Editorial Work

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
• Associate Editor, IET Communications.
• Editor, European Transactions on Telecommunications.
• Editor, Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier).
• Editor, International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley).
• Editor, ICST Transactions on Bio-engineering and Bio-Inspired Systems.
• Editor, ACM Wireless Networks Journal (2004-2010).
• Area Editor, AD HOC Networks Journal (Elsevier) (2004-2008).
• Guest Editor, Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), Special Issue on Fundamentals of Nanoscale Communications.
• Guest Editor, Springer Transactions on Computational Systems Biology, Special Issue on Bio-inspired Computing and Communications.
• Guest Editor, Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier), Special Issue on Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks.
• Guest Editor, AD HOC Networks Journal (Elsevier), Special Issue on Bio-inspired Computing and Communication in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks.
• Guest Editor, Signal Processing: Image Communication Journal (Elsevier), Special Issue on Mobile Video.

Honors & Awards

• TUBITAK Science Award 2020, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2020.
• AXA Chair in Molecular Information and Communication Technologies, AXA Research Fund, 2020-2025.
• ACM NanoCom Outstanding Milestone Award, ACM NanoCom, 2019.
• IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE, January 2017.
• IEEE Fellow (2016), with the citation: “For contributions to wireless sensor networks”.
• 2015 Sedat Simavi Award, in the category of sciences, Turkish Journalists’ Association (TGC), 2015.
• Koç University Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award 2014, Koç University, 2014.
• TUBITAK Young Scientist Award 2014, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2014.
• Kadir Has University Promising Scientist Award 2014, Kadir Has University, 2014.
• Young Scientist Award 2014 (BAGEP 2014), Science Academy, 2014.
• ERC Consolidator Grant, European Research Council (ERC), 2014-2019.
• The Scientist of the Year Award 2013, Bilim Kahramanlari Dernegi, 2013.
• Koç University Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award 2012, Koç University, 2012.
• IBM Shared University Research (SUR) Award, IBM, 2011.
• IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE, January 2011 – December 2012.
• IEEE Communications Society 2010 Outstanding Young Researcher Award for Europe, Middle-East and Africa Region (as runner-up), IEEE ComSoc, 2011.
• IBM Faculty Award 2010, IBM, 2010.
• METU Thesis Advisor of the Year Award 2010, METU, 2010.
• Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award 2008 (TUBA-GEBIP), Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2008.
• IBM Faculty Award 2008, IBM, 2008.
• METU Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2008, Middle East Technical University, 2008.
• Parlar Foundation Research Encouragement Award, Prof. Mustafa Parlar Foundation, 2006.
• Editor of the Year Award, AD HOC Networks Journal (Elsevier Science), 2006.
• Best Paper Award, IEEE ISCN 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
• TUBITAK-Career Award, The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2005.
• Researcher of the Year 2003 Award, Broadband and Wireless Networking Laboratory,  School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (2003).
• Bilkent University Scholarship, Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY (1994-1999).
• 3rd Place in Mathematics Contest, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (1994).
• Ranked 11th in the Turkish nationwide university entrance exam among more than a million high-school graduates (1994).

Talks

• Invited Talk, “Communication Theoretical Understanding of Nervous Nanonetworks”, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, October 2015.
• Tutorial, “THz Wireless Communications for 5G Mobile Networks”, Summer School on Emerging Architectures and Key Technologies for 5G Networks, Samos, Greece, August 2015.
• Tutorial, “Fundamentals of Nanoscale Communications and Nanonetworks”, GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 2013.
• Invited Talk, “Fundamentals of Nanoscale Communications and Nanonetworks”, 1st Annual Scientific Meeting of Korean Society for Nanomedicine, Seoul, Korea, November 2013.
• Invited Talk, “Fundamentals of Nanoscale Communications and Nanonetworks”, Koç University – Kyoto University International Symposium on “New Frontiers in Health Sciences and Technologies”, Kyoto, Japan, September 2013.
• Tutorial, “FRET-based Nanoscale Wireless Communications”, The 1st International Summer School on Nanocommunications, Nano Communications Center (NCC), Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, May 2013.
• Tutorial, “Intra-body Molecular Nanonetworks”, The 1st International Summer School on Nanocommunications, Nano Communications Center (NCC), Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, May 2013.
• Tutorial, “Biologically-inspired and Nanoscale Communication and Networking”, International Doctoral School on Advanced Topics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Informatics, University of Pavia, Italy, September 2012.
• Invited Talk, “Communication Technologies: Back to the Future”, Panel on Frontiers in Nanotechnology, World Economic Forum (Summer Davos) 2012, Tianjin, China, September 2012.
• Tutorial, “Bio-inspired and Nano-scale Communications,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2011, Houston, TX, USA, December 2011.
• Invited Talk, “Next-generation Communications for Pervasive Surveillance,” EU-JRC Workshop, Ispra, Italy, July 2011.
• Tutorial, “Bio-inspired and Nano-scale Communications,” IFIP NETWORKING 2011, Valencia, Spain, May 2011.
• Tutorial, “Bio-inspired and Nano-scale Communication and Networking,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, USA, December 2010.
• Tutorial, “Bio-inspired and Nano-scale Communication and Networking,” IEEE ISWCS 2009, Siena, Italy, September 2009.
• Keynote Speech, “Bio-inspired and Nano-scale Molecular Communications: From Evolution to Evaluation,” SPECTS 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2009.
• Tutorial, “Next Generation Sensor Networks,” IEEE SIU 2009, Antalya, Turkey, April 2009.
• Tutorial, “Bio-inspired Communication and Networking,” IEEE SARNOFF Symposium 2009, Princeton, NJ, USA, March 2009.
• Tutorial, “Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks,” NATO-ARW, Romania, September 2006.
• Tutorial, “Wireless Sensor Networks for Military and Defense Applications,” NATO-ARW, Romania, September 2006.
• Tutorial, “Multimedia Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE ISCN 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
• Tutorial, “Correlation-based Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Communication Society-TR Chapter Distinguished Seminer, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2005.
• Invited Talk, “Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications,” ASELSAN Inc., Ankara, Turkey, January 2005.
• Tutorial, “Wireless Sensor Networks: State-of-the-art and Research Challenges,” IFIP TC6 NET-CON 2004, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, November 2004.

Conference Organization

• General Co-Chair, IEEE INFOCOM 2017, May 2017, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• Steering Committee Member, ACM NANOCOM 2015, September 2015, Boston, MA, USA.
• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, The 1st ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM NANOCOM 2014), May 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• General Co-Chair, The 18th ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2012), August 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.
• General Co-Chair, The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Molecular and Nanoscale Communications (IEEE MoNaCom 2012), June 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, The 17th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication (IEEE ISCC 2012), July 2012, Cappadocia, Turkey.
• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, ICST NANO-NETS 2011, March 2011, Atlanta, USA.
• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, The 13th ACM International Conference on International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (ACM MSWIM 2010), October 2010, Bodrum, Turkey.
• Technical Program Committee Vice Chair, ICST BIONETICS 2010, December 2010, Boston, USA.
• General Co-Chair, The Third International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems (ICST/IEEE BIONETICS 2008), November 2008, Japan.
• General European Vice Chair, The Second International Conference on Nano-Networks (ACM NANO-NET 2007), October 2007, Catania, Italy.
• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, The Second International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems (ACM BIONETICS 2007), December 2007, Budapest, Hungary.
• Publicity Chair, The 22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (IEEE ISCIS 2007), November 2007, Ankara, Turkey.
• Workshop Co-Chair, The Fourth ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (ACM PE-WASUN 2007), October 2007, Crete Island, Grece.
• Publicity Co-Chair, The 6th IFIP Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC6) International Conference on Networking (IFIP/TC6 NETWORKING 2007), May 2007, Atlanta, USA.
• Tutorials Chair, The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (IEEE MASCOTS 2007), October 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, The Second International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference (MOBIMEDIA 2006), September 2006, Sardinia, Italy.
• Panel Chair, The First International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (VALUETOOLS 2006), October 2006, Pisa, Italy.
• Publicity Chair, The 5th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MEDHOCNET 2006), June 2006, Lipari, Italy.
• International Vice Chair, IEEE INFOCOM 2006, April 2006, in Barcelona, Spain.
• General Chair, The First International Workshop on Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (ConWiN 2005), June 2005, in Budapest, Hungary.
• Publicity Chair, The Second International Workshop on Sensor and Actor Network Protocols and Applications (SANPA 2004), August 22, 2004 in Boston, MA.
• Publicity Co-Chair, The Second European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2005), January 31-February 2, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Student Poster Co-Chair, The Third Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MED-HOC-NET 2004), June 27-30, 2004, Bodrum, Turkey.
• Technical Program Committee Member for IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE PIMRC, IEEE VTC, ACM MWSIM, IEEE LCN, and many others.

Professional Membership

• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
• Key Member, IEEE Multimedia Communication Technical Committee, Interest Group (IG) on “Distributed and Sensor Networks for Mobile Media Computing and Applications”.
• Scientific Advisory Board Member, EU-FP7 Autonomous Surveillance in Public Transport Infrastructure Systems (ASPIS) Project.
• Vice President, IEEE Communication Society – Turkey Chapter.
• Member, IEEE Information Theory Society.
• Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society.
• Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.
• Publications Councilor, Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST).
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
• Member, Science Academy.