Curriculum Vitae - Mehmet Ali Alpar last update: August 2009.

Citizenship: Turkish
Birthdate: Nov. 27, 1950   Place: Malatya, Turkey
Married to Nur Büyükkürkçü.
Children: Zeynep (b. 1982), Mehmet (b. 1984), Lale (b. 1988).

Profession: Physicist.

Office address: Sabancı Üniversitesi, Orhanlı- Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul, Turkey.
Tel: (90) 216 483 9510
Fax: (90) 216 483 9550.
e-mail: alpar@sabanciuniv.edu

Position: Professor, Director, Foundations Development Program.

Education:
BS in Physics, 1972, Middle East Technical University, (High Honours, 1st in class).
PhD in Physics, 1977, University of Cambridge.
Visiting graduate student, Physics Dept., Princeton University, 1975-1977.

Scholarships:
Undergraduate Science Scholarship, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK), 1969-1972.
TÜBITAK scholarship for graduate study abroad, 1972-1975.

Employment:
Research Associate, Physics Dept., Princeton University, Aug.1977- Feb.1978.
Instructor, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Feb.1978-Dec.1981.
Research Associate, Astronomy Dept., Columbia University,1982.
Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Physics Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983-1985.
Research Scientist, Physics Dept., Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK), 1985-1989.
Visiting Research Associate Professor, Physics Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aug.1988-June 1989 (on leave from R.I.B.S.).
Professor, Physics Dept., Middle East Technical University, 1990-Sep.1999.
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Sabancı University, Sep.1999-

Research Project: European Commission FP 6 Marie-Curie Transfer of Knowledge Project Astrophysics of Neutron Stars (ASTRONS) 2007-2010. (http://astrons.sabanciuniv.edu/astrons/)

Other duties:
Member of the Science Board, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK), 1993-1997.
Member of the Advanced Study Institutes Panel, NATO, 1993-1995.
Leader, High Energy Astrophysics Research Unit, TÜBITAK, 1993-1999 and High Energy Astrophysics Working Group, TÜBITAK, 2000-2003
Member of the Editorial Committee launching the Popular Science Book Series published by TÜBITAK, 1993-1997.
Member of the Editorial Board for the popular science magazine "Bilim ve Teknik" published by TÜBITAK, 1999-2000.
Consultant to presidents of TÜBITAK on space and astrophysics, 1997-2000.
Member of the Academic Committee of the Turkish National Observatory ( TÜBITAK), 1997- 2005.

Visiting Scientist at:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, July-Aug.1978 (British Council Grant).
Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Oct.-Dec.1986.
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, June 1991.
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, July 1992.
Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, February 1994. (Scholarship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science).
Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Aug. 1994.
Physics Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on several occasions, most recently in Sep. 1994.
Adjunct Professor, Physics Dept. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995-.
UNAM- Mexico City and Escuela Mexicana de Astrofisica, 2002.

Awards:
Encouragement Award of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 1986.
Sedat Simavi Award, Physical Sciences, 1988.
Science Prize of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey and the Third World Academy of Sciences, 1992.
Mustafa Parlar Award of the Middle East Technical University for Best Teachers, elected by the Graduating Class, 1994.
Best Teacher, elected by the first Graduating Class, Sabancı University, 2003.

Membership: The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA; founded 1993) member, 1993-, member of the Council, 1993-1997.

Turkish Astronomical Society, member; Chairman, 1992-1994, member of the Executive Committee, 2002-2006; Chairman, 2006-

Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, 1992-1997.