Citizenship Turkey Name Nihat Berker | Role Physicist | |
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Institutions Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTechnical University of IstanbulBogazici UniversitesiKoc UniversitySabanci University Notable awards MIT Physics Department Buechner Teaching Prize (1987)Science Award of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (1988)MIT School of Science Teaching Prize for Excellence in Graduate Education (1995)Outstanding Turkish Scientist Citation, by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (1996)Humboldt Research Award (2007)Rector, Sabanci University (2009 - )Academia Europaea, Member (2011) Similar People Guler Sabanci, Tosun Terzioglu, Umran Inan, Sakip Sabanci | ||
A1-Nihat Berker-Chiral Spin Glass Phases, Fibrous Microreentrances, Nano Controlled Frustration, Mu
Nihat Berker Artırılmış Mekanik - Ödev 3 çözüm
Ahmet Nihat Berker (born 20 September 1949 in Istanbul), is a Turkish theoretical physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT. He is the son of a notable scientist and engineer Ratip Berker, who was deceased on October 17, 1997. His wife, Bedia Erim Berker is a professor of chemistry at Istanbul Technical University, and one of his sons, Selim Berker is a professor of epistemology in the department of philosophy at Harvard University.
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- A1 Nihat Berker Chiral Spin Glass Phases Fibrous Microreentrances Nano Controlled Frustration Mu
- Nihat Berker Artrlm Mekanik dev 3 zm
- Academic life
- Research areas
- References
Academic life
After graduating from Robert College at first place in 1967, Nihat Berker received B.S. degrees in physics and chemistry from MIT in 1971. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1972 and 1977, respectively. He was an assistant professor during 1979-82, associate professor during 1982-88, and professor of theoretical physics during 1988-04 at MIT. From 1999 to 2004, he served as a professor and dean of the School of Sciences and Letters at The Istanbul Technical University. After losing the president (rector) elections in ITU, he left the Technical University of Istanbul for a professor position at Koc University. He became emeritus professor of Physics at MIT in 2004. He was an adjunct professor of Bogazici Universitesi in Bebek-Istanbul between 1996 and 2004, as well. During 2005-2009, he served as a professor of physics at Koc University, Rumelifeneri, Sariyer, Istanbul. Since 2009, he is the president of Sabanci University in Tuzla, Istanbul-Turkey.
Research areas
Nihat Berker is best known for his research in statistical mechanics, especially on phase transitions applying renormalization group theory, with applications to surface physics and materials with defects.
