Dr. Yavuz Ceylan

Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Yavuz Ceylan
Email
Phone
(413) 662-5466
Office
Center for Science & Innovation 326A

Education

Ph.D., University of North Texas

B.S., Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat/TURKEY

Courses Taught

CHEM 150 Intro Chemistry Lab
CHEM 250 Inorganic Chemistry

CHEM 310 Analytical Chemistry and Lab
CHEM 401 Advanced Lab

Research Experiences

Cundari Lab (Ph.D.)
Designing and conducting theoretical calculation.
Modeling and DFT calculations of organometallic catalysts
Drug Design, Molecular Dynamics
DFT calculations of conversion olefin to primary alcohol, styrene and C-N compounds

Gieseking Lab (Postdoc)
Investigation of excited state dynamics
Theoretical approach to ligand effect on metal clusters
Modification of charge transfer

Research Publications

Ceylan, Y. S.; Cundari, T. R. “Computational Analysis of Potential Terminal Boride Complexes” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2017, 121, 9358-9368.

Ceylan, Y. S.; Cundari, T. R. “Comparison of PdII vs RhI-catalyzed Catalytic Cycle for Single Step Styrene Production” Comp. Theor. Chem. 2017, 1115, 313-3223.

Wang, G.; Ceylan, Y. S.; Cundari, T. R.; Dias, H. V. R. “Heterobimetallic Ag-Fe Complexes Involving Fe(CO)5 Ligands” JACS, 2017, 139, 14292−143014.

Parasar, D.; Almotawa, R. M.; Jayaratna, N. B.; Ceylan, Y. S.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A.; Dias, H. V. R. “Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Computational Analysis of di- and tetra-Nuclear Alkyne Complexes of Copper(I) Supported by a Highly Fluorinated Pyrazolate” Organometallic, 2018, 37, 4105−41185.

Ceylan, Y. S.; Cundari, T. R. “Direct Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Water to Olefin to Synthesize Primary Alcohols: A Theoretical Study” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2019, 123, 958−9656.

Ceylan, Y. S.; Gieseking, R. L. M. “Electronic Effect of Hydride and Halide Substituted Au9(PH3)83+ nanoclusters” under review, 20217.

Ceylan, Y. S.; Gieseking, R. L. M. “Real-time and Linear-Response TDDFT Studies on Silver Nanowire to Describe Dephasing Dynamics of the Plasmons” Manuscript preparation, 20218.

Ceylan, Y. S.; Gieseking, R. L. M. “INDO/S and TD-DFTB Analysis of the Bonding Dipole and Charge Transfer Plasmon Modes in the Silver Dimeric Clusters” Manuscript preparation, 2021

Selected Conferences and Presentations

Ceylan Y.; Cundari T. “Comparison of PdII vs RhI-Catalyzed Catalytic Cycle for Single Step Styrene Production” Oral Presentation at ACS South West Regional Meeting in Galveston, TX. 2016

Ceylan Y.; Cundari T. ‘’Computational Analysis of Potential Terminal Boride Complexes’’ Oral Presentation at ACS South West Regional Meeting in Lubbock, TX. 2017

Ceylan Y.; Cundari T. ‘’Direct Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Water to Olefin to Synthesize Primary Alcohol: A Theoretical Study’’ Oral Presentation at MiM Dallas-Fort Worth Section of ACS, TX. 2018

Ceylan Y.; Cundari T. ‘’Direct Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Water to Olefin to Synthesize Primary Alcohol: A Theoretical Study’’ Poster Presentation at Stone Symposium at Baylor Waco, TX. 2018

Ceylan Y.; Cundari T. ‘’Direct Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Water to Olefin to Synthesize Primary Alcohol: A Theoretical Study’’ Oral Presentation at 256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition at Boston, MA. 2018

Awards

Teacher of the year: Fort Worth, TX 2015

Outstanding student award: Tokat, TURKEY 2011