Academic Experience:
2020 -             Professor,  Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University     
2016 -             Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University
2013 - 2020    Associate Professor,  Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University     
2007 - 2013    Assistant Professor,  Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University     

Sept. 2006 - Aug. 2007    Post-Doctoral Researcher, Yale University, New Haven, CT (Advisor: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda)

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Passau, May 2016 (intensive course on 'Control of Stochastic Systems')
Visiting Associate Professor, Bilkent University, January 2014-Summer 2014 (on sabbatical leave).
Visiting Assistant Professor, KTH-Sweden, May 2012 (intensive summer course on 'Stochastic Networked Control Systems').

Education:
2003 - 2006  PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (at Coordinated Science Laboratory)
                University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (Advisor: Prof. Tamer Basar)
2001 - 2003 MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (at Coordinated Science Laboratory)
                University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Advisor: Prof. Tamer Basar)
1997 - 2001 BS in Electrical Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara
Summer 2004 Research Internship at Xerox PARC, 2004 (hosts. Dr. Haitham Hindi and Dr. Lara Crawford)

Awards/Honors:
2013 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics (lecture / citation)
2013 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Outstanding Reviewer
2018 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award
2021 University of Illinois CSL Visitors Scholar, Visitors Scholar Lecture
Some Paper Recognitions:
        2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control Outstanding Student Paper Award (for paper with Ali D. Kara).
        2023 CSS Networks and Communication Systems TC Outstanding Student Paper Prize (for paper with B. Yongacoglu and G. Arslan)
        2024 TMLR Featured Certification (for paper with Ali D. Kara)