of Hypercomplex number, hypercomplex Number#Classification, number system. The octonions are usually represented by the capital letter O, using boldface or ...

algebras,

spin Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles * Spin quantum number, a number which defines the value of a particle's spin * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thr ...

structures, generalised theories of gravity, cosmological solutions,

integrable system In mathematics, integrability is a property of certain dynamical systems. While there are several distinct formal definitions, informally speaking, an integrable system is a dynamical system with sufficiently many conserved quantities, or first ...

s and phase space quantisation.

References

Biography at Koç University

External links

Koç University: Tekin Dereli
1949 births Living people People from Ankara Middle East Technical University alumni Ankara Science High School alumni Academic staff of Middle East Technical University Academic staff of Ankara University Academic staff of Koç University Turkish physicists Theoretical physicists Recipients of TÜBİTAK Science Award METU Mustafa Parlar Foundation Science Award winners 20th-century physicists 21st-century physicists {{Turkey-scientist-stub