Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Metin Balcı

PERSONAL DATA

 

B.S. :

Ph.D. :

 

Associate Professor:

Full Professor:

November 1972, University of Cologne, Germany

February 1976, University of Cologne, Germany

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Vogel

October 1981, Atatürk University, Erzurum

June 1987, Atatürk University, Erzurum

Erzurum, Turkey

29th June 1948

Department of Chemistry           

Middle East Technical University,

06531 Ankara -Turkey

Birth Place and date:   

Date of Birth:   

Address:  

Phone: 

Home:

Fax:

E-Mail:

90 (312) 210 5140

90 (312) 210 6624

90 (312) 210 3200

mbalci@metu.edu.tr

1972-1976:

1976-1978:    

1978-1979: 

1979-1980:     

1980-1997:  

1986-1987: 

1996-1997:  

1997-present:       

Research assistant, University of Cologne, Germany with Prof. Dr. Emanuel Vogel

Post-doctoral fellow, University of Siegen, Germany with Prof. Dr. Harald Günther

Post-doctoral fellow, University of Puerto Rico, USA with Prof. Dr. Waldemar Adam

Post-doctoral fellow, University of Florida, USA with Prof. Dr. W. M. Jones

Atatürk University, Erzurum

Visiting Scientist, University of Cologne, Germany.

Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Alabama, USA.

Middle East Technical University, Ankara

1. TUBITAK (Scientific  and Technical Research Council of Turkey) "Junior Science Award" 1983.

2. TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) "Science Award" 1989.

3. Plaque given by "World Cultural Council", 1989

4. Scientific Award (1990)  from Scientific and Technology Foundation, Turkey

5. Honorary Member of Turkish Chemical Society, 1990

6. Scientific Award  given by "Ministry of Culture", 1991 

7. Scientific Award given by Chemistry Foundation, 1991

8. Elected Member to Turkish Academy of Sciences, 1994.

9. Research Award 2000-2009 Middle East Technical University

10. Best Teacher Award 2000, 2003, 2004  Middle East Technical University

11. Professor Balci’s name was given to the NMR-lab at Ataturk University March 24,  2010.

1984:

1987-1996:

1987-1996:

1987-1996: 

1991-1993:

1992-present: 

1992-present:  

1995-present:    

1996:     

 

2000-2007:

 

2001-present: 

2005:  

2007:    

Organizer of the First National Chemistry Symposium at Atatürk University in Erzurum (Turkey)

Director of  Department of Chemistry, Atatürk University, Erzurum 

Director of Graduate School for Natural Sciences, Atatürk University, Erzurum

Member of Research Grant Committee, Atatürk University

Research Committee Member for Natural Sciences, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey

Editorial Board Member, Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Editorial Board Member, Chimica Acta Turcica

Committee for Natural Sciences, Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK), Member

Organizer of the First Graduate Students Symposium for Organic Chemistry at Atatürk University in Erzurum (Turkey).

Member of the Research Grant Committee for Basic Sciences, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey

Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM); City Ankara  Representative

Organizer of the 1st NMR Summer School at Atatürk University in Erzurum (Turkey)

Organizer of the International Conference on Organic Chemistry in (Erzurum)Turkey. 

1967-1987:

1972-1995:  

1983-present:

1984-1987: 

1987-present:  

 

Gesellschaft der Deutschen Chemiker

American Chemical Society

Turkish Chemical Society

European Spectroscopy Society

Turkish Spectroscopy Society

 

· Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,  450 p METU Press, 2000.

· Basic 1H- and 13C-NMR Spectroscopy, 426 pages, ELSEVIER, January, 2005.

· Organic Chemistry, Reaction Mechanisms TÜBA, 480 pages, September, 2008 (in Turkish)

· 270 publications in the international journals, see attachment

· 330 lectures presented at the national and international congresses

· 4010 citations to the published papers

· Photooxygenation of hydrocarbons

· Total synthesis of highly oxygenated natural products

· High temperature bromination

· Oxidation with Mn(OAc)3

· Highly strained hydrocarbons: Pyramidalized double bonds, cyclic allenes and alkynes

· Photochemistry

· Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds: Indol, Diazoazepine, Isocoumarins