Research and teaching in applied mathematics, Scientific Computing
Resume:
Derya Sahin Biryol
CURRICULUM VITAE
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/deryabiryols/
Work Experience
**** ****** - ******** ********, ********** of Mathematics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2012 - 2014 June, Teaching Assistant, School of Natural Sciences, University California Merced
2010 - 2012 Graduate Student Researcher, School of Natural Sciences, University California Merced
2009 - 2010 Teaching Assistant, School of Natural Sciences, University California Merced
2007 - 2009 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 - 2007 Lecturer, Vocational School of Social Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Education
Ph.D, Applied Mathematics,University of California Merced, 2009 - 2014
Advisor : Boaz Ilan
Research: Modeling Light Propagation in Luminescent Solar Concentrators
MSc., Mathematics, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2004 - 2007
Advisors : Nalan Antar, Teoman Ozer
Research: The investigation of gravity currents by using Lie group analysis
BSc., Mathematics, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999 - 2004
Advisor: Hakan Demirbuker
Final Project: Differentiable Manifolds in Riemannian Geometry
Research Interests & Expertise
Interdisciplinary research & Data analysis and Statistical Inference& Scientific Computing
Computational modeling: numerical simulations, Monte-Carlo simulations, network analysis
Analytical and Physical modeling using partial and integer differential equations
Forward & inverse problems arising in optics, material science, biomedical engineering, tomography, earth science
Lie Symmetries, analytical solution techniques for ordinary & partial differential equations
Fluid mechanics & Solid mechanics
Skills
Scientific Software: MATLAB, Mathematica, Python, R, FORTRAN,L TEX, Bash/Cshell (Unix shells and shell
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scripting), Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, Working experience in Windows, Mac OSX and Linux operating sys-
tems, GIT control version
Language Skills: English (fluent), German (beginner), Turkish (native)
Awards
2014 Dean’s Distinguished Scholars Fellowship for Spring 2014, University of California Merced
2013 Travel Award from Association for Women in Mathematics for 2013 SIAM annual meeting
2013 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Graduate Division, University of California Merced
for exemplary dedication to graduate research in Applied Mathematics
2013 Applied Mathematics Summer 2013 Fellowship, University of California Merced
2012 Spring Graduate Division General Fellowship, University of California Merced
2012 Graduate Research Council (GRC) Fellowship for Summer Research, University of California Merced
2007 Scientific Research Project Grant for Master Thesis, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Research Projects
Modeling blood flow in stenosed and branched arteries - Bosphorus joint French - Turkish Research Project (with
N. Antar, I. B. Akar and J. G. Caputo), 2007 - 2009
Modeling Luminescent Solar Concentrators - NSF Solar Research Project (with B. Ilan), 2009 - 2013
Ongoing research project: Mechanical percolation in nano composites and analyzing the frequency dependent per-
mittivity and AC conductivity in random resistor capacitor network model for nano composites (with G. M.
Forest, P. Mucha, B. F. Shi, S. Heroy)
Participation in Summer Schools and Workshops
21st European Student Workshop on Mathematical Modeling in Industry and Commerce, University of Rouen,
Rouen, France, 2007
Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Summer Camp, Rensealer Polytechnic Insitute, Troy, NY, 2010
Graduate Summer Workshop on “Introduction to the Mathematics of Seismic Imaging”, Mathematical Sciences
Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2013
Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future Workshop, Institute Pure and Applied Mathematics, Los Angeles, CA,
2013
Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Lie group analysis of gravity currents, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 11 (2), 978-994, 2010 (with N.
Antar, T. Ozer)
Theoretical-group analysis of the inviscid gravity currents, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 13, 355-376,
2010 (with T. Ozer)
Monte Carlo simulations of light scattering in luminescent solar concentrators based on semiconductor nanoparticles,
Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 033108, 2011 (with B. Ilan and D. F. Kelley)
Radiative transport theory for light propagation in luminescent media, Journal of the Optical Society America A,
30, 813, 2013 (with B. Ilan)
Asymptotic solution of light transport problems in optically-thick luminescent media, Journal of Mathematical
Physics, 55, 061501, 2014 (with B. Ilan).
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e-mail: ***********@*****.*** September 2014
Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Proceedings
Symmetry group properties and similarity solutions of gravity currents, XV. National Conference of Mechanics,
Isparta, Turkey, 683-690, 2007 (with N. Antar, T. Ozer)
Photon transport in luminescent solar concentrators based on semiconductor nanoparticles, OSA - Optical Nanos-
tructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV), Austin, TX, 2011 (with B. Ilan, D. F. Kelley)
Modeling light propagation in semiconductor-based luminescent solar concentrators, SPIE Optical Engineering +
Applications, San Diego, CA, Vol. 8834, 2013 (with B. Ilan)
Presentations at International Conferences
Mathematical modeling of light scattering in luminescent solar concentrators, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, 2009
Photon transport in luminescent solar concentrators based on semiconductor nanoparticles, OSA, OPTICS +
PHOTONICS CONGRESS, Austin, TX, 2011
Modeling light propagation in semiconductor-based luminescent solar concentrators, SPIE Optics + Photonics
Conference, San Diego, CA, 2013
Poster Presentation
Light propagation in semiconductor luminescent solar concentrators, Association Women in Mathematics (AWM),
SIAM annual meeting, San Diego, CA, 2013
Seminars at Academical Institutions
On the symmetry group properties of one layer shallow water equations, Mathematics Seminar,Istanbul Technical
University, Department of Mathematics, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007
Similarity solutions of gravity currents, Mustafa Inan Seminar, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil
Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
Symmetry groups of inviscid gravity currents, Some Applied Math for People to Learn, University of California
Merced, Applied Mathematics, Merced, CA, 2009
Ray tracing to model light propagation in luminescent solar concentrators, Modeling, Algorithms, Information and
Data, University of California Merced, School of Natural Sciences, Merced, CA, 2011
Radiative Transport Models, Applied Math Club Seminar, North Carolina State University, Department of Mathe-
matics, NC, 2014
Modeling Light Propagation in Luminescent Media, Differential Equations Seminar, North Carolina State University,
Department of Mathematics, NC, 2014
Reviewing activities for Peer-Reviewed Publications
Optics Express, Applied Optics
Membership in Scientific Organizations
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), American Association of University Women (AAUW)
International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE), Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), Optical Society of America (OSA), American Physical society (APS)
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