G-Quadruplex-Protein Interactions, DNA repair, CRISPR-Cas9, Single Molecule Biophysics, Fluorescence Microscopy, Force Spectroscopy, DNA-based Liquid Crystals
1998-2004 PhD, Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park,
1994-1998 BS, Physics Department, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
October 2024-Present Interim Graduate Coordinator, Physics Department, Kent State University
August, 2020-Present Professor, Physics Department, Kent State University
August, 2020-September 2024 Undergraduate Coordinator, Physics Dept, Kent State University
August, 2015-August, 2020 Associate Professor, Physics Department, Kent State University
July, 2018-July 2019 Visiting Scholar & Marie-Curie Fellow, Bionanoscience Department, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
August, 2009-August 2015 Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Kent State University
April, 2007-August, 2009 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Taekjip Ha’s Laboratory
Nov 2008-Jan 2009 Visiting Scientist on EMBO Fellowship, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich. Prof. Karl-Peter Hopfner’s Laboratory
July, 2004-April, 2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Paul Selvin’s Laboratory
2000-2004 Research Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park. Prof. Richard L. Greene's Laboratory
1998-2000 Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park
PHY-12000 Introductory Physics Seminar, Fall 2021
PHY-23102 General University Physics II, Spring 2020 & 2021 & 2022
PHY-45501/55501 EM Waves and Modern Optics, Spring 2012 & 2014 & 2016 &2024
PHYS 45201/55201 Electromagnetic Theory, Fall 2016
PHY-44600/54600 Introduction to Biological Physics, Fall 2013, Fall 2017, Fall 2019
PHY-40195 Biophotonics, Spring 2011
PHY-40099 Senior Honors Thesis-Fall 2011
PHY-40096 Individual Investigation, Spring 2016 & 2018; Fall 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2020, Summer 2021
PHY-40060 Physical Literature on Single Molecule Biophysics (Spring 2011)
HONR-40096 Individual Honors Work (Spring 2011, 2014, 2015 & 2018); Fall 2011 & 2014
PHY-40020 Advanced Physics Lab, Spring 2013, 2017, 2023; Fall 2014 & 2022
PHY 35101 Classical Mechanics, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
PHY-30020 Intermediate Physics Lab, Spring 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023; Fall 2014 &2022
PHY-23101 General University Physics I, Fall 2009 & 2012, Spr 2010 & 2011
PHY-13002/13012 General College Physics II-Fall 2011, Summer 2012 & 2014
PHY 80098 Research, Spring 2020 & 2021, Fall 2021, Summer 2021
Current PhD Students: Sineth Kodikara, Janan AlFehaid, Mohammad L. Kabir
PhD Thesis: Sujay Ray (2014), Jagat Budhathoki (2016), Parastoo Maleki (2018), Golam Mustafa (2022), Prabesh Gyawali (2022), Sajad Shiekh (2023)
MS Thesis: M. Haroon Qureshi, Subrata Mal, William A. Roy
Honors Thesis (Undergrad): Dominic Malcolm, Allan Leishman
Research Advisor (Undergrad):Chad Frutig, Ugur Celik (visiting GS), Edward Stafford, Ryan Melendez, Amanda Rentsch (Highschool), Timothy Park, Jacob Taylor, Kelsey Bittinger, Michael Guntrum, Marlon V. Nunez, Eric Yokie, Darion Feldt, Ahmed Barghout, Sabaha Pasha, Kylie Merkel, Tuqa AlHajri, Shomok Basu, Emily Jackson, Luiz Leao, Rachel Shelly
Served in the following Departmental/University Committees:
Interim Graduate Coordinator (October 2024-Present)
Advisor for Student Spaceflight Experiments Program-Mission 18 (2023)
Ohio Transfer Module Physics Committee Chair (2022)
Judge for Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Presentations (2020-2023)
College Curriculum Committee (August 2020-August 2024)
Undergraduate Coordinator (August 2020-August 2024)
Undergraduate Advisor (Fall 2013-Present)
Board Member-HSA Cleveland Highschool (2010-Present, except 2018-2019 Academic Year)
McNair Scholarship Mentor (2017)
Chair Review Committee (2017)
Graduate Planning and Admissions Committee (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Undergraduate Planning Committee (2010-2013)
New Faculty Hire Committee (2012, 2016, 2018)
Faculty Advisory Committee (2013-2014, 2019-2020, 2023)
Student Academic Complaint Committee (2014)
Served in the following Thesis Committees
As Advisor
Subrata Mal, Master Thesis Defense, Physics Department, 08/10/2011
Haroon Qureshi, Master Thesis Defense, Biological Sciences Department, 11/05/2013
Sujay Ray, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 09/12/2014
Jagat Budhathoki, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 04/04/2016
William Roy, Master Thesis Defense, Physics Department, 07/15/2016
Parastoo Maleki, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 06/28/2018
Prabesh Gyawali, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 02/25/2022
Golam Mustafa, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 03/01/2022
Sajad Shiekh, , PhD Defense, Physics Department, 10/12/2023
As Committee Member
Alex Adaka, PhD Defense, Materials Science, 10/07/2024
Daniel Gavazzi, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 08/15/2024
Joy Kabuga, Oral Candidacy Exam, Chemistry Department, 08/14/2024
Rachel Carleton, PhD Defense, Math Department, 03/08/2024
Mohammad Lutful Kabir, Oral Candidacy Exam, Chemistry Department, 01/19/2024
Thomas Swope, MS Thesis Defense, Physics Department, 08/10/2023
Sudeshi Abedeera, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 07/12/2023
Holly Matthews, Honors Thesis Defense, Physics Department, 04/11/2023
Debayan Purkait, PhD Thesis Evaluation Committee, Saha Institute of Nuclear Theory, India, 04/05/2023
Praneetha Sundar Prakash, Prospectus Defense, Biomedical Sciences, 03/06/2023
Zoltan Karaszi, PHD Defense, Chemical Physics Program, 1/19/2023
Koushik Sreenivasa, First Year Evaluation, TU-Delft, Netherlands, 10/24/2022
Mohammad Enamul Hoque, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 10/18/2022
Mohammad Akter Hossain, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 09/22/2022
Brad Popovich, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 08/22/2022
Drona Dahal, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 06/14/2022
Kumudie Arachchige, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 09/22/2021
Keshav GC, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 05/06/2021
Hao Yu, PhD Defense, Chemical Physics Program, 07/08/2020
Taras Turiv, PhD Defense, Chemical Physics Program, 06/16/2020
Tong Su, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 04/15/2020
Vikash Kaphle, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 12/10/2019
Talant Rusmetov, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 07/24/2019
Laura Restrepo Perez, PhD Defense, TU Delft, 05/10/2019
Keshav GC, Oral Candidacy Exam, Chemistry Department, 08/17/2018
Kumudie Arachchige, Oral Candidacy Exam, Chemistry Department, 05/10/2018
Ayhan Duzgun, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 11/28/2017
Prithviraj Nandigrami, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 09/26/2017
Mona Mirheydari, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 06/16/2017
Lee Sharpnack, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 06/14/2017
Akram Al-Shadidi, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 04/06/2017
Rahul Bhattacharjee, Prospectus Defense, Biological Sciences Dept, 03/24/2017
Joe Yarzebinski, MS Thesis Defense, Physics Department, 07/15/2016
Sony Pandey, PhD Defense, Biological Sciences Dept, 04/05/2016
Ghadah Alrabghi, MS Thesis Defense, Physics Departments, 07/02/2015
Ayan Chakrabarty, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 04/09/2014
Deepak Koirala, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 03/07/2014
Payel Chatterjee, PhD Defense, Biological Sciences Dept, 11/05/2013
Pritam Mandal, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 06/07/2013
Payel Chatterjee, Prospectus Defense, Biological Sciences Dept, 03/18/2013
Mark Morris, PhD Defense, Chemistry Department, 03/28/2012
Bhuwan Joshi, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 11/03/2011
Deepak P Koirala, Oral Candidacy Exam, Chemistry Department, 12/01/2010
Swarnendu Tripathi, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 08/04/2010
Jason K. Ellis, PhD Defense, Physics Department, 10/28/2009
Served as referee for the following journals: Science, Nature Methods, Nature Comm, Proc. Of Nat. Acad. of Sci (PNAS), Nucleic Acids Research (NAR), Nano Letters, NAR Methods, Jour. of American Chem. Soc. (JACS), Nature Cell Discovery, ACS Analytical Chemistry, Scientific Reports, ACS Synthetic Biology, Biochemistry, Biochimie, Jour. of Mol. Biol., Jour. Phys. Chem, Jour. Phys. Chem-Letters, and Jour. Vis. Experimentation (JoVE), Journal of Medical Sciences (NEOMED)-a student-led scientific journal.
I also edited book chapters or other content for Taylor&Francis and Wiley.
Served as referee for the following funding agencies: National Science Foundation-USA and Ohio State University, United Kingdom-Cancer Research, Canada-Leaders Opportunity Fund, Research Grant Council China-HongKong, Czech Rep-Czech Science Foun., Saudi Arabia, European Science Foundation, Switzerland-Swiss National Science Foundation (Sinergia), Netherlands-NWO.
The Students Choice Best Advisor Award, Society of Physics Students, KSU Chapter (2023)
Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission (2018)
Excellence in Advising Award, Society of Physics Students, KSU Chapter (2017)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Collaborative Research Travel Grant (2013, UC Berkeley)
College of Arts and Sciences Research Resources Award, KSU (2013)
University Research Council, Research Activity Support including Undergraduate Students, KSU (2013 &2015)
Amer. Assoc. of Physics Teachers New Faculty Workshop Attendance (2011)
Farris Family Innovation Award for Early Achievement (2011-2014)
University Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Award (2011)
ICAM-KSU International Travel Award (2011)
ICAM Scientist Exchange Award (2009)
European Molecular Biology Organization Short Term Fellowship, Nov 2008-Jan 2009, Karl-Peter Hopfner Lab, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany
Finalist for Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences, University of Maryland (2000-2001)
Vehbi Koc Scholar, Koc University, Turkey (1994-1998)
CURRENT
Title: Influence of small molecules on G-quadruplex stability, folding kinetics, and interactions with proteins
Source of Support: National Institutes of Health (NIGMS, R15)
Total Award Amount: $437,617
Role: PI (100%)
Award Period: 05/01/2018 – 04/30/2021
COMPLETED
NSF-DMR (07/15/2019 – 06/30/2023)
Title: Phase Behavior and Physical Properties of Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Oligomers
Position: Co-PI, Other Investigators: Samuel Sprunt (PI), Tony Jakli (Co-PI), James Gleeson (Co-PI); Amount: $573,103
NIH R15 Grant (03/01/2015 – 02/28/2018)
Title: A Single Molecule Exploration of Protein and G-quadruplex Interactions
Position: PI (100%), Amount: $346,271
NIH R15 Grant (2012-2015)
Title: A conserved G-rich region within human TH promoter regulates its activity
Position: Co-Investigator (%50), Amount: $280,768
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Collaborative Research Travel Grant (2013)
Title: The Influence of G-Quadruplex Structure on POT1/TPP1 and RPA Access to Telomeres,
Position: PI, Amount: $5,840
College of Arts and Sciences Research Resources Award, KSU (2013)
Title: Acquisition of a Harrick Plasma Cleaner, Position: PI, Amount: $7,094
University Research Council, Research Activity Support including Undergrad. Students (2013).
Title: The Influence of G-Quadruplex Overhang Length on RPA-mediated G-Quadruplex Unfolding. Position: PI, Amount: $2,714
ICAM Junior Scientist Exchange Award (2012)
Title: Single Molecule Studies of Human Telomere-Binding Proteins (TEBP)
Position: PI, Student: Sujay Ray, Amount: $4,052,
Farris Family Research Incentive Proposal (2010)
Title: The Interactions of DNA G-Quadruplex Structures with DNA Binding Proteins. Position: PI, Amount: $24,000
University Research Council, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program
Title: Effects of Internal DNA Labeling on the Photophysical Properties of Cyanine Dyes,
Position: PI, Amount: $3,460
ICAM Junior Scientist Exchange Award (2009)
Title: Single Mol. Studies of Human Nucleotide Excision Repair & DNA Damage Checkpoint.
Position: PI, Student: M. H. Qureshi, Amount: $5,300
My Bibliography (NIH) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/hamza.balci.1/bibliography/49488464/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending
RNA Rustbelt Meeting, 10/18/2024
66th Annual May Conference-Optical Society of North East Ohio, Cleveland OH, 05/22/2024
APS Eastern Great Lakes Division, 04/12/2024
Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 02/10/2024
InteractionWins 2024, Innovative Therapeutic Targets in Non-Canonical Nucleic Acid Structures Winter International School 2024. 02/20/2024
Biophysical Society Meeting (Two Presentations & Session Co-Chair), 02/12/2024
RNA Rustbelt Meeting, 09/27/2023
Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology Annual Symposium, 05/18/2023
Interaction Wins 2023 Winter School, Online Event Organized by Junior Scientists in Italy, 02/22/2023
Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 02/19/2023
8th International Meeting on Quadruplex Nucleic Acids, Marienbad, Czechia, 06/29/2022
American Physical Society Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Virtual, 11/13/2021
Bioengineering Department Colloquium, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 10/13/2021
Nucleic Acid Secondary Structures, G4s and Beyond, Virtual, 07/08/2021
Helicases and Nucleic Acid-Based Machines, Virtual, 07/06/2021
Physics Department Colloquium, University Texas Rio Grande, 2021/03/05
Biophysical Society Meeting, Virtual, 02/23/2021
Physics Department Colloquium, University of Miami, FL 13 Nov 2019
KSU Physics Department Colloquium, 19 September 2019
Talk at 2nd Conference on Biomotors, Virus Assembly, and Nanobiotechnology Applications, Columbus, OH, 30 July 2019
RNA Society Meeting, Krakow, Poland, 13 June 2019
Cell Symposia, Regulatory RNA, Berlin, Germany, 13 May 2019
Seminar at Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
Talk at 6th International Meeting on Quadruplex Nucleic Acids: G4thering in Prague; Prague (Czech Republic), 31 May 2017
Talk at Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, (Germany), 05/30/2017
Talk at 19th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium, Dayton, OH, 05/13/2017
Integrated Life Sciences Seminar, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 02/28/2017
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Case Western Reserve University, 02/20/2017
Talk at Biophysical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 02/13/2017
Talk at North East Ohio Medical University, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seminar, 05/13/2016
Talk at Institute of Complex and Adaptive Matter Annual Meeting, Kent, OH, 05/17/2016
Integrated Life Sciences Seminar, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 03/15/2016
Poster at RNA Rustbelt Meeting, Huran, OH, 10/24/2015
Talk at 5th International Meeting on Quadruplex Nucleic Acids: G4thering in Bordeaux; 26-28 May 2015 Bordeaux (France)
Talk at Case Western Reserve University, General Meeting of Turkish Academician in Northeast Ohio, 04/19/2014
The Ohio State University, Biophysics Program Seminar, 10/24/2013
Poster at Biophysical Society Meeting, Philadephia, PA, February 2012
La Sierra University Physics and Biophysics Departments Colloquium, Riverside, CA, 02/24/2012
Poster at Biophysical Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 2012
Kent State University, Physics Department, Freshmen Seminar, 10/25/2011
John Carroll University Physics Department Colloquium, 12/01/2011
Talk at University of Connecticut, Electrical Engineering Department, 7/29/2011
Third International G-Quadruplex and G-Assembly Meeting, Naples, Italy, 06/28/2011
Talk at Turkish American Academics of Midwest Meeting, Cleveland, OH May 22, 2011
Poster at Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2011
Biological Sciences Departmental Seminar, KSU, March 12 2010, Kent, OH
Poster at Biophysical Society Meeting March (2009), Boston, Massachusetts
Talk at GeneCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich December 10, 2008
Poster at Biophysical Society Meeting (2007), Baltimore, Maryland.
Illinois State University, Oct 24, 2006-Colloquim in Physics Dept
Wayne State University, Sept 20, 2006-Colloquium in Chemistry Department
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Sept. 1, 2006- Talk at Dept of Mech & Industrial Engineering
Poster at Biophysical Society Meeting (2005), Long Beach, California
Talk at American Physical Society March Meeting (2004), Montreal, Canada.
Talk at American Physical Society March Meeting (2003), Austin, Texas
Talk at American Physical Society March Meeting (2002), Indianapolis, Indiana