Faculty Members Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buğrahan Emsen and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Yıldırım Invited to Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society

Faculty Members Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buğrahan Emsen and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Yıldırım Invited to Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buğrahan Emsen and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Yıldırım, faculty members of the Kamil Özdağ Faculty of Science at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, have been invited to become members of Sigma Xi – The Scientific Research Honor Society, one of the world's long-established scientific research organizations.

Founded in 1886 at Cornell University in the United States, Sigma Xi is an international scientific honor society that promotes outstanding research in science and engineering, while supporting scientific excellence and interdisciplinary collaboration. Among its members are distinguished researchers who have made significant contributions to the history of science, including Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, Linus Pauling, and Barbara McClintock. Since its establishment, the society has included more than 200 Nobel Prize-winning scientists among its members.

The membership invitations extended to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buğrahan Emsen, a faculty member of the Department of Biology, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Yıldırım, Head of the Department of Data Science and Analytics, are significant in terms of enhancing the international visibility of research conducted across different scientific disciplines.

Following the earlier admission of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kağan Şarlar, a faculty member of the Department of Physics, as a Full Member of the same society, the invitation extended to two more faculty members by Sigma Xi is a welcome development that reflects the Faculty's growing engagement with international scientific research networks.

We congratulate our faculty members, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buğrahan Emsen and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Yıldırım, and wish them continued success in their scientific endeavors.

Dean's Office of the Kamil Özdağ Faculty of Science