Emel Kirbas Cilingir

Versatile Material Chemist (PhD) works with different types of chemicals, compounds and materials. Proficient in performing tests, documenting results and writing papers. Well-organized and detail-oriented with good project management and planning abilities developed over 6+ years in nanotechnology.

Publications

Impact Factor Definition: The impact factor (IF) is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating the times its articles are cited.

IF has been indicated for each international peer review journals.




To be submitted by December 2022




1. Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Mintz, Keenan J.; Besbinar, Omur; Aydogan, Yagmur; Bartoli, Mattia; Braun, Markus; Tagliaferro, Alberto; Wachtveitl, Josef; Yilmazer, Acelya; and Leblanc, Roger M., Chlorophyllin derived carbon dots: Outstanding nanocarriers and bioimaging materials for PDT and PTT applications of cancer, Nature Nanotechnology, Will be Submitted by November 2022, IF: 39.2.




In Press




2. Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Hettiarachchi, Sajini; Zhou, Yiqun; Ferreira, Braulio C.L.B.; Steven, Vanni; Regina M.; Leblanc, Roger M., Carbon Dot Nanoarchitectonics: Quadruple conjugated nano model for superior cancer cell-nucleus targeting and multi drug delivery, Carbon, Under Revision, 2022, IF: 9.6.

3. Seven, Elif S.; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Bartoli, Mattia; Zhou, Yiqun; Sampson, Rachel; Peng, Zhili; Pandey, Raja Ram; Chusuei, Charles C.; Tagliaferro, Alberto; Graham, Regina M.; Seven, Yasin B.; Leblanc, Roger M., Synthesis route drastically affects the structure, property, and function of Carbon Dots, Journal of colloid and interface science, 2022 Accepted, IF: 8.1.

4. Zhang, Wei; Chen, Jiuyan; Gu, Jun; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Bartoli, Mattia; Domena, Justin; Zhou, Yiqun; Braulio C.L.B.; McGee, Caitlin; Sampson, Rachel; Arduino, Chiara; Tagliaferro, Alberto; Leblanc, Roger M., Nano-carrier for gene delivery and bioimaging based on pentaetheylenehexamine modified carbon dots, Applied Materials Today, 2022, Under Revision, IF: 10




Published




5. Kirbas Cilingir E.; Sankaran M.; Garber JM.; Leblanc, R. M.; et al. Surface modification of carbon nitride dots by nanoarchitectonics for better drug loading and higher cancer selectivity. Nanoscale 2022, 14(27), 9686-9971, IF: 8.3. This paper has been selected for cover of the latest issue because of the importance and the quality of the manuscript.

6. Zhou, Yiqun; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Kandel, Nabin; Bartoli, Mattia; Serafim, Leonardo Farias; ElMetwally, Ahmed E.; Falkenberg, Sophia M.; Paredes, Xavier E.; Nelson, Christopher J.; Smith, Nathan; Padovano, Elisa; Zhang, Wei; Mintz, Keenan J.; Ferreira, Braulio C.L.B.; Chen, Jiuyan; Shah, Sujit K.; Prabhakar, Rajeev; Tagliaferro, Alberto; Wang, Chunyu; Leblanc, Roger M. Structure-activity relationship of carbon nitride dots in inhibiting Tau aggregation. Carbon 2022, 193, 1-16, IF: 9.6.

7. Veliz, Eduardo A; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Kaplina, Anastasiya; Hettiarachchi, Sajini;, Yoham, Athina L; Matta, Carolina; Safar, Sabrin; Sankaran, Meghana; Abadi, Esther L; Vallejo, Frederic Anthony; Walters, Winston M; Steven, Vanni; Leblanc, Roger M.; Graham, Regina M., Chalcones as Anti-Glioblastoma stem cell agent alone or as nanoparticle formulation using carbon dots as nanocarrier. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 1465, IF: 5.8.

8. Paudyal, Suraj; Vallejo, Frederic Anthony; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Zhou, Yiqun; Mintz, Keenan J.; Pressman, Yelena; Gu, Jun; Steven; Graham, Regina M.; Leblanc, Roger M. (*First and second authors are contributed equally to this work.), DFMO Carbon Dots for treatment of neuroblastoma and bioimaging. ACS applied biomaterials 2022, 5(7), 3300-3309, IF: 3.25.

9. Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Seven, Elif S; Zhou, Yiqun; Walters, Brian M.; Mintz, Keenan J.; Pandey, Raja R.; Wikramanayake, Athula H.; Chusuei, Charles C.; Vanni, Steven; Graham, Regina M.; Leblanc, Roger M., Metformin derived carbon dots: highly biocompatible fluorescent nanomaterials as mitochondrial targeting and blood-brain barrier penetrating biomarkers, Journal of colloid and interface science, 2021, 592, 485-497, IF: 8.1.

10. Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Mintz, Keenan J.; Nagaro, Giacomo.; Paudyal, Suraj.; Zhou, Yiqun; Khadka, Durga.; Huang, Sunxiang.; Graham, Regina M.; Leblanc, Roger M. (*First and second authors are contributed equally to this work.), Development of red-emissive carbon dots for bioimaging through a building block approach: Fundamental and applied studies, Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2021, 33, 1, 226–237, IF: 4.8 .

11. Hettiarachchi, Sajini; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Makhlouf, Heidi; Seven, Elif; Paudyal, Suraj; Vanni, Steven; Graham, Regina; Leblanc, Roger, pH and redox triggered doxorubicin release from covalently linked carbon dots conjugates, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 5507-5518, IF: 7.8.

12. Seven, Elif S.; Seven, Yasin B.; Zhou, Yiqun; Poudel-Sharma, Sijan; Diaz-Rucco1, Juan J; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Mitchell, Gordon M.; Van Dyken, J. David; Leblanc, Roger M., Crossing the blood-brain barrier with carbon dots: uptake mechanism and in vivo cargo delivery, Nanoscale Advances, 2021, 3, 3942-3953, IF: 4.4.

13. Zhou, Yiqun; ElMetwally, Ahmed E.; Chen, Jiuyan; Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Walters, Brian M.; Mintz, Keenan J.; Martin, Christian; Ferreira, Braulio C. L. B.; Zhang, Wei; Hettiarachchi, Sajini; Blackwelder, Patricia L.; Wikramanayake, Athula H.; Peng, Zhili; Leblanc, Roger M., Gel-like carbon dots: A high-performance future photocatalyst, Journal of colloid and interface science, 2021, 599, 519 – 532, IF: 8.1.




Honors & Awards

• Dissertation Fellowship (University of Miami) August 2022
• Nominated for Outstanding Research Assistant Award (University of Miami) March 2022
• Nominated for ACS Women Chemists Committee Rising Star Award May 2022
• Sam and Clara Schreiber Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship (University of Miami) May – August 2021
• Summa Cum Laude/Honors Degree (Bogazici University) June 2018
• Special Faculty Award for Academic Work (Bogazici University) June 2018
• Future Scientist Scholarship (Bogazici University) May 2013–June 2018
• Nominated for Hikmet Sebuktekin Academic Award May 2017– May 2018
• Full housing, book, food scholarship (Bogazici University) August 2012–June 2018

Communications

• Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Leblanc, Roger M. et. al. “Metformin Derived Carbon Dots: Highly Biocompatible Fluorescent Nanomaterials as Mitochondrial Targeting and Blood-Brain Barrier Penetrating Biomarkers”. (ZUBROD MEMORIAL LECTURE, FL, USA, May 3-6, 2021, Research Trainee Talks)
• Kirbas Cilingir, Emel; Leblanc, Roger M. et. al. “Surface Functional Group Optimization of Carbon Nitride Carbon Dots for Deeper Investigation of Their Selective Cancer Cell Uptake Mechanism”. (Annual Sylvester Retreat and Cancer Research Poster Session, FL, USA, November 19, 2021)

Peer review experience

• For the year 2021-2022 I have reviewed more than 21 research and review articles. Journals for which I have served as a reviewer under the supervision of my Ph.D. advisor, Prof. Leblanc, (including, but not limited to): ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Biomaterials, Nanoscale, Carbon, ACS Analytical Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Chemical Reviews, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Polymers, Small
• As of June 2022, I have been invited to be a reviewer for the Vegetos Springer Journal. I have reviewed 2 research articles under my own account.
• As of September 2022, I have been invited to be a reviewer for the Journal of Fluorescence. I have reviewed 1 research article under my own account.

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