Mine Yurtsever

Mine Yurtsever is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Istanbul Technical University, with an extensive research portfolio spanning computational chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences. Their scholarly profile shows continuous academic activity with 85 research outputs documented through 2025, maintaining an h-index of 23 with over 1,453 citations according to Scopus data.

Research interests center around computational approaches to understanding molecular interactions, particularly focusing on Density Functional Theory (DFT) studies, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and Drug-DNA binding mechanisms. Their fingerprint analysis reveals expertise in dopamine receptor interactions, polypyrrole applications, and simulation methodologies with strong emphasis on pharmaceutical applications.

The publication record demonstrates consistent focus on pharmaceutical analysis, with recent work examining interactions between various anticancer drugs (including clofarabine, cladribine, azacitidine, and pemetrexed) and DNA structures. These studies typically employ combined experimental and computational approaches, integrating voltammetric quantification, spectroscopic analysis, molecular docking, and simulation techniques to elucidate binding mechanisms.

As Principal Investigator, they have led 13 research projects through 2025, including investigations into oligohistidine-DNA interactions, computational design of carbonic anhydrase-9 selective molecules, and quantum mechanical studies of odor-binding proteins. Their supervised work encompasses 24 documented projects, indicating active mentorship and research group leadership within the Department of Chemistry at Istanbul Technical University.