Melik Demirel
Melik Cumhur Demirel is a Turkish materials scientist and engineer, who is a Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on theory-driven functional materials synthesis and fabrication for designing novel engineering materials to produce next generation materials for an array of fields including energy, biomedicine, security and defense. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Boğaziçi University. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.