Biography

Director of Ege University Solar Energy Institute and the Head of Energy Department) Sule ERTEN ELA received Assistant Professor position in 2005 and Associate Professor Position in 2009 and Full Professor position in 2015 in Ege University-Solar Energy Institute.
She has visited Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Japan. In 2011, she received prestigious award of Germany “Alexander von Humboldt”. She worked in Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Germany with Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch for novel electron acceptor fullerene materials synthesis, graphene oxides, Heterojunctions Solar Cells and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells between 2011-2014. She moved to I-MEET Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology Institute in 2015 for advanced studies on organic solar cells and Perovskite Solar Cells. Sule Erten Ela is a specialist on Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC), Solid State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (SDSC), Heterojunction Solar Cells (BHJ/ IBHJ), Flexible Solar Cells, Organic Field Effect Transistors (OFET), Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED), Li-ion Battery and she has high level studies on organic electronic technologies. She is also a specialist on organic synthesis, fullerene synthesis, graphene, carbon nanotubes, photocatalysis, photodagradation, energy systems.
Prof. Dr. Şule Erten-Ela received prestigious award of Alexander von Humboldt in 2011. She selected Alexander von Humboldt’s successful Turkish woman scientist and testimonial in 2012. She received Turkish Academy of Sciences-Outstanding Young Scientist Award (TUBA-GEBIP) in 2013. She received UNESCO-LOREAL Young Woman Scientist Award in 2014. In 2015, she received Young Scientist Award from The Science Academy (BAGEP). In 2016, she received METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Research&Incentive Science Award. In 2017, she received TÜBİTAK Science& Encouragement Award. In 2018, she has been awarded Best Presentation Award in Green Energy Technology Conference in Amsterdam, Holland. In 2019, She has received Energy Academy Award of Ministry of Energy and Natural Sources.
Sule Erten Ela has editorial and referee positions for lots of scientific journals over 130. Sule Erten Ela is a member of Solar Energy Institute of Ege University in full Professor position. She is the head of Energy Department and a member of Institute Committee as Energy Department Head. Prof. Dr. Şule Erten Ela is Director of Solar Energy Institute.
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