Serkan
Caliskan
Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Clear Lake

Dr. Serkan Caliskan has been extensively modeling nanomaterials, devices, and nanocomposites for technological applications in materials science, aerospace, and related fields. His research focuses on elucidating their structural, mechanical, magnetic, optical, and electronic properties. He has already conducted accompanying research projects on specific nanomaterials. Currently, through a NASA-funded project, he is doing research on nanocomposites toward their use in aerospace and spacecrafts, where challenges such as thermal stability, mechanical strength and enhancing performance in extreme environments are addressed. His work extends to novel material compositions and nanostructures with tailored surface properties for sensors and biosensing devices. Additionally, he explores 2D materials, heterostructures, and nanotubes as spin filters for potential integration into space-grade nanoelectronics and spintronics. Investigating these structures provides insights into realistic systems and experimental validations. They can be harnessed as building blocks to develop efficient novel multifunctional materials with enhanced efficiency, which can be applied in materials science, aerospace, nanoelectronics and satellite technology.

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