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Filiz Yesilkoy

Filiz Yesilköy

Assistant Professor
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In our multidisciplinary group, we conduct basic, applied, and translational research at the cross-sections of photonics, nanotechnology and biomedical sciences towards the development of novel instruments that will impact next-generation healthcare practice and foundational biomedical research. We benefit from a variety of disciplines, including physical, chemical, material, data and life sciences, to i) engineer optical biochemical nanosensors, molecular identification and imaging systems, ii) enhance the analytical performance of current technology, and iii) develop field-deployable and cost-effective tools for applications including molecular analytics, diagnostics, therapeutics, and global health.

Department

Biomedical Engineering

Contact

2156, Engineering Centers Building
1550 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 2012, Univ. of Maryland
  • MS 2010, Univ. of Maryland
  • BS 2007, Middle East Technical University (METU)

  • Biosensors
  • Nanophotonics
  • Nanobiotechnology
  • Bioimaging and microscopy techniques
  • Spectroscopy
  • Biomedical devices and instrumentation
  • Micro-Nano Fabrication
  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-chip devices

  • 2023 IEEE, Senior Member
  • 2023 NIH-NIBIB, Trailblazer Award
  • 2019 Sensors by MDPI, Travel Award, OFC 2019
  • 2018 GRC-Plasmonics and Nanophotonics, Best Poster Award
  • 2018 Microelectronic Engineering Journal, Finalist, Young Investigator Award 2018 (Nominated)
  • 2012 Univ. of Maryland, Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
  • 2011 Univ. of Maryland, Future Faculty Fellowship
  • 2011 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Maryland, Graduate Student Service Award
  • 2009 Univ. of Maryland, Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
  • 2007 Fulbright , Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship
  • 2003 Middle East Technical University, High Honor Roll

  • Yesilköy, F. (2024). Metasurface-enhanced spectrochemical tissue diagnostics and biosensing. In Advanced Chemical Microscopy for Life Science and Translational Medicine 2024 (p. PC128550K).
  • Yesilköy, F. (2024). Optically resonant metasurfaces for biosensing and spectrochemical imaging. In Microscopy Histopathology and Analytics (pp. MM5A–1).
  • Rosas, S., Adi, W., Beisenova, A., Biswas, S. K., Kuruoglu, F., Mei, H., Kats, M. A., Czaplewski, D. A., Kivshar, Y. S., & Yesilköy, F. (2024). Enhanced biochemical sensing with high-Q transmission resonances in free-standing membrane metasurfaces. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.17456.
  • Biswas, S. K., Adi, W., Beisenova, A., Rosas, S., Arvelo, E. R., & Yesilköy, F. (2024). From weak to strong coupling: quasi-BIC metasurfaces for mid-infrared light--matter interactions. Nanophotonics.
  • Adi, W., Perez, B. E., Liu, Y., Runkle, S., Eliceiri, K. W., & Yesilköy, F. (2024). Machine learning assisted mid-infrared spectrochemical fibrillar collagen imaging in clinical tissues. bioRxiv, 2024--05.
  • Biswas, S. K., Adi, W., Beisenova, A., Rosas, S., Arvelo, E. R., & Yesilköy, F. (2024). Nanophotonics: From weak to strong coupling: quasi-BIC metasurfaces for mid-infrared light--matter interactions.
  • Bahrami, Z., Schnittker, K., Adi, W., Beisenova, A., Yesilköy, F., Thompson, D., & Andrews, J. (2024). Solution Processable Phototransistors with Ultra-High Responsivity Enabled by Hierarchical Poly (3-Hexylthiophene) Carbon Nanotube Composites. Advanced Optical Materials, 12(30), 2401269.
  • Adi, W., Rosas, S., Beisenova, A., Biswas, S. K., Mei, H., Czaplewski, D. A., & Yesilköy, F. (2024). Trapping light in air with membrane metasurfaces for vibrational strong coupling. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10049.
  • Rosas, S., Schoeller, K. A., Chang, E., Mei, H., Kats, M. A., Eliceiri, K. W., Zhao, X., & Yesilköy, F. (2023). Plasmonic metasurfaces for enhanced spectrochemical tissue imaging. In Enhanced Spectroscopies and Nanoimaging 2023 (pp. 5–10).
  • Beisenova, A., Adi, W., Bashar, S. J., Velmurugan, M., Germanson, K. B., Shelef, M. A., & Yesilköy, F. (2023). Rapid COVID-19 immunity screening by machine learning aided multiplexed nanoplasmonic biosensor. In Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XXI (pp. 29–35).

  • B M E 651 - Biophotonics Laboratory (Spring 2025)
  • B M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • B M E 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Spring 2025)
  • B M E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • B M E 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • B M E 619 - Microscopy of Life (Fall 2024)
  • B M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • B M E 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Fall 2024)
  • B M E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • MED PHYS 619 - Microscopy of Life (Fall 2024)
  • PHMCOL-M 619 - Microscopy of Life (Fall 2024)
  • PHYSICS 619 - Microscopy of Life (Fall 2024)
  • RADIOL 619 - Microscopy of Life (Fall 2024)
  • B M E 399 - Independent Study (Summer 2024)
  • B M E 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Summer 2024)
  • B M E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • B M E 651 - Biophotonics Laboratory (Spring 2024)
  • B M E 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Spring 2024)
  • B M E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • B M E 200 - Biomedical Engineering Design (Fall 2023)
  • B M E 300 - Biomedical Engineering Design and Leadership (Fall 2023)
  • B M E 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Fall 2023)
  • B M E 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Summer 2023)