Biosensors for Virus Detection

Prof Dr Adil Denizliwas born in 1962 in Ankara. In 1985, he graduated from the Department ofChemical Engineering from Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He received his M.Sc.and his Ph.D. degrees in 1986 and in 1992also from Hacettepe University. He becamean Associate Professor of Chemical Technologies in 1994 and a professor in the Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University in 2000. Dr.Denizli has written over 600 articles and 40 book chapters. He published morethan 150 popular science articles and holds 4 patents. He is one of themost-cited scientists in the chemistry and engineering field (over 24000citations, h-index of 81). He served as an associated member of the TurkishAcademy of Sciences from 1999 to 2007, and as a full member since 2007. Dr.Denizli has received The Scientific and Technological Research Council ofTurkey (TUBITAK) Encouragement Award in 1998 for his studies on Biomedicine,Biotechnology and Environmental Applications of Polymeric Matrices. He alsoreceived the TUBITAK Science Award and Basic Science Award of Popular ScienceMagazine in 2006. He worked as an editor several national and internationalbooks. He is also a chief editor of 15 books of 50th Year of HacettepeUniversity. He is an Editorial Board Member of 39 journals. He has supervised62 MSc and 47 Ph.D. theses, 5 post-doctoral and 5 visiting researchers. He has organizedvarious national and international congress, summer schools, and graduatecourses. His main research fields are molecular imprinting technologies,affinity chromatography, biosensors, polymers, application of these biosensorsand polymers in medicine and biochemistry. Assist Prof Dr Yeseren Saylanwas born in 1985 in Ordu. She graduated from Hacettepe University's Departmentof Chemistry in 2008. She then received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees fromHacettepe University in 2011and 2017 respectively. She worked as a visiting researcher atStanford University, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A. between 2015 and2106. She also worked as visiting researcher at Harvard University, School ofMedicine, Boston, MA, U.S.A. in 2021. Dr Saylan has over 60 publications, including research articles, reviews, and book chapters. She has published more than 20 popular science articles. She is particularly dedicated to developing precise sensingplatforms for medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food safety, aswell as rationally designing specific molecularly imprinted polymeric materialsat micro- and nanoscales for various applications.