Cancer biology, Mitochondrial dysfunction, Aging & personalized medicine, Rare diseases. Current research projects: (i) antibiotics targeting mitochondrial functions; (ii) cancer stem cells, cancer resistance and the role of OXPHOS; (iii) exosomes and horizontal mitochondrial transfer; (iv) organ-based biological clock.

Role of oxidative stress and antioxidants on signaling pathways leading to gene expression.

- Micronutrient deficiencies plants - Oxygen free radicals and antioxidants in stressed plants - Heavy metal uptake, transport and accumulation in plants - Physiological characterization of plants suffering from abiotic stress factors -human Nutritional Aspects of Plant Nutrition

plant biology, plant physiology, plant nutrition, agriculture, food security, nutrition security, biofortification, climate change, agronomy, crop science

Bioengineering, organ-on-a-chip models, blood-brain barrier, brain diseases, stem cell technologies, drug delivery, nanoparticles, liposomes, biosensors, disease detection, neurobiology

Computational Genomics, Protein Informatics, Molecular Evolution, DNA Damage and Repair

Targeted Cancer Therapeutics, Programmed Cell Death, High-throughput genetic and pharmacological screening, 3D tumor organoid models

Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Machine learning,

Plant Biotechnology and Biosafety, DNA fingerprinting, Alternative Energy, Algae Research, Plant Tissue Culture, Whole Genome Sequencing

Cell biology & Biochemistry; Protein Post-translational Modifications; Protein Stability and Degradation; Ubiquitin-Proteasome System; Ubiquitin-like modifications; SUMOylation; Targeted Therapies & Precision Medicine; Neurodegeneration; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Cancer Mechanisms.

Molecular biology and investigation of structure of biological molecules using synchrotron X -ray scattering; investigation of structure-function relationships in fibrous molecules including chromatin, actin, intermediate filaments; investigation of structures of metal-binding proteins

Ali Kosar is one of the pioneers in the design and development of new generation micro heat sinks with functional surfaces and microfluidic devices including cavitation on chip devices. His research interests constitute a wide spectrum covering heat and fluid flow in micro/nano scale, condensation, boiling heat transfer, microfluidic systems, and cavitation. He is aiming at contributing to the literature by offering new knowledge and understanding about micro/nano scale heat transfer and fluid flow and providing experimental data and design guidelines for futuristic cooling and microfluidic system technologies. He has broad experience and knowledge on various types of experiments on heat and fluid flow and phase change phenomena in micro/nano scale. The results of his research have already generated more than 200 published journal research articles which have been published in prestigious journals like Physics of Fluids, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Moreover, he also has more than 100 conference papers in prestigious and well attended international conferences. He gave over 50 seminars and invited lectures/talks at various institutions and conferences. He has more than 20 granted (3 of them triadic) and pending patent applications. He is currently leading a large research group consisting of members from various disciplines, graduate students and engineers and could build bridges between different disciplines (Energy, Nanotechnology, Applied Physics, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Mechanical Engineering) to enable interdisciplinary pioneering research approach on energy and healthcare applications. He received many national and intrenational awards such as µFIP Prominent Researcher Award" in the 2021 micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena (µFIP) Conference, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) ICNMM (International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels) Outstanding Early Career Award, Japan, Sapporo (2013). In addition, during the last five years, he has been successful to secure funding of more than 2,500,000 Euro from a wide variety of resources. He also serves as a reviewer in many prestigious journals (reviewing more than 100 manuscripts per year) and is a Subject Editor in the Applied Thermal Engineering journal (processing more than 300 manuscripts per year). He is the Co-director of Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano diagnostics (EFSUN) and a Distinguished Researcher of Nanotechnology and Application Center at Sabanci University. Within a short time, EFSUN became a 'Research Powerhouse' at Sabanci University with exhaustive and collaborative efforts of the members. Significant large-scale grants were also obtained from both national and international resources. He is a Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). He also serves as an Executive Committee Member of the ODTU MEMS (Middle East Technical University Microelectromechanical Systems) Center, one of the leading Research Centers in Turkey. Research areas: Hydrodynamic Cavitation, Boiling Heat Transfer, Condensation Heat Transfer, Micro- and Nanoflows, Microfluidic Devices, Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Energy Efficiency, Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer

Physics of proteins • Dynamics of complex systems • Simulation models • Mechanics of materials • Fiber-Reinforced composite structures

3D bioprinting/biomanufacturing for tissue and organ engineering; computational geometry and optimization for additive manufacturing process; heterogenous, multi-functional object modeling and manufacturing; nano-micro additive manufacturing of composite materials; proses planning and development for hybrid additive-subtractive processes.

Polymer and protein dynamics; theoretical and computational investigation of complex molecular systems; conformational multiplicity

Biomechatronics, biosensors, microfluidics, antibiotics, microscopy, laparoscopic tools, personalized medicine, cancer-immune cell interactions