2021 Hacettepe Awards Found Their Owners

The Hacettepe Awards, which started to be presented with the Hacettepe University Award Directive adopted at the session of the Hacettepe University Senate on January 8, 1992, with the decision number 92-9, are designed to support the scientific studies of researchers from any university, to share their superior qualities and achievements with the society, and to serve the society throughout their lives. Awarded to show respect for their achievements or work.

The 2021 Hacettepe Awards found their owners at the 2022-2023 Academic Year Opening Ceremony held on October 24, 2022. The list of award winners is as follows:

Community Service Award
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Simsek & Dr. Inst. Member Şengül İnce, Faculty of Communication, Department of Communication Sciences and Intercultural Communication
“For their outstanding work on immigration and social cohesion”

Contribution To Education Award
Prof. Dr. Süleyman Sadi Seferoğlu, Faculty of Education, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies
“For his outstanding work on the effective use of digital technologies in education”

Science Award

In Medicine and Health Sciences
Prof. Dr. Ömrüm Uzun, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
"For his scientific contributions to the appropriate use of antibiotics and the prevention of antibiotic resistance"

Science Encouragement Award

in Social Sciences and Humanities
Prof. Dr. Emine Yılmaz, Faculty of Letters, Department of Turkish Language and Literature
“For her promising scientific studies in the field of Contemporary Turkish Dialects”

in Science and Engineering
Dr. Inst. Neslihan Taş, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering
“For her promising scientific work on redesigning food to be of higher quality and safety”

Dr. Inst. Yeşeren Saylan, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
“For her promising scientific work on molecularly imprinted polymers and portable sensors for sensitive health and environmental safety applications”

In Medicine and Health Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlkay Sedakat İdilman, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology
“For her promising scientific work on hepatic imaging with MRI”

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nagehan Emiralioğlu, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Chest Diseases
“For her promising scientific work on childhood interstitial lung diseases, primary ciliary dyskinesia and cystic fibrosis”

Art Award
Res. Assist. Dr. Tuba Merdeşe, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture
“For her promising artistic works in the field of sculpture”

For further information: odul.hacettepe.edu.tr/hacettepe-awards