Necmettin Yildirim

Address

 

 

 

Department of Mathematics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CB # 3250, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3250

(919) 843-7672 (work)

(919) 929-1957 (home)

yildirim@amath.unc.edu

www.amath.unc.edu/Faculty/yildirim/

 

Education

 

PhD, Applied Mathematics, 1996-2000

Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey

Dissertation: Kinetic and metabolic control analysis of multi enzymes systems in biochemistry by combination of symbolic and numerical computation techniques

Supervisor: Prof. Mustafa Bayram

 

 

MSc, Applied Mathematics, 1993-1996

Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey

Thesis: Dimension reduction by principle components analysis in multivariate data analysis and an application

Supervisor: Prof. Ibrahim Guney

 

 

BSc, Mathematics Education, 1987-1992

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Professional Experience

 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-Present

Department of Mathematics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Supervisor: Prof. Timothy C Elston

 

 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2002

Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine

McGill University, Canada

Supervisor: Prof. Michael C Mackey

 

 

Research Assistant, 1998-2001

Computer Sciences Application and Research Center

Ataturk University, Turkey

 

 

Mathematics Instructor, 1992-1998

Aziziye and Yavuz Selim Colleges, Turkey

 

Research Interests

 

Nonlinear dynamical systems, time delay differential equations, symbolic computation and computer algebra, mathematical biology, cellular signal transduction and enzyme kinetics.

 

Teaching Experience

 

Instructor, UNC Mathematics Department

·    Spring 2005, Introduction to Differential Equations, full course responsibility

·    Fall 2004, Linear algebra and its applications, full course  responsibility

·    Fall 2003, Calculus of functions of one variable, full course  responsibility

 

 

 

Instructor, Aziziye and Yavuz Selim collages

·    I taught several sections of algebra, calculus, trigonometry and analytic geometry courses between 1992-1998

 

Awards and Honors

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Research grant of $9800 from The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey under the NATO grant program.

 

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Research award of $1000 from The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. This award is given for publishing paper in refereed international journals.

 

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Student-Employee Fellowship from The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 1988 -1989.

 

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Honor degree during undergraduate study.

 

Languages

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Turkish (native)

 

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English

 

Computer Skills

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Operating Systems/Languages

Unix, Dos, Windows, Fortran, Maple, Basic and Matlab.

 

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Others

LaTeX, Microsoft Office and other Windows applications.

 

References

Professor Michael C. Mackey

Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine

McGill University, Canada

Email  : mackey@cnd.mcgill.ca

Phone : (5l4) 398-4336

  

Professor Timothy C. Elston

Department of Pharmacology

University of North Carolina  at Chapel Hill

Email   : telston@amath.unc.edu

Phone : (919) 843-7670

  

 

Professor Henrik G. Dohlman                      

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Email       : henrik_dohlman@med.unc.edu

Phone    : (919) 843.6894

  

 

Professor Sue Goodman

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Mathematics

Email    : seg@email.unc.edu

Phone   : (919) 962-7025