Furkan Semih Dündar's Personal Website PhD. in Physics

A Brief Biography

He finished his high school at Sakarya Fen Lisesi, in 2007. As he gained the rank 777 in the national university exam in Turkey, he chose to study physics at Bilkent University with full scholarship and graduated with number #1 ranking in the physics department in the year 2012. Then he moved on to Middle East Technical University to study quantum gravity and wrote a MSc. thesis titled "The Firewall Paradox" and graduated in 2014. Between the years 2016 and 2018, he did his PhD. at Boğaziçi University with a thesis title "Quantum Phenomena and Shape Dynamics." Throughout his higher education, he was supported by TÜBİTAK scholarships at each level. Between 2019 and 2026, he was an assistant professor at Amasya University. He was a visiting professor at Sakarya University between the years 2024 and 2026. He has become an affiliate researcher at the Wolfram Institute in 2025. Since 2026, he has been an associate professor at Amasya University.

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His popular physics book titled (in Turkish) "Kuantum 101" has been published by Say Yayınları in December 2025.

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