معرفی
Erhan Gülmez is a Professor at Boğaziçi University's Department of Physics, affiliated with the College of Engineering. He holds a visiting professorship at the University of Iowa and has been a CMS experiment member at CERN since 1999. His academic journey includes a double major in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Boğaziçi University (1982) and a PhD in Physics from Yale University (1986), focusing on high angular momentum structure in nuclei.
Education:
- 1978: 7th in Turkey's national university entrance exam
- 1982: Double Major in Physics and Electrical Engineering, Boğaziçi University
- 1985: MS and M.Phil. in Physics, Yale University
- 1986: PhD in Physics, Yale University (Thesis: 'High Angular Momentum Structure in A~140 Nuclei')
Research Interests:
His work spans experimental nuclear physics, high-energy physics, and medical physics, with a focus on collider experiments such as CMS at CERN. Key areas include Higgs boson studies, dark matter searches, and jet physics. He contributes to detector development, notably the CMS-HF calorimeter, and has coordinated projects on radiation damage monitoring and heavy ion studies.
Awards:
- Boğaziçi University Outstanding Achievement in Research Award (1999, 2012)
- TÜBİTAK Incentive Award (1996)
Grants & Projects:
He leads TÜBİTAK and TAEK projects on CMS detector upgrades, B-physics, and jet analysis. Recent projects include radiation damage monitoring (2021–present) and di-jet studies (2009–2013). His work also involves data analysis frameworks and machine learning techniques for background estimation.
Teaching:
He instructs core physics courses including Nuclear Physics (Physics 466), Elementary Particle Physics (Physics 472), and specialized topics in experimental physics.
