Prof. Dr. Ali Koşar has been elected as a Full Member of TÜBA

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences faculty member and EFSUN and SUNUM researcher Prof. Dr. Ali Koşar has been elected as a Full Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA).

The Academy has three categories of membership: Full Members, Associate Members, and Honorary Members. Election to Full or Associate Membership is carried out through a nomination submitted to the Presidency of the Academy by existing Full Members or by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) or the Executive Board of TÜBİTAK with a written official support letter. Candidates are then evaluated and accepted by the Academy Council, followed by the approval of the members of the General Assembly representing the relevant scientific field.

Full Members are selected from among distinguished Turkish scientists, who have received awards or medals from nationally or internationally recognized organizations, have discoveries, inventions, theories, or models named after them, whose names appear in classic textbooks or review articles, and who have received a high number of citations in widely recognized international scientific citation indexes.