Dr. Burcin Gacal Department of Chemistry Istanbul Technical University, Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey Tel.(90) 212 285-6825 Fax (90) 212 285-6386 e-mail: gacalb@mrl.ucsb.edu, gacalb@itu.edu.tr, Objective Working as part of a research team, I have been able to greatly improve my chemical knowledge and gain further experience of polymer chemistry, particularly in material chemistry. Regular discussions of ideas with colleagues within a team environment have given me the necessary skills to contribute significantly to the success of a research group. I am aiming to make full use of these skills to further my career within a material chemistry field. Education 2004 2011 PhD. in Polymer Science and Technology, Istanbul Technical University. Thesis title: Complex Macromolecular and Electro-/Photo-Active Structures by Click Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Yagci 2002 2004 M.Sc. in Polymer Science and Technology, Istanbul Technical University. Thesis title: Synthesis and Characterization of Benzoxazine- Substituted Maleimide Polymers by Photoinduced Radical Polymerization, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Yagci. 1998 2002 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University Final Year Project: An Archaeometric Work on An Old Turkish House, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Tulay Tulun
Qualifications Modern Analytical Methods: GPC, TGA, DSC, infrared spectroscopy, thin layer chromatography. Excellent Computing Skills: Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/XP/Vista/7, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chem Office and chemical information databases such as SciFinder Scholar. Language: English, excellent Teaching Experience Teaching Assistant: 2005 present Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Istanbul Technical University. Supervised laboratory and pre-lab lectures that included introduction to fundamental techniques such as synthesis, isolation, purification, and identification of organic compounds. 2005 present General Chemistry Laboratory, Istanbul Technical University. Supervised laboratory to introduce general concepts of chemistry with basic laboratory experiences. Administrative Duties 2005 2008 General Chemistry Course Exam Coordinator, Istanbul Technical University
Publications 1) Gacal B., Durmaz H., Tasdelen M. A., Hizal G., Tunca U., Yagci Y., and Demirel A. L. 2006: Anthracene-Maleimide-Based Diels-Alder Click Chemistry as a Novel Route to Graft Copolymers Macromolecules 2006, 39, 5330-5336. 2) Kiskan B., Gacal B., Tasdelen M. A., Colak D., and Yagci Y.2006: Design and Synthesis of Thermally Curable Polymers with Benzoxazine Functionalities Macromol. Symp. 2006, 245 246, 27 33. 3) Gacal, B., Cianga, L. Agag, T. Takeichi T. and Yagcı,Y. 2007: Synthesis and Characterization of Maleimide (Co)polymers with Pendant Benzoxazine Groups by Photoinduced Radical Polymerization and Their Thermal Curing Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 45, 2774 2786 (2007). 4) Ergin M., Kiskan B., Gacal B., and Yagci Y. 2007: Thermally Curable Polystyrene via Click Chemistry Macromolecules 2007, 40, 4724-4727. 5) Gacal B., Akat H., D. K. Balta, Arsu, N. and Yagci Y. 2008: Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Thioxanthone Photoinitatiors via Double Click Reactions Macromolecules 2008, 41, 2401-2405. 6) Gacal B., Kiskan B., and Yagci Y. 2008: Clik Chemistry as a Novel Route fort he Introduction of Functional Groups to Octaphenylsilsesquioksane Polymer Preprints 2008, 49(1),145. 7) Ak M., Gacal B., Kiskan B., Yagci Y., and Toppare L.2008: Enhancing Electrochromic Properties of Polypyrrole by Silsesquioxane Nanocages Polymer 49 (2008) 2202 2210. 8) B. Gacal, H. Akat, B. Kiskan, M. Ergin, D. Balta, N. Arsu and Y. Yagci Thermally and Photochemically Active Polymers by Clik Chemistry Polymer Preprints 2008, 49(1),228 9) Gacal B. N., Koz B., Gacal B., Kıskan B., Erdogan M. and Yagcı Y. 2009: Pyrene Functional Poly(vinyl alcohol) by Click Chemistry Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 47, 1317 1326 (2009). 10) D. Odaci, B. N. Gacal, B. Gacal, S. Timur, and Y. Yagci 2009: Fluorescence Sensing of Glucose Using Glucose Oxidase Modified by PVA-Pyrene Prepared via Click Chemistry Biomacromolecules 2009, 10, 2928 2934. 11) Medine E. I., Odaci D., Gacal B. N., Gacal B., Sakarya S.,Unak P., Timur S., and Yagci Y., 2010: A New Approach for in vitro Imaging of Breast Cancer Cells by Anti- Metadherin Targeted PVA-Pyrene Macromolecular Bioscience, 2010, 10, 657 663
12) Akat H., Gacal B., Balta D. K., Arsu N. and Yagcı Y. 2010: Poly(ethylene glycol)- Thioxanthone Prepared by Diels Alder Click Chemistry as One-Component Polymeric Photoinitiator for Aqueous Free-Radical Polymerization Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 48, 2109 2114 (2010). 13) Ervithayasuporn V., Wang X., Gacal B., Gacal B. N., Yagci Y., and Kawakami Y., 2011: Formation Of Trimethylsilylated Open-Cage Oligomeric Azidophenylsilsesquioxanes Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 696 (2011) 2193-2198. 14) Synthesis and characterization of pyrrole and thiophene functional polystyrenes via "click chemistry", Kiskan B, Gacal B, Asan M, Gunaydin EC, Yilmaz I, Yagci Y, Polymer Bulletin, 2011, 67(4), 609-621. Chapters 1) Aydogan B., Gacal B., Yildirim A., Yonet N., Yuksel Y. and Yagci Y., 2006: Wavelength Tunability in Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization, Photochemistry and UV Curing: New Trends, Ed. J. P. Fouassier, Research Signpost., Trivandrum, Ch. 17, pp. 187-201. 2) Light Induced Reactions of Benzoxazines and Derivatives (M.A. Tasdelen, B. Kiskan, B. Gacal, F. Kasapoglu, L. Cianga, and Y. Yagci) 2011: Handbook of Benzoxazine Resins; Ed. H. Ishida and T. Agag, Elsevier s Science & Technology Department in Oxford, UK, Ch. 9, pp. 183-190. Books 1) Organic Chemistry Experiments and Techniques, Demet Göen Çolak, Cüneyt Hüseyin Ünlü, İbrahim Volkan Kumbaracı, Füsun Şeyma Güngör, Barış Kışkan, Abdullah Aydoğan, Gökçe Merey, Duygu Ergüneş Işık, Şebnem İnceoğlu, Burçin Gacal, Müfide Karahasanoğlu, Tuba Çakır, Müfide Karahasanoğlu, Tuba Çakır, Özlem Aldaş Candan, Ufuk Saim Günay, Ali Görkem Yılmaz, T.C.Istanbul Technical University, ISBN 978-975- 561-351-2
Meetings Attended 1) Synthesis and Characterization of Benzoxazine-Substituted Maleimide Polymers by Photoinduced Radical Polymerization, Burcin Gacal, Luminita Cianga, Tarek Agag, Tsutomu Takeichi, Yusuf Yagci, APME-6 International Symposium on AdvancedPolymers via Macromolecular Engineering, İstanbul, Turkey, August 15-18, 2005. 2) Thermally Curable Polystyrene via Clik Chemistry, Mihrace Ergin, Baris Kiskan, Burcin Gacal, Yusuf Yagci, APME-7 International Symposium on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering, Miami Beach, USA, December 15-20, 2007. 3) Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Thioxanthone Photoinitatiors via Double Click Reactions, Burcin Gacal, Hakan Akat, Demet Karaca Balta, Nergis Arsu, Yusuf Yagci, NATO ASI New Smart Materials via Metal Mediated Macromolecular Engineering: from Complex to Nano Structures, Antalya, Turkey, September 1-12, 2008. 4) Fluorescence Sensing of Glucose Using Glucose Oxidase Modified by PVA-Pyrene Prepared via Click Chemistry, D. Odaci, B. N. Gacal, B. Gacal S. Timur, and Y. Yagci, APME-8 International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering, Dresden, Germany, October 4-7, 2009. 5) Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Linear Polymer Containning 1,2,3- Triazoles and Benzoxazine Groups in the Main Chain by a Step-Growth Click-Coupling Reaction, Bahadır N. Gacal, Burcin Gacal, Yusuf Yagci, APME-8 International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering, Dresden, Germany, October 4-7, 2009. 6) Click Chemistry as a Novel Route for the Synthesis of Benzophenone Derivatives, Burcin Gacal, Yusuf Yagci, European Symposium of Photopolymer Science, Mulhouse, France, November 28- December 1, 2010. 7) Formation Of Trimethylsilylated Open-Cage Oligomeric Azidophenylsilsesquioxanes, Gacal B., Ervithayasuporn V., Wang X., Gacal B. N., Yagci Y., and Kawakami Y., IUPAC 9 th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering APME Cappadocia, Turkey, 5 th -8 th September, 2011. 8) Cationic Photopolymerization of O-metyhlated β-cyclodextrin, Burcin Gacal, Yusuf Yagci, Ioan Cianga, Masato Suzuki, XVIII. National Chemistry Conference, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey, July 5-9 2004.
9) Synthesis and Characterization of Benzoxazine Functionalized Polymers via Click Chemistry Mihrace Ergin, Barış Kışkan, Burçin Gacal, Yusuf Yağcı, 21. National Chemistry Conference, İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey, August 23-27, 2007. 10) Click Chemistry as a Novel Route for the Modification of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Bahadır Gacal, Burçin Gacal, Barış Kışkan, Yusuf Yağcı, 21. National Chemistry Conference, İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey, August 23-27, 2007. 11) Synthesis and characterization of pyrrole and thiophene functional polystyrenes via "click chemistry" Barış Kışkan, Burçin Gacal, Mirnur Asan, Emre C. Günaydın, Yusuf Yağcı, 24. National Chemistry Conference, Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey, June 29-July 2, 2010. Awards 1) "Young Scientist Awards", Poster Award, Click Chemistry as a Novel Route for the Synthesis of Benzophenone Derivatives, Burcin Gacal, Yusuf Yagci, European Symposium of Photopolymer Science, Mulhouse, France, November 28- December 1, 2010