GlakoLens

Arda D. Yalcinkaya received B.S. degree from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Technical University of Denmark (DTU), all in Electrical Engineering in 1997, 1999 and 2003, respectively. He held research engineer, visiting researcher, technical consultant positions at IMEC, Leuven, Belgium, CNM, Barcelona, Spain, Koc University and Microvision Inc., Seattle, USA in the past. He has been a faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, since 2006, where he is currently a Full Professor. He received Bogazici University Foundation Excellence in Research Award, Mustafa Parlar Foundation Research Encouragement Award, and Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA), Distinguished Young Scientists Award in 2010, 2011, and 2013, respectively. His experimental research activities resulted in a few proprietary technologies and protected IPs resulting in a start-up company, GlakoLens AS, where he is one of the co-founders.

Günhan Dündar is a co-founder and a board member of GlakoLens. He joined Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1994. He works at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the same university. His research interests are in the design of integrated circuits and methodologies for integrated circuit design. Besides Bogazici University, he has held visiting positions at EPFL and Technical University of Munich as well as various institutions in Turkey. He received his BS and MS degrees from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1989 and 1991, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA in 1993, all in electrical engineering. He received the Technology Award from Elginkan Foundation, Turkey in 2016, Research Encouragement Award from the Turkish Council of Science and Technology, Turkey in 2009, various research awards from Bogazici University and best paper awards in several conferences. He has advised more than 70 MS students and 18 PhD students as well as having published more than 200 papers in international journals and conferences. He has designed or contributed to the design of more than 20 chips and numerous electronic systems.

Hamdi Torun is a co-founder and a board member of GlakoLens. He joined the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in 2017. He works at the Faculty of Engineering and Environment and is affiliated with the Future Engineering. His research interest is in engineering at micro- and nano-scales. Previously, he was an academic at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and affiliated with the Center for Life Sciences and Technologies at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. He received his B.S. degree from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2003, his M.S. degree from Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2005, and his Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in 2009, all in electrical engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology during 2009-2010. He received Technology Award from Elginkan Foundation, Turkey in 2015, Young Scientist Award from The Science Academy, Turkey in 2016, Innovator Under 35 Award from MIT Tech Review in 2014, and Marie Curie Fellowship (MC-IRG Grant) in 2011.

Dr. Mentak is a serial entrepreneur and inventor. He has founded and led several successful medical device companies including, Advanced Vision Science, Inc., Key Medical Technologies, Inc., and Adoptics Ltd. He is the inventor of the enVista®, Eternity®, and Eternity Natural® implants sold by B&L and Santen Ltd. Dr. Mentak is the co-founder of the Catalyst Technology Innovation Group, a medical project generator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Mentak has a PhD in Materials Science and Bioengineering from the University of Florida and holds 30 US and international patents.

Özgür Kaya has contributed to over 10 R&D projects in various roles (project manager, researcher, design engineer, and author). His experience in the areas of project management, electronics engineering and biomedical engineering combined with his background (family of medical doctors) makes him the ideal person to lead a team of excellent engineers working in an interdisciplinary field. Özgür Kaya acquired his BSc degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering at Koç University and MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering at TU Delft. He is about to complete his PhD in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Boğaziçi University. Özgür Kaya holds certificates for applied entrepreneurship, project management, and laboratory animal experimentation. He is also an occupational health and safety specialist (class C).

Aybüke Çalıkoğlu received her B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Boğaziçi University, Turkey in 2016. She is currently working at Glakolens as a Research & Development Engineer, responsible for the design and simulations of metamaterial inspired passive biosensor architectures targeting continuous IOP monitoring and electrically small antennas which are resonant with passive sensors. Besides, she is involved in the clean room fabrication of biosensors on biocompatible polymers, and development of phantoms and test setups for the characterization of the biosensors.

Aybüke is currently working towards her M.S. degree at Boğaziçi University, focusing on the characterization and fabrication of metamaterial based sensors for bio sensing applications and resonator coupled antenna systems.

Deniz is a research and development engineer. She has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul and now she is studying for master’s degree in the same department and university. She improved herself by learning different programming languages and designing electronic circuits in addition to her education. She is always passionate about using her knowledge in engineering for the good of people.