Group Members

Tozburun Lab. on Biophotonics and Optical Imaging

Research Group Leader

Serhat TOZBURUN
serhat.tozburun@ibg.edu.tr
+90 232 299 41 00 (5101)
+9 0 232 299 41 60

Ender Berat ELLİDOKUZ Research Group Member  ender.ellidokuz@ibg.edu.tr


Ensari GÜNELİ Research Group Member  ensari.guneli@ibg.edu.tr


Hanife GÖKKAN MSc Student  hanife.gokkan@ibg.edu.tr


Merve TÜRKER PhD Student  merve.turker@ibg.edu.tr


Güldeniz Gülcan MSc Student  guldeniz.gulcan@ibg.edu.tr


Nejbir AKYOL Undergraduate Student  nejbir.akyol@ibg.edu.tr


Berfin ARLI MSc Student  berfin.arli@ibg.edu.tr


Müge TOPCU MSc Student  muge.topcu@ibg.edu.tr


Seval ÜNAL MSc Student  seval.unal@ibg.edu.tr


Former Members

İbrahim AKKAYA Researcher  ibrahim.akkaya@ibg.edu.tr


Merve TÜRKER PhD Student  merve.turker@ibg.edu.tr


Turan Ögetay KAYALI PhD Student  turanogetay.kayali@msfr.ibg.edu.tr


Ozan YETİŞ MSc Student  ozan.yetis@msfr.ibg.edu.tr


Mahmut Ozan GÖKKAN MSc Student  ozan.gokkan@msfr.ibg.edu.tr


Onur ÇAKI MSc Student  onur.caki@msfr.ibg.edu.tr


Hanife GÖKKAN Undergraduate Student  hanife.gokkan@ibg.edu.tr


Alptekin FADILOĞLU PhD Student  alptekin.fadiloglu@ibg.edu.tr


SEMA ÖZALTUNER ÖZÜTÜRKER MSc Student  sema.ozuturker@msfr.ibg.edu.tr


İbrahim AKKAYA Visiting Researcher  ibrahim.akkaya@ibg.edu.tr


Emre GÜRALP Undergraduate Student  emre.guralp@ibg.edu.tr


Emirhan TOSUN Researcher  emirhan.tosun@ibg.edu.tr


Ömer Faruk DİNÇ PhD Student  omer.dinc@ibg.edu.tr


Emre GÜRALP Undergraduate Student  emre.guralp@ibg.edu.tr


Seval ÜNAL Undergraduate Student  seval.unal@ibg.edu.tr


Emre GÜRALP MSc Student  emre.guralp@ibg.edu.tr


Arzu Beste DİLER MSc Student  beste.diler@ibg.edu.tr


Nidanur IŞIN MSc Student  nidanur.isin@ibg.edu.tr


Selected Publications

Turker Burhan M, Ersoy N, Bagriyanik HA, Tozburun S. Guide mapping for effective superficial photothermal coagulation of the esophagus using computer simulations with ex vivo sheep model validation study.. Lasers in surgery and medicine. 2022 October ; 54 (8) : 1116-1129. doi:10.1002/lsm.23595. Download

İbrahim Akkaya; Serhat Tozburun. A 1060 nm stretched-pulse mode-locked wavelength-swept laser source providing an A-scan rate of 20 MHz. Optik. 2022 September ; 266 : 169648. doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2022.169648. Download

Yetis O, Guner O, Akkaya I, Guneli E, Bagriyanik A, Tozburun S. Vagus nerve bundle stimulation using 1505-nm laser irradiation in an in-vivo rat model.. Journal of biophotonics. 2021 September : e202100197. doi:10.1002/jbio.202100197. Download

Tozburun S. Superficial photothermal laser ablation of ex vivo sheep esophagus using a cone-shaped optical fiber tip.. Journal of biophotonics. 2020 June ; 13 (6) : e201960116. doi:10.1002/jbio.201960116. Download

Siddiqui M, Nam AS, Tozburun S, Lippok N, Blatter C, Vakoc BJ. High-speed optical coherence tomography by circular interferometric ranging. Nature photonics. 2018 February ; 12 (2) : 111-116. doi:10.1038/s41566-017-0088-x. Download

Tozburun S, Blatter C, Siddiqui M, Meijer EFJ, Vakoc BJ. Phase-stable Doppler OCT at 19 MHz using a stretched-pulse mode-locked laser. Biomedical Optics Express. 2018 March ; 9 (3) : 952-961. doi:10.1364/BOE.9.000952. Download

Tokel O, Turnali A, Makey G, Elahi P, Çolakoğlu T, Ergeçen E, Yavuz Ö, Hübner R, Borra MZ, Pavlov I, Bek A, Turan R, Kesim DK, Tozburun S, Ilday ....... In-chip microstructures and photonic devices fabricated by nonlinear laser lithography deep inside silicon. Nature Photonics. 2017 September ; 11 (10) : 639-645. doi:10.1038/s41566-017-0004-4. Download

Total : 7

Selected Proceedings

Merve Türker-Burhan, Nevin Ersoy, Husnu Bagriyanik, Serhat Tozburun 2023, 'Optimization study of parameters for laser-induced thermal treatment of the esophageal mucosal layer', European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 25, 2023 .

Merve Türker-Burhan, Serhat Tozburun 2023, 'An endoscopic approach to limit the depth of laser-induced thermal injury', European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 25, 2023 .

Emirhan Tosun, Omer Faruk Dinc, Berfin Arli, Serhat Tozburun 2023, 'A classifier for dynamic thermal imaging', European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 25, 2023 .

Omer Faruk Dinc, Berfin Arli, and Serhat Tozburun 2023, 'An AI-based algorithmic system that predicts missing A-scans in crosssectional retinal images', European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 25, 2023 .

Berfin Arli, Omer Faruk Dinc, Merve Burhan Turker, and Serhat Tozburun 2023, 'Predicting dark-field images of H&E-stained esophageal specimens', European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 25, 2023 .

Merve Turker-Burhan; Serhat Tozburun 2022, 'An endoscopy capsule for well-confined and angle-controlled photothermal mucosa ablation', Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXXIII, San Francisco, Feb. 21, 2022 . Download

Ibrahim Akkaya; Serhat Tozburun 2022, 'A stretched-pulse mode-locked (SPML) wavelength-swept laser source at 1.06 µm', Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XXIV, San Francisco, Feb. 21, 2022 . Download

Hanife Gokkan; Serhat Tozburun 2022, 'A customized scope head for OCT-guided laser stimulation of the vagus nerve', Optics and Biophotonics in Low-Resource Settings VIII, San Francisco, Oct. 21, 2022 . Download

Ibrahim AKKAYA, Serhat TOZBURUN 2021, 'An 18.6 MHz wavelength-swept laser source based on stretched-pulse mode-locking at 1290 nm', SPIE Photonics West, Munich, Germany (online), June 20, 2021 . Download

Merve TURKER BURHAN, Husnu Alper BAGRIYANIK, Serhat TOZBURUN 2021, 'Ex-vivo model experimental and simulation results suggesting effective and superficial mucosal photothermal ablation at 1505 nm', SPIE Photonics West, Munich, Germany (online), June 20, 2021 . Download

Ozan YETIS, Ibrahim AKKAYA, Ozge GUNER, Ensari GUNELI, Serhat TOZBURUN 2021, 'Arterial pressure responses of a rat to laser stimulation of the vagus nerve using infrared irradiation in continuous-wave mode', SPIE Photonics West, Munich, Germany (online), June 20, 2021 . Download

Ibrahim Akkaya, Onur Caki, Serhat Tozburun 2020, 'A stretched-pulse mode-locked laser source at a central wavelength of 1275 nm', SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb. 5, 2020 . Download

Ibrahim Akkaya, Serhat Tozburun 2020, 'An optical pulse generation technique using two optical phase modulators and a Fabry-Perot etalon', SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb. 4, 2020 . Download

Ozan Yetis, Ibrahim Akkaya, Asli Celik, Basar Koc, M. Ensari Guneli, Serhat Tozburun 2020, 'A pilot study: infrared laser stimulation of the rat vagus nerves', SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb. 3, 2020 . Download

Merve Turner Burhan, Serhat Tozburun 2020, 'Monte-Carlo based simulations of photothermal response of nerve tissue for laser wavelengths of 1455 nm, 1490 nm, 1550 nm', SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb. 3, 2020 . Download

Mahmut Ozan Gokkan, Serhat Tozburun 2020, 'Automatic classification of melanocytic skin tumors based on hyperparameters optimized by cross-validation using support vector machines', SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, May 2, 2020 . Download

Merve Türker and Serhat Tozburun 2019, 'Simulations for modeling the photothermal response of nerve tissue', European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, June 20, 2019 . Download

Total : 17

Projects

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK - RD : Development of Optical-Domain Subsampling Based Optical Coherence Tomography Using a Wavelenght Stepped Laser With Two Phase Modulators And Chromatic Dispersion, Finished

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK - RD : All fiber optics, 20-MHz wavelength-swept laser for Optical Coherence Tomography, Finished

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK - RD : Development of a New Generation Apparatus Providing Limited Photothermal Ablation, Finished

European Union - RD : Well-Confined Mucosal LasEr Ablation with a Negative Pressure Based Endoscopy Capsule, Finished

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK - RD : ENABLE: Endoscopic Mucosa Ablation Device for Barrett’s Esophagus Using Infrared Lasers., Finished

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK - RD : Development of Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Optical Nerve Stimulation System, Ongoing

Health Institutes of Turkey- TUSEB - RD : An endoscopic cap for non-thermal mucosal ablation with accurate ablation limits, Ongoing

Patents

  • Serhat Tozburun ve İbrahim Akkaya 2021 , OPTİK DARBE ÜRETMEK İÇİN OPTİK FAZ MODÜLASYONU, OPTİK FAZ GERİ-MODÜLASYONU VE SPEKTRAL OPTİK FİLTRELEME KULLANAN YÖNTEM VE CİHAZ, 2020 13928
  • Serhat Tozburun 2021 , TARAMALAR ARASI GENİŞ VE DİNAMİK BİR ZAMAN ARALIĞI ÜRETMEK İÇİN NİTELİĞİ DEĞİŞTİRİLMİŞ ELEKTRİKSEL DALGALAR TEMELLİ YÜZEY TARAMA DESENİ/PROTOKOLÜ KULLANAN SİSTEM VE YÖNTEM, 2021 01197
  • Serhat Tozburun, Merve Turker-Burhan, Ender Ellidokuz 2021 , SINIRLARI TANIMLI ANORMAL MUKOZAL DOKU ABLASYONU İÇİN NEGATİF BASINÇ TEMELLİ GÖRÜNTÜLEME VE TEDAVİ APARATI VE SİSTEMİ VE SİSTEMİN ÇALIŞMA YÖNTEMİ, None
  • Benjamin Vakoc, Meena Siddiqui ve Serhat Tozburun 2018 , System, apparatus and method for utilizing optical dispersion for fourier-domain optical coherence tomography, US10058250B2; US10966613B2; WO2015013651A2; ES2893237T3; EP3025173B1

Awards

  • Science Academy’s Young Scientist Awards Program (BAGEP) by Science Academy, 2020
  • Above-Threshold Award by TUBITAK, 2018
  • Young Investigator (GEBİP) Awards by Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), 2018
  • Seal of Excellence Award by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, 2017
  • Eser Tümen Investigation Award by FABED, 2016
  • 2232 Yurda Dönüş Araştırmacı Dolaşım Programı by TUBITAK, 2016
  • 2236 Co-Funded Brain Circulation Scheme by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, 2016

Academic Memberships

  • American Physical Society, 2011
  • IEEE Photonics Society, 2010
  • INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS (IEEE), 2009
  • INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS (SPIE), 2008
  • Optical Society of America (OSA), 2007
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, 2019

Contact

Tozburun Lab. on Biophotonics and Optical Imaging

Research Group Leader

Serhat TOZBURUN
serhat.tozburun@ibg.edu.tr
+90 232 299 41 00 (5101)
+9 0 232 299 41 60