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Ergen Quantum Applications Lab: Nanoelectronics, Materials & Devices

Re‑Engineering
Nature
at the Nanoscale

What if a battery charged faster than the laws of physics allow? What if a sensor printed on skin detected a heart attack before you felt it? What if a single atom could be programmed like code?
— We're finding out.

We build things that didn't exist before — quantum batteries, atomically-thin aerogels, skin-printed biosensors, low-temperature semiconductors — by engineering materials at the scale of individual atoms.

Funded by the European Union — ERC
ERC Starting Grant · EIC Grant 2026 EIC Seal of Excellence — GAMBIT 2025 TÜBA GEBİP · Business Finland · ITU
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Research Highlights

Recent Breakthroughs

50+ Publications
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PNAS 2026
★ PNAS 2026
PNAS · 2026 · Reviewed by David A. Weitz, Harvard
Quantum coherent Chladni-like resonance: Programming ions as matter waves for subpicosecond conduction
A 2D electrochemical cell (borophene/h-BN/graphene) possesses a collective ionic eigenmode that transforms ionic conduction from diffusive drift into a coherent, ballistic wave at 10 kHz. Time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy reveals a 28 THz oscillation fingerprint — a first in ionic systems.
Peer reviewed · D.A. Weitz, Harvard University Read paper →
BNAG aerogel
EIC Grant
EIC · 2026
EIC Grant for BNAG — boron-carbon-nitrogen aerogel
Dr. Ergen's spin-off received EIC funding for BNAG, combining exceptional heat transport with electrical insulation for safer batteries, sensors, and next-generation electronics.
Grant
B-C-N quantum materials
Seal of Excellence
Horizon Europe · 2025
GAMBIT-101248718 — EIC Seal of Excellence
B-C-N ternary phase quantum materials for advanced batteries, sensors, and broad industry access — awarded the 2025 Seal of Excellence.
Award
Nano-tattoo biosensor — IEEE Spectrum
Featured in IEEE Spectrum
Quantum
Materials
→
Synthesis
Techniques
→
Device
Architecture
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Real-World
Application
Device · IEEE Spectrum
Nano-tattoo: from atomic-scale synthesis to skin-worn biosensor
A battery-free, chipless graphene sensor printed directly on skin detects the heart's electrical signals and transmits them wirelessly via backscatter IoT — no rigid electronics, no wires. It demonstrates EQAL's complete pipeline: quantum material design → novel synthesis → 2D device → real-world health application.
Synthesis 2D Devices Health Wearables
Read IEEE Spectrum feature →
Questions We Wonder

The Problems
We're Obsessed With

Every project in our lab begins with a question that keeps us up at night. These are the ones driving us right now.

— Key Question · Quantum Electron Engineering
How can we achieve full control over electron and ion transport in a matter-programmable way?
The foundation of every project in our lab — from batteries to biosensors to semiconductors
Solid-State Quantum Control —
How can we connect and program individual atoms inside a solid-state lattice — to design phases of matter that have never existed in nature?
Super-exchange interactions · 2D vdW heterostructures · GAMBIT
01
Energy
What if a battery could charge in seconds — not hours — by replacing diffusive ion drift with coherent quantum wave propagation?
QUEEN platform · PNAS 2026
02
Materials
Can we engineer a material that is simultaneously the best thermal conductor and the best electrical insulator — something nature never made?
BNAG · EIC Grant 2026
03
Semiconductors
Why does silicon carbide require 2,500°C furnaces — and what if quantum phonon aggregation could do it near room temperature?
QuantumSiC · Business Finland
04
Health
What if a sensor printed on your skin — no battery, no chip, no wires — could detect your heart's electrical signals and beam them wirelessly?
Nano-tattoo · IEEE Spectrum
MATCH
05
AI × Science
Can artificial intelligence find atomic-scale strain patterns in TEM images faster than any human — and use them to predict new material properties?
PyNanospacing · CPC 2025
graphene h-BN borophene
06
2D Quantum
When you stack graphene, boron nitride, and borophene one atom thick — what entirely new physics appears at their interfaces?
2D vdW heterostructures · GAMBIT
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Solid State
How can we connect and program individual atoms inside a solid-state lattice — using that atomic-level control to design entirely new phases of matter?
Super-exchange · 2D vdW · GAMBIT
|ψ⟩ = α|0⟩ + β|1⟩ H ─── ● ─── ─── X ─── CNOT ── SWAP H X
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Quantum Control
Can we program electron transport the way we program code — writing quantum logic directly into a material's atomic structure, one bond at a time?
Quantum electron engineering · ERC
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Next Question
Science never stops asking. The next breakthrough question is already forming in the lab.
Latest News

From the Lab

2026

PNAS: Programming ions as matter waves for subpicosecond conduction

Quantum coherent Chladni-like resonance in borophene/h-BN/graphene cell. Reviewed by David A. Weitz, Harvard University. Accepted May 4, 2026.

Publication
2026

EIC Reward

Dr. Onur Ergen's research spin-off has received European Innovation Council (EIC) funding for BNAG, a novel boron–carbon–nitrogen aerogel that combines exceptional heat transport with electrical insulation.

Grant
2025

Horizon Europe Seal of Excellence — GAMBIT-101248718

GAMBIT receives EIC Seal of Excellence for B-C-N ternary phase quantum materials for advanced batteries, sensors, and broad industry access.

Award
2025

Horizon Europe Seal of Excellence — Next-Ion-101217511

Dr. Onur Ergen's research spin-off has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Seal of Excellence by Horizon Europe for safer and more efficient ultra-fast charging battery separators.

Award
2025

Business Finland backs Quantum SiC spin-off

The Quantum Phonon Aggregation Method for low-temperature SiC receives official Business Finland support as a game-changing industrial process.

Spinoff
2022

ERC Starting Grant for QUEEN platform

European Research Council awards Dr. Ergen a Starting Grant for the quantum super-exchange energy storage platform beyond existing theoretical limits.

Grant
2023

Borophene aerogel breakthrough in PNAS

Novel borophene aerogel synthesis provides a platform for Na-ion, Mg-ion, Ca-ion, and Li-S next-generation batteries. Reviewed by Alexis Bell, UC Berkeley.

Publication
2021

TÜBA GEBİP — Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Dr. Ergen receives Turkey's most prestigious young scientist award from the Turkish Academy of Sciences — most recognized award among scientists in Turkey.

Award
EQAL Quantum Universe
Research Pipeline Research Image
Core Research Program

Material innovation
at the quantum level

Our program focuses on material innovation at the quantum level to design next-generation device architectures — a multidisciplinary approach spanning the discovery, design, synthesis, and characterization of novel device structures, from fundamental physics to advanced engineering applications.

Our research program constantly seeks new ways to integrate nanoscale materials into energy harvesting and storage devices, develop scalable and controllable synthesis schemes for new low and high dimensional material systems, and design engineered platforms to investigate local physical properties and capabilities of these materials. Our group also carries out projects for the application of artificial intelligence for energy and materials. Our projects always represent a balance of fundamental science and industrial innovation.
01 — Integrate

Nanoscale integration

New ways to integrate nanoscale materials into energy harvesting and storage devices across low and high dimensional systems.

02 — Synthesize

Scalable synthesis

Scalable and controllable synthesis schemes for new low and high dimensional material systems — from single atoms to 3D architectures.

03 — Investigate

Engineered platforms

Engineered platforms to investigate local physical properties and capabilities of materials at the nanometer scale.

04 — Intelligize

AI for energy & materials

Applying artificial intelligence to energy systems, material discovery, medical diagnostics, and industrial innovation.

Fundamental science
Quantum electron engineering
Super-exchange interactions
Atom & ion transport tuning
2D material characterization
Local physical property investigation
Industrial innovation
QUEEN battery — ERC Starting Grant
GAMBIT B-C-N — EIC Seal of Excellence
Quantum SiC — Business Finland
Nano-tattoo wearable biosensors
AI diagnostics & food fraud detection

All connected —
atom to world at the quantum level

Six research domains, one unified pipeline. Every discovery feeds the next — from programming a single quantum electron to charging an EV, detecting cancer, or producing a semiconductor chip.

Research Highlights All Connected

We are hiring →

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Research Areas

Nanoscale Science,
World-Scale Impact

We develop scalable synthesis schemes, engineered platforms, and AI-augmented tools to investigate local physical properties — always a balance of fundamental science and industrial innovation.

01

Quantum energy storage

QUEEN platform leverages quantum super-exchange interactions to re-architect lithium-ion and next-generation batteries (Na, Mg, Ca, Li-S) from first principles, surpassing classical theoretical capacity limits.

ERC Grant QUEEN Borophene
02

GAMBIT — B-C-N materials

Generating Advanced Quantum Materials for Battery Innovation and Technology. Exploits electronic tunability, strong spin-orbit coupling, and quantum coherence of B-C-N ternary phases for batteries, sensors, and broad industrial access.

EIC Seal B-C-N Spin-orbit
03

2D materials & heterostructures

Graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, MoS₂, GaN and their stacked van der Waals heterostructures for electronics, photonics, and spintronics. Defect thermodynamics and single-photon emitter engineering.

GaN h-BN vdW
04

Wearable nano-sensors

Ink-based nano-tattoo biosensors using aerogel platforms for real-time simultaneous monitoring of mechanical motion and biofluids — no external circuitry, ambient wireless backscattering. IEEE Spectrum featured.

Nano-Tattoo Backscatter IoT
05

Air-breathing electrochemistry

Nano-engineered graphene aerogel cathodes that harvest ambient oxygen for battery charging. Demonstrated LED powering via simple air flow — foundational for EV motion-based charging concepts.

Air cathode Graphene aerogel EV
06

AI-augmented diagnostics

Deep learning for respiratory disease, atrial fibrillation detection, oral cancer screening from single images, and food adulteration identification — translating lab science into clinical and industrial tools.

Deep learning Medical AI Biosignal
Other Research Highlights
Borophene Research Edge Intelligence Room Temperature Quantum Other Research
Selected Publications

Research Output

Peer-reviewed publications across leading journals. For the full list visit Google Scholar or the publications page.

Patents

O. Ergen "Programmable Boron Nitride Aerogels And Processes For Producing The Same Applicant", 25205711.2 – 1014, 2025

O. Ergen "Quantum Phonon Engineering for Accelerated Single Crystalline Silicon and Wide Bandgap Silicon Carbide, GaN Crystalline Growth", U.S Patent Application, 63/601,225, 2023

N. O. Ciftci, O. Ergen "Multielement Aerogels: High Entropy Compositions of Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Associated Compound Aerogels" U.S Patent Application, 63/606,053, 2023

O. Ergen "NanoDermis: The 3D Printed 2D Substrate Revolutionizing Chemical Vapor Deposition in Nanoconfined Spaces and Programmable Matter.", U.S Patent Application, 63/602,629, 2023

O. Ergen "Multi-Dimensional Nanostructured Aerogels: Tailored Band Gaps and Heterostructures for Advanced Electronic Materials", U.S Patent Application, 63/601,237, 2023

O. Ergen "Maximizing H2 Storage Efficiency through Boron Nitride Aerogel Fibers utilizing AI-assisted electrical pulses: Programmable activation surfaces", U.S Patent Application, 63/602,633, 2023

O. Ergen "Method of Controllable Synthesis of Borophene Aerogels by Utilizing h-BN Layers for High-Performance Batteries", U.S Patent Application, 63/589,585, 2023

O. Ergen, "Method and System For Forming An Electrolyte Separator Using A Silica Network Incorporated With Hexagonal Boron Nitride", U.S Patent Application, 63/580,571, 2023.

M. Ergen, O. Ergen, M. F. Tuysuz "Method and system for sharing Wi-Fi in a Wi-Fi network using a cloud platform." U.S. Patent No. 11,259,243. 22 Feb. 2022.

M. Ergen, O. Ergen, M. F. Tuysuz "Method and system for contact tracing using a software development kit (sdk) integrated into client devices." U.S. Patent Application No. 16/900,484.

O. Ergen, A. K. Zettl "High temperature Li-ion battery cells utilizing boron nitride aerogels and boron nitride nanotubes." U.S. Patent No. 11,223,071. 11 Jan. 2022.

O. Ergen, "Method of growing large scale stable borophene using 2D layered and 3D aerogel templates for ultra-fast charging batteries", 63169965, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Automated Oral Cancer Screening: Detection and Classification of Oral Lesions Using Deep Learning to Detect Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders", 63164594, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Method and System for Hexagonal Boron Nitride Incorporation to Achieve High-Performance Lithium-Based Electrodes", U.S Patent Application, 63147776, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Method and System for Forming an Electrolyte Separator Using a Silica Network Incorporated with Hexagonal Boron Nitride", U.S Patent Application, 63147778, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Method and System for Forming an Electrolyte Separator with Additive Boron Nitride Structures, Using Acid-Stable Plasticizer", U.S Patent Application, 63147779, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Method and System for Providing Silica Networked Hybrid, Gel Polymer, Hexagonal Boron Nitride (h-BN) Electrolyte for Use with Liquid Organic Electrolyte Structures", U.S Patent Application, 63147780, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Method and System for Application of Protective Boundary on Capacitor Walls to Prevent Loss of Hydrogen at High Temperatures and/or High Voltages in Electrical Storage Devices", U.S Patent Application, 63147781, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Artificial Intelligence-Based Food Fraud/Adulteration Identification Utilizing Simple Sound Vibrations", U.S Patent Application, 63090231, 2020.

O. Ergen, A. Zettl. "High temperature Li-ion battery cells utilizing boron nitride aerogels and boron nitride nanotubes." U.S. Patent No. 10,686,227, 2020.

O. Ergen, A. Zettl, "Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells", U.S Patent Application, 10,403,708, 2019.

Publications

Y. Sezen, O. N. Çiftçi, M. A. Sarsıl, K. Czelej, O. Ergen "Quantum coherent Chladni-like resonance: Programming ions as matter waves for subpicosecond conduction." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(23), e2604081123 (2026).

K. M. Salman, M. Mansoor, M. Zikriya, O. Ergen, C. G. Renuka, "Interface and strain engineering of thickness-dependent band gap widening in Mg doped ZnO nanofibrous thin films for photovoltaic applications." Applied Surface Science, 730, p.166252 (2026).

H. Mahdavi, M. Mansoor, O. Ergen, U. Ünal, H. Jahangiri, "Boron-Doped NiCoCuMoMn High-Entropy Alloys for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Splitting." ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8(24), pp.17793–17804 (2025).

M. A. Sarsıl, M. Mansoor, M. Saraçoğlu, S. Timur, O. Ergen, "Mapping Strain at the Atomic Scale with PyNanospacing: An AI-Assisted Approach to TEM Image Processing and Visualization." Computer Physics Communications, p.109954 (2025).

M. Mansoor et al., O. Ergen, K. Czelej "Optical Centers in Cr-, Mn-, and O-Doped AlN and Their Thermodynamic Stability Designed by a Multiscale Computational Approach." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(50), pp.69529–69547.

K. Czelej, M. Mansoor, et al., O. Ergen, "Atomistic Origins of Various Luminescent Centers and n-Type Conductivity in GaN." Chemistry of Materials, 36/13, 2024.

M. Ergen, B. Saoud, I. Shayea, A. A. El-Saleh, O. Ergen, F. Inan, "Edge computing in future wireless networks: A comprehensive evaluation and vision for 6G and beyond." ICT Express, 2405-9595, 2024.

O. Karaarslan, K. D. Belcastro, O. Ergen, "Respiratory sound-base disease classification and characterization with deep/machine learning techniques." Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 87, 105570, (2024).

N. O. Çiftçi, S. B. Şentürk, Y. Sezen, S. Ü. Kaykusuz, H. Long, O. Ergen, "Controllable synthesis of borophene aerogels by utilizing h-BN layers for high-performance next-generation batteries." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(42), e2307537120, (2023).

K. D. Belcastro, O. Ergen, "Digitize the Human Body by Backscattering Based Nano-Tattoos: Battery-Free Sensing", IEEE Electron Device Letters, 44(5), 849-852, (2023).

O. Ergen, N.O. Çiftçi, Ö. İbiş "Simple Air Blow to Charge Li-air, Rechargeable, Solid-state Batteries Using Nano-engineered Aerogel Structures", Electrochemistry Communications, 107379, (2022).

G. Tanriver, M.S. Tekkesin, O. Ergen, "Automated Detection and Classification of Oral Lesions Using Deep Learning to Detect Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders", Cancers, (2021).

O. Ergen, "Robust atrial fibrillation monitoring utilizing graphene aerogel-based nano-tattoo." Materials Letters, 129525, (2021).

O. Ergen, "Graphene Aerogel Based Nanogenerators for Health Monitoring." European Journal of Science and Technology, (21), 665-668, (2021).

O. Ergen, E. Celik, A. H. Unal, M. H. Erdolu, F. E. Sarac, U. Unal, "Real Time Chemical and Mechanical Human Motion Monitoring with Aerogel Based Wearable Sensors", Lab on a Chip, 20, 2689–2695, (2020).

O. Ergen, E. Celik, A. H. Unal, M. H. Erdolu, "Screen engineered field effect Cu2O based solar cells", IEEE Electron Device Letter, (2020).

O. Ergen, "Hexagonal boron nitride incorporation to achieve high performance Li4Ti5O12 electrodes", AIP Advances 10, 045040 (2020).

G. Iymen, G. Tanriver, Y. Z. Hayirlioğlu, O. Ergen "Artificial Intelligence-Based Identification of Butter Variations as a Model Study for Detecting Food Adulteration", Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 102527, (2020).

G. Iymen, G. Tanriver, O. Ergen. Selected Applications of Generative Adversarial Networks: Mini Review. COJ Rob Artificial Intel., 1(2), 000506 (2020).

M. Ergen, F. Inan, O. Ergen, I. Shayea, M. F. Tuysuz, A. Azizan, N. K. Ure, M. Nekovee. "Edge on Wheels with OMNIBUS Networking in 6G Technology." IEEE Access (2020).

A. Zahedi, M. Ergen, O. Ergen, I. Shayea, A, El-Saleh, "Effective Capacity and Outage Probability Assessment of Multiple-Relay Cognitive Communication Systems in Nakagami-m and Rayleigh Fading Channel", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 31, 4, 3841, (2019).

O. Ergen, et. al., "AI Driven Advanced Internet of Things (IoTX²): The Future Seems Irreversibly Connected in Medicine", Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 23(3), (2019).

O. Ergen, S.M. Gilbert, S. J. Turner, A. Zettl. "Hexagonal Boron Nitride as a Cationic Diffusion Barrier to form a Graded Band Gap Perovskite Heterostructure", Physica Status Solidi(b), (2016).

O. Ergen, A. Gibb, O. Vazquez-Mena, W.R. Regan, A. Zettl. "Metal Insulator Semiconductor Solar cell devices based on a Cu2O substrate utilizing h-BN as an insulating and passivating layer", Applied Physics Letters, 106, 103904, (2015).

O. Vazquez-Mena, J.P. Bosco, O. Ergen, et al. "Performance Enhancement of a Graphene-Zinc Phosphide Solar Cell Using the Electric Field-Effect", Nano Letters, 14, 8, pp 4280–4285, (2014).

W. Regan, S. Byrnes, W. Gannett, O. Ergen, O. Vazquez-Mena, F. Wang, A. Zettl. "Screening-engineered Field-effect solar cells", Nano Letters, 12(8), 4300-4304, (2012).

K. Cho, D. J. Ruebusch, M. H. Lee, J. H. Moon, A. C. Ford, R. Kapadia, K. Takei, O. Ergen, A. Javey. "Molecular Monolayers for Conformal, Nanoscale Doping of InP Nanopillar Photovoltaics", Applied Physics Letters, 98, 203101, (2011).

O. Ergen, D. Ruebusch, H. Fang, A. Rathore, R. Kapadia, Z. Fan, K. Takei, A. Jamshidi, M. Wu, A. Javey. "Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Nanopillar Arrays by Template-Assisted Vapor-Liquid-Solid Process", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132 (40), 13972–13974, (2010).

Z. Fan, D. J. Ruebusch, A. A. Rathore, R. Kapadia, O. Ergen, P. W. Leu, A. Javey. "Challenges and Prospects of Nanopillar Based Solar Cells", Nano Research, 2, 829-843, (2009).

Z. Fan, H. Razavi, J. Do, A. Moriwaki, O. Ergen, Y.-L. Chueh, et al. "Three Dimensional Nanopillar Array Photovoltaics on Low Cost and Flexible Substrates", Nature Materials, 8, 648-653, (2009).

J. C. Ho, A. C. Ford, Y.-L. Chueh, P. Leu, O. Ergen, K. Takei, et al. "Nanoscale Doping of InAs via Sulfur Monolayers", Applied Physics Letters, 95, 072108, (2009).

A. C. Ford, J. C. Ho, Z. Fan, O. Ergen, V. Altoe, S. Aloni, H. Razavi, A. Javey. "Synthesis, Contact Printing, and Device Characterization of Ni-Catalyzed, Crystalline InAs Nanowires", Nano Research, 1, 32-39, (2008).

Conference Proceedings

O. Ergen "In Operando Noninvasive Lithium-Ion Battery Health Diagnoses Utilizing Sound Waves", 7th International Congress on Engineering, Architecture, and Design, 2021.

O. Ergen, "Cost Effective Grid Edge Management Utilizing Wireless Information", International Congress on Engineering Sciences and Multidisciplinary Approaches, 2021.

O. Ergen, "ZnO Nanowire Embedded Graphene Aerogel Nanogenerators" International Congress of Natural Sciences, 2021.

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Industry Spinoffs

Science Commercialized

EQAL actively translates research into market-ready companies, supported by European and Finnish innovation funding.

Active · Horizon Europe · № 101248718

GAMBIT — B-C-N quantum materials

Generating Advanced Quantum Materials for Battery Innovation and Technology. Exploits exceptional electronic tunability, strong spin-orbit coupling, and enhanced quantum coherence of B-C-N ternary phases for advanced batteries, sensors, and broad industry access.

⭐ 2025 EIC Seal of Excellence
Active · Business Finland

QuantumSiC — low-temperature SiC

Applying the Quantum Phonon Aggregation Method to produce silicon carbide faster and at lower temperatures than conventional approaches. Backed by Business Finland as a game-changing industrial process for semiconductor manufacturing.

🇫🇮 Business Finland supported
Active · ERC Grant

QUEEN — quantum super-exchange energy

Commercializing the QUEEN battery platform — quantum electron engineering to redesign energy storage chemistry from the ground up, targeting capacity and cycle life beyond today's theoretical limits.

🇪🇺 ERC Starting Grant awardee
Research Stage

NanoTatt — wearable biosensor

Translating nano-tattoo sensor technology into a commercial wearable for continuous cardiac monitoring, sweat analysis, and motion tracking — batteryless, backscatter-based, printable on skin.

📡 IEEE Spectrum featured
The Team

People Behind
the Discoveries

Dr. Onur Ergen
Principal Investigator
Istanbul Technical University · Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Advisor to the Rector on Research & Development

Assoc. Prof. Onur Ergen, Ph.D.

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Dr. Onur Ergen holds MS, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. Prior to this, Dr. Ergen worked on pioneering semiconductor technologies at Intel Corporation, developed automated systems and AI interfaces at Apple Inc., and contributed to R&D initiatives at Solo Power Inc. He also served as a senior technologist at Ambeent Inc., focusing on next-generation AI algorithms for 5G platforms. Dr. Ergen has authored over 30 publications and holds 15 patents, with awards including TÜBA GEBİP and a grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

TÜBA GEBİP · Business Finland · NSF Collaborations
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AI diagnostics · edge intelligence
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