Liebig Fellow
Our Team
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Brief Curriculum Vitae
| since 01/2025 | Liebig Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 11/2022 – 10/2024 | Young Investigator Group Preparation Program (YIG Prep Pro) funded Postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Prof. Patrick Thèato and Prof. Hatice Mutlu, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 12/2021 – 09/2022 | Postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Prof. Yusuf Yagci, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
| 07/2017 -11/2021 | PhD in Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Yusuf Yagci, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
| 10/2018 – 04/2019 | Guest Researcher under the supervision of Prof. Bernd Strehmel, Hochschule Niederrhein, Germany |
| 08/2015 – 06/2017 | Master of Science in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Yusuf Yagci, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
| 09/2011 – 07/2015 | Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Istanbul University, Turkey |
Research Interests and Opportunities
Research Interests
- Azide-alkyne Click Chemistry via Heterogeneous Initiation Systems
- Acyl Azide Chemistry for Ambient Ligation Approach
- Advanced Macromolecular Design via Click Polymerization
- Photoinduced RAFT Polymer Design and Digitalization Practices
- Complex Macromolecular Design via Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization
- Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials in Macromolecular Design
- Self-reporting Materials
- Light Responsive Materials
Awards and Prizes
| 2024 | Fonds der Chemischen Industrie travel grant to attend Chemidozententagung 2024 |
| 2023 | Fonds der Chemischen Industrie travel grant to attend Bioorganik Symposium 2023 |
| 2023 | Fonds der Chemischen Industrie travel grant to attend Chemidozententagung 2023 |
| 2021 – 2024 | TUBITAK 2247- National Leading Researchers Programme Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 2020 – 2021 | TUBITAK 2211-A National Graduate Scholarship |
| 2017 – 2021 | Council of Higher Education 100/2000 Fellowship Recipient |
Presentations
| [06] | Materials Design via Azide Chemistry: Ally or Nemesis? Potsdam University Colloquium, Potsdam, Germany, Azra Kocaarslan. (invited) |
| [05] | Polyurethane Synthesis via Non-isocyanate Photo-induced Ligation Approach, IUPAC MACRO 2024 THE 50th World Polymer Congress, Warwick, United Kingdom, A. Kocaarslan. |
| [04] | Shining Light on the Potential of Acyl Azide Derivatives for Macromolecular Design, German Chemical Society (GDCh) talk, Krefeld, Germany, A. Kocaarslan. (invited) |
| [03] | Unveiling the Photonic Potential of Curtius Rearrangement in Polymer Science, Chemidozententagung 2024 (CDT24), Aachen, Germany, A. Kocaarslan |
| [02] | 2D Materials as an efficient light source for Click Chemistry, 30. Bioorganic Symposium, 2023, Muncih, Germany, A. Kocaarslan. |
| [01] | Photoinduced Ligation Approach for Urethane-Linkage Formation, Chemidozententagung 2023 (CDT23), Dresden, Germany, A. Kocaarslan, H. Mutlu, P. Thèato and Y. Yagci |
Publications
Other Publications
2024
| [14] | Zinc Phthalocyanine Core-First Star Polymers through Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization and Nitroxide Exchange Reaction
Ahmetali, E.; Kocaarslan, A.; Bräse, S.; Thèato, P.; Sener, M. K. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2024, 46, 2400601 |
| [13] | Unlocking the Potential of Polythioesters
Woodhouse, A. W.; Kocaarslan, A.; Garden, J. A.; Mutlu, H. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2024, 45, 2400260 |
| [12] | Exosome-loaded hydrogels for the central nervous system
Heiderzadeh, M.; Zakeri, Z.; Kocaarslan, A.; Yagci, Y.; Gürsoy-Ozdemir, Y.; Tasoglu, S.; Rahbarghazi, R.; Sokulli, E. Biomater. Sci. 2024, 12, 2561-2578 |
| [11] | Visible-Light-Induced Anionic Photopolymerization of Ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate with Graphitic Carbon Nitride
Coban, Z. G.; Esen, C.; Kumru, B.; Kocaarslan, A.; Yagci, Y.; Kiskan, B. Macromolecules. 2024, 57, 4508-4515 |
2022
| [10] | An unusual zig-zag 2D copper(I) coordination polymer as an outstanding catalyst for azide-alkyne “click” chemistry at room temperature
Bilgic, M. B.; Kocaarslan, A.; Kaya, K.; Atsay, A.; Grape, E. S.; Chen, J.; Yagci, Y. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 17543-17546 |
| [09] | Geared photochemistry: an interdependent heterogeneous near-infrared catalytic system using up-conversion glass and g-CN for CuACC chemistry
Kocaarslan, A.; Sumer, I.; Esen, C.; Kumru, B.; Eryurek, G.; Yagci, Y. Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 6393-6399 |
| [08] | Phenacyl Bromide as a Single-Component Photoinitiator: Photoinduced Step-Growth Polymerization of N-Methylpyrrole and N-Methylindole
Kocaarslan, A.; Kaya, K.; Jockusch, S.; Yagci, Y. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208845 |
2021
| [07] | Exfoliated black phosphorus-mediated CuAAC chemistry for organic and macromolecular synthesis under white LED and near-IR irradiation
Kocaarslan, A.; Eroglu, Z.; Metin, Ö.; Yagci, Y. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2477-2487 |
| [06] | A Novel Photoinduced Ligation Approach for Cross-Linking Polymerization, Polymer Chain-End Functionalization, and Surface Modification Using Benzoyl Azides
Kocaarslan, A.; Yilmaz, G.; Topcu, G.; Demirel, L.; Yagci, Y. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2021, 42, 2100166 |
| [05] | Expanding the Scope of 2D Black Phosphorus Catalysis to the Near-Infrared Light Initiated Free Radical Photopolymerization
Kocaarslan, A.; Eroglu, Z.; Yilmaz, G.; Metin, O.; Yagci, Y. ACS Macro Lett. 2021, 10, 679-683 |
2020
| [04] | Complex macromolecular structures from stable radical containing block copolymers
Kocaarslan, A.; Yilmaz, G.; Liedel, C.; Yagci, Y. J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 58, 62-69 |
2019
| [03] | Near-IR and UV-LED Sensitized Photopolymerization with Onium Salts Comprising Anions of Different Nucleophilicities
Kocaaslan, A.; Kütahya, C.; Keil, D.; Yagci, Y.; Strehmel, B. ChemPhotoChem. 2019, 3, 1127-1132 |
2017
| [02] | Near-Infrared Free-Radical and Free-Radical-Promoted Cationic Photopolymerizations by In-Source Lighting Using Upconverting Glass
Kocaarslan, A.; Tabanli, S.; Eryurek, G.; Yagci, Y. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14507-14510 |
| [01] | Ammonium salt catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of 1,3-benzoxazines
Kocaarslan, A.; Kiskan, B.; Yagci, Y. Polymer. 2017, 122, 340-346 |
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