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Okay Çimen,
Date and Place of Birth: February 4, 1986 / Turkey
Research
Interests
Rare earth elements, critical raw minerals, carbonatites, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, geochronology, isotope geochemistry, regional geology, environmental geochemistry.
Academic
Experience
Associate Professor / Munzur University (Turkey) / 2020-still
Founding Director of Munzur University Rare Earth Elements Application and Research Center / 2019-2022
Vice Coordinator at Strategic Raw Materials and Advanced Technology Applications Department / 2021-2022
Assistant Professor / Munzur University (Turkey) / 2017-2020
Postdoctoral Researcher / University of Notre Dame (USA) / 2018
Research Scholar / University of Notre Dame (USA) / 2015
Research & Teaching Assistant / Middle East Technical University (Turkey) / 2011 - 2016
Education
​PhD - Middle East Technical University
Department of Geological Engineering / 2016
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MSc - Ankara University
Department of Geological Engineering / 2011
BSc - Ankara University
Department of Geological Engineering / 2009
2nd BSc - Anadolu University
Department of Public Administration /2012
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Dissertations
PhD- The Petrology and Geochronology of the Igneous Rocks from the ÇangaldaÄŸ Metamorphic Complex and the ÇangaldaÄŸ Pluton (Central Pontides-Turkey), Central Pontides. Middle East Technical University, 254 p. 2016
MSc- Rare Earth Elements Contents and Environmental Features of Organic Matter Rich Rocks in the South of DaÄŸÅŸeyhler Village (Bolu-Göynük). Ankara University, Ankara, 96 p. 2011.
BSc- Economic Geology of Rare Earth Elements. Graduation Project in Geological Engineering, Ankara University, Ankara, 45 p. (unpublished). 2009.
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Skills
Instrument;
MC-LA-ICP-MS
Element2-HR- ICP-MS
Attom-HR-ICP-MS
Cameca SX-50 Electron Microprobe
Edax Orbis Micro-XRF
Software;
Corel Draw
Adobe Illustrator
Freehand
Global Mapper
Iolite3
Glitter
Hobbies;
Football
Kick-Boxing
Tennis
Billards
Travelling
Music
Cinema
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Languages
Turkish (Native)
English
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