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Menderes ISKIN
Joint Quantum Institute,
National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Maryland,
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8423,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8423.

E-mail: miskin(at)umd.edu or menderes(at)gmail.com
NIST phone: (301) 975 5159

About me:

I was born in a small city, Tokat, located in the northern part of Turkey in February 1979. I grew up in Tokat, and attended N. K. and M. A. G. Elementary Schools, and moved to Maltepe, Istanbul in August 1989 with my family where I graduated from Kadikoy Anatolian High School with honors in June 1997. Upon graduation from high school, I moved to Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, and entered Bilkent University in September 1997, where I received the Bachelor of Science degree in Physics with high honors in May 2002. The following August, I moved to Atlanta, Georgia and entered Georgia Institute of Technology, where I received a Master of Science degree in theoretical Physics in August 2004, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in theoretical Physics in August 2007. Currently, I live in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and work as a research associate (post-doc) in Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) which is a joint institution between the Department of Physics of University of Maryland (UMD) and the Atomic Physics Division of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Education:

School of Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Master of Science (2002 - 2004).
- Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics (2002 - 2007).
- Main thesis work: study of BCS-BEC phase transitions in ultracold atomic systems.
- Advisor: Prof. Carlos A. R. Sa de Melo.
Department of Physics at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkiye.
- Bachelor of Science (1997 - 2002).
- Project: Persistent currents in helical structures.
- Advisor: Prof. Igor O. Kulik (Current position is in Stony Brook University, NY).

Resume:

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Publications and Preprints:

M. Iskin, "Vortex core states in superfluid Fermi-Fermi mixtures with unequal masses"; arXiv:0804.1035.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Evolution from BCS to BKT superfluidity in one-dimensional optical lattices"; arXiv:0803.1498.
M. Iskin and C. J. Williams, "Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov oscillations in harmonically trapped optical lattices"; arXiv:0802.3945.
M. Iskin and C. J. Williams, "Trapped p-wave superfluids: a local density approach"; Phys. Rev. A 77, 041607(R) (2008); see also arXiv:0801.3795.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Quantum phases of Fermi-Fermi mixtures in optical lattices"; arXiv:0712.3472. [long paper]
M. Iskin and C. J. Williams, "Trap-imbalanced fermion mixtures"; Phys. Rev. A 77, 013605 (2008); see also arXiv:0710.0353.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Fermi-Fermi mixtures in the strong attraction limit"; Phys. Rev. A 77, 013625 (2008); see also arXiv:0709.4424. [long paper]
M. Iskin, "BCS to BEC evolution and quantum phase transitions in Superfluid Fermi gases"; Georgia Tech (2007); Ph.D. Thesis. [186 pages, 48 figures, 1 table]
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Mixtures of ultracold fermions with unequal masses"; Phys. Rev. A 76, 013601 (2007); see also cond-mat/0703258. [long paper]
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Superfluid and insulating phases of fermion mixtures in optical lattices"; Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 080403 (2007); see also cond-mat/0612496.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Ultracold heteronuclear molecules and ferroelectric superfluids"; Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110402 (2007); see also cond-mat/0610380.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Evolution of two-band superfluidity from weak to strong coupling"; J. Low Temp. Phys. 149, 29 (2007).
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Asymmetric two-component Fermi gas with unequal masses"; cond-mat/0606624. [unpublished]
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Two-species fermion mixtures with population imbalance"; Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 100404 (2006); see also cond-mat/0604184.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Two-band superfluidity from the BCS to the BEC limit"; Phys. Rev. B 74, 144517 (2006); see also cond-mat/0603601.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Nonzero orbital angular momentum pairing in superfluid Fermi gases"; Phys. Rev. A 74, 013608 (2006); see also cond-mat/0602157. [long paper]
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Evolution from BCS to BEC superfluidity in p-wave Fermi gases", Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 040402 (2006); see also cond-mat/0510300.
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Superfluidity of p-wave and s-wave atomic Fermi gases in optical lattices"; Phys. Rev. B 72, 224513 (2005); see also cond-mat/0508134. [long paper]
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "Exotic p-wave superfluidity of single hyperfine state Fermi gases in optical lattices"; cond-mat/0502148. [unpublished]
M. Iskin and C.A.R. Sa de Melo, "BCS-BEC crossover of collective excitations in two-band superfluids", Phys. Rev. B 72, 024512 (2005); see also cond-mat/0408586.
M. Iskin and I. O. Kulik, "Persistent Currents in Helical Structures", Phys. Rev. B 70 195411 (2004); see also cond-mat/0403677.

Flash News:

I moved to Gaithersburg/Maryland at the beginning of August, and now continue working on physics of cold atoms.
I defended my Ph.D. thesis on June 26, (2007), and became a Doctor.
I am awarded the 2006-2007 Gilbert F. Amelio Fellowship for “Best Achievement in Research by a Graduate Student”.
I accepted the Research Associate (post-doc) offer made by the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) which is a joint institution between the Department of Physics of University of Maryland (UMD) and the Atomic Physics Division of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
I served in the Turkish military during January 2007 in "Burdur 58. Piyade Egitim Alay Komutanligi, 2. Er Egitim Taburu, 1. Er Egitim Bolugu, 1. Takim, 3. Manga, 1323".