
Prof. Dr. Serap Güneş
Invited Speaker
Yildiz Technical University
"Perovskite Solar Cells: Innovations, Challenges, and the Path Towards Sustainable Energy Solutions"
Prof. Dr. Serap GÜNEŞ is a faculty member at Yıldız Technical University, Department
of Physics. After completing her undergraduate and graduate studies at Yıldız Technical
University, she continued her doctoral studies at Johannes Kepler University Linz
(Austria) in 2002. In 2006, she completed her doctorate under the supervision of Niyazi
Serdar Sarıçiftçi. Since 2014 she serves as a full professor at Yildiz Technical University,
Department of Physics
She worked as a principle investigator in many R&D projects funded by Tübitak in the
field of energy. In 2022, she was entitled to be supported within the scope of Tübitak
Bideb-2247-A National Leading Researcher programme, which is one of the most
prestigious support programme of Tübitak. In 2024, she was elected as a member of Energy
Working Group of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA).
Awarded by the Turkish Physical Society in 2007 for her work in the field of Physics and
Energy, she won the "Prof. Dr. Şevket Erk Young Scientist Award" and "the Unesco
Loreal Support for Women in Science Award" in 2009 for her project work. She carried
out short-term scientific studies in Austria granted by the European Science Foundation
(ESF) between 2007-2010.Also given by the Turkish Physical Society in 2017, she won
the "Prof. Dr. Engin Arık Scientist Award". She won the "Women Energizing Turkey
Award" given by the Ministry of Energy in 2022.
She is the author of 6 book chapters published in the field of energy. She participated in
many international conferences as an invited speaker to present his work in the field of
energy. Prof. Dr. Serap GÜNEŞ has published numerous scientific publications in
internationally indexed (SCI/SCI-Expanded), highly influential and respected journals on
the generation of electrical energy from solar energy using cheap and easy methods. She
has received over 8,000 citations to these research according to Web of Science and over
11,000 citations according to Google scholar data.