Curriculum Vitae Dr. Dilek Işık Taşgın Phone: +90-(312)-233 1405 E-mail: ditasgin@cankaya.edu.tr EDUCATION 2006-2013 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Ph.D. in organic chemistry Dissertation: Michael Addition of Heteroaromatic Compounds to, -Unsaturated Phosphonates and Their Reactions 2003-2006 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey M.S. in organic chemistry Thesis: Synthesis of Amino Alcohol Based Chiral Ligands and Their Applications in Asymmetric Synthesis 1998-2003 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey B.S. in chemistry Senior Project: Synthesis of Pyrrole Based Chiral Catalyst RESEARCH INTERESTS Enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes. Synthesis of chiral catalysts. Michael addition of heteroaromatic compounds with different catalysts. Synthesis of novel phosphonate compounds. Synthesis of pyrrolizine ring systems. Searching new synthetic methods for phosphonates, pyrrolizines, heteroaromatic compounds, etc Synthesis of Solar Cell Materials BODIPY Dyes and their spectroscopic properties
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE September 2014- February 2014- Çankaya University, Ankara, TURKEY Instructor UNAM- National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY Post-Doctoral Researcher 2006-2013 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Research and Teaching Assistant in Department of Chemistry Chemistry 1 (CHEM103) General Chemistry Laboratory (Chem 119-121) Organic Chemistry Laboratory I, II (Chem 362-461) Guided 3 Senior Project students in Organic Chemistry division. June 2010- February 2011 The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Visiting Researcher in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry DEVICE USAGE LC/MS-High Resolution Mass Time-of-Flight(TOF) (HRMS) Nuclear Magnetic Rezonans Spectrometry (NMR). Training of the NMR is conducted in the University of Arizona. I have a certificate for using the NMR device. Advanced level interpretation on NMR spectra. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) FTIR Refractometry COMPUTER SKILLS Advanced level user in Windows and M.S. Office applications. Advanced level user in and Chem Office applications. Advanced level user in Science Finder. GRANT FUNDING TÜBİTAK TBAG-105T163, Metal Triflate Catalyzed 1,4-Addition Reactions of Pyrrole and Synthesis of Pyrrolizine Derivatives, (2005-2007) (Scholar). Hacettepe University, Scientific Research Center, Project No: 07A601004, Synthesis of meso-substituted and Chiral meso-substituted Porphyrins from N-Tosyl Imines and Applications of Chiral meso-substituted Porphyrins in Asymmetric Synthesis Reactions, (2007-2009) (Researcher).
Hacettepe University, Scientific Research Center, Project No: 011D10601006, Metal Triflate Catalyzed Michael Addition of Pyrrole to Vinylphosphonates and Intramolecular cyclization Reactions, (2011-2012) (Researcher). PUBLICATION LIST 1) Access to Pyrrole Based Heterocyclic Compounds via Addition of Pyrrole to C=C and C=N Bonds, Canan Unaleroglu, Baris Temelli, Dilek Isik Tasgin, Pure and Applied Chemistry 2014, 86(6), 925-932. 2) Michael Addition of N-Heteroaromatics to Vinylphosphonates and Synthesis of Phosphoryl Pyrrolizones by Cyclization of Michael Adducts, Dilek I. Tasgin and Canan Unaleroglu, Synthesis 2013, 45, 193-198. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1317894 3) The reaction of N-tosyl imines with heteroaromatic compounds: a new access to triheteroarylmethanes, Baris Temelli, Dilek Isik Tasgin and Canan Unaleroglu, Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 6765-6768. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.06.070 4) Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to Aldehydes Catalyzed by -Amino Alcohols Derived from (1R,2S)-Norephedrine, Dilek Isik Tasgin and Canan Unaleroglu, Applied Organometallic Chemistry 2010, 24, 33-37. doi: 10.1002/aoc.1583 5) An Efficient Synthetic Route for Pyrrolizinone Synthesis through C- Alkylpyrroles, Canan Unaleroglu, Dilek Isik Tasgin, Sertan Aytac and Baris Temelli, Synthesis-Stuttgart 2009, 19, 3243-3250. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1216951 6) Regioselective Alkylation of Pyrrole with 2-Benzylidenemalononitriles Catalyzed by Cu(OTf) 2, Dilek I. Tasgin, Baris Temelli, Arife Yazici, Sertan Aytac and Canan Unaleroglu, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2008, 5, 165-168. doi: 10.2174/157017808783955763
PARTICIPATED CONFERENCES Posters Synthesis of N-Containing Phosphonates by the Michael Addition of Pyrrole to Cyano Vinylphosphonates, Dilek Isik Taşgin ve Canan Unaleroglu, International Symposium Catalysis in Organic Chemistry (ICCOS-2012), 15-20 Eylül 2012 Moscow, RUSIA Alkylation of Pyrrole with Methyl 2-(dimethoxyphosphoryl)-3-phenylacrylate Catalyzed by Metal Triflates, Dilek Isik Taşgin and Canan Unaleroglu, 2 nd International Symposium on Organic Chemistry, December 13-16, 2008 Sofia, BULGARIA Synthesis of Triarylmethanes from N-tosyl Imines, Baris Temelli, Dilek Isik Tasgin and Canan Unaleroglu, 2 nd International Symposium on Organic Chemistry, December 13-16, 2008 Sofia, BULGARIA Synthesis of Amino Alcohol Based Chiral Ligands and Their Applications in Enantioselective Diethylzinc Addition to Benzaldehydes, Dilek Isik Taşgın and Canan Unaleroglu, International Symposium on Drug Research and Development From Chemistry to Medicine DRD 2007 May 17-20, 2007 Antalya / TURKEY Other Participated Conferences: 2 nd National Organic Chemistry Conference, Bilkent University, 24-26 September 2011, Ankara, TURKEY 1st Turkish Bruker Magnetic Resonance. Workshop on NMR & EPR & MRI. Bilkent University, September 2011, Ankara, TURKEY Chromatography 2009, Karadeniz Technical University, 26-29 September 2009, Trabzon, TURKEY Recent Advances in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Hacettepe University, 16-18 October 2007, Beytepe, Ankara, TURKEY