Sefaattin Tongay is the chair of undergraduate materials science and engineering program at the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE) at Arizona State University. Prior to his appointment at ASU, he has completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley at the Materials Science and Engineering Department with Professor Junqiao Wu. He received his doctorate at the University of Florida in 2010 working with Distinguish Professor Arthur F. Hebard.
His work focuses on the discovery, synthesis, manufacturing, and applications of quantum materials and technologies. His team uses state-of-the-art manufacturing and characterization techniques to enable next-generation applications such as quantum information, energy conversion (catalysis, photovoltaics), chemical engineering (desalination, purification, and gas separation). He has published more than 220 SCI-indexed research articles in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, and others. He currently has an h-index of 60 and holds a number of key patents on 2D materials. His work received wide media coverage from Nature publications, Scientific American, MIT News, Science Daily, Phys.org and various other media sources. Prof. Tongay also serves as an editorial member of AIP Applied Physics Review (impact factor 19) and more recently Nature Publishing Journal Nature 2D Materials and Applications.
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Recognition
2021 Highly Cited Researcher Award by Web of Science Clarivate Analytics
2021 Lamonte H. Lawrence Professor in Solid State Science
2021 Teaching Excellence Award
2021 Sigma Xi Full member
2021 Fulton Impact Professorship Award
2021 Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU)
2020 Highly Cited Researcher Award by Web of Science Clarivate Analytics
2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Sciences and Engineering (PECASE)
2019 Highly Cited Researcher Award by Web of Science Clarivate Analytics
2019 Top Outstanding Young Persons Award (TOYP) in Scientific Achievement
2019 Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU)
2019 World Nobel Laureates Association -Young Scientists Winner
2018 Selected as Associate Editor at Applied Physics Reviews (Impact 13.4)
2018 Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU)
2017 Jewish National Funds Fellowship
2017 Ira. A. Fulton Outstanding Assistant Professor Award (ASU)
2017 NSF CAREER Award
2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award by Chemistry of Materials (impact factor:10)
2017 Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU)
2016 Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU)
2016 The Scientist of the Year Award by Turkish Science Foundation
2016 French National Institute Applied Sciences Researcher Award
2015 Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award (ASU)
2010 Tom Scott Memorial Award (Most innovative dissertation award at Florida)
2002 Summa Cum Laude (Top rank student award)
2002-2004 Bilkent University Broad of Directors Fellowship (Bilkent)
1998-2002 Presidential awards for distinguished undergraduate students (Aegean)
His research focuses on semiconductor manufacturing, design and synthesis of quantum materials and their fundamental understanding their optical, electrical, mechanical, and magnetic properties using state-of-art experimental techniques. Quantum materials are next-generation systems that offer unique properties and performance that cannot be accomplished with any other classical material systems. Prof. Tongay's team aims to synthesize and understand these materials to find new applications in quantum computing, quantum information, and other nanoscale applications such as catalysis, CO2 reduction, energy conversion, and photonics. For more information see Tongay Research Group website at http://faculty.engineering.asu.edu/tongay/
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MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
PHY 792 | Research |
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MSE 458 | Electronic,Mag,Optical Prpties |
MSE 484 | Internship |
MSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
PHY 495 | Project Research |
MSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MSE 515 | Electronc,Magnetc,Optical Prop |
MSE 593 | Applied Project |
CHE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
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PHY 792 | Research |
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PHY 799 | Dissertation |
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MSE 215 | Materials Synthesis |
MSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MSE 592 | Research |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 792 | Research |
PHY 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
PHY 799 | Dissertation |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
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MSE 484 | Internship |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 792 | Research |
PHY 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2021 | |
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MSE 484 | Internship |
MSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
PHY 495 | Project Research |
MSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
CHE 599 | Thesis |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
PHY 799 | Dissertation |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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MSE 215 | Materials Synthesis |
MSE 484 | Internship |
MSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 792 | Research |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
PHY 792 | Research |
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MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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MSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
PHY 495 | Project Research |
MSE 525 | Fund of Mat Elec/Opt/Mag/Therm |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
CHE 599 | Thesis |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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MSE 215 | Materials Synthesis |
MSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 792 | Research |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
PHY 792 | Research |
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PHY 495 | Project Research |
MSE 591 | Seminar |
MSE 598 | Special Topics |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MSE 215 | Materials Synthesis |
MSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PHY 495 | Project Research |
MSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MSE 591 | Seminar |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 792 | Research |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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MSE 792 | Research |
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PHY 495 | Project Research |
MSE 598 | Special Topics |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
PHY 792 | Research |
MSE 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MSE 215 | Materials Synthesis |
MSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PHY 495 | Project Research |
MSE 591 | Seminar |
MSE 599 | Thesis |
MSE 792 | Research |
MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
MSE 799 | Dissertation |
Honors / Awards
Applied Physics Reviews [Impact factor: 14.3] 2015 – present
Nature 2D Materials & Applications
Materials Research Society (MRS)
American Physical Society (APS)
American Vacuum Society (AVS)
American Chemical Socienty (ACS)