TÜBİTAK 2020 Science Awards Announced

TÜBİTAK 2020 Science Awards Announced TÜBİTAK 2020 Science Awards Announced. Minister Varank announced the award winners. Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, has announced the winners of Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 2020 Science Awards. Varank announced the winners of the TÜBİTAK 2020 Science Awards at the Presidential Millet Library. Minister Varank stated that TÜBİTAK gives awards every year to encourage scientists who have made significant contributions to science at a universal level with their scientific research, and as a result of the evaluations made by the TÜBİTAK Board of Directors, it was decided to give 4 science awards, 1 special award and 13 incentive awards this year. In the field of basic sciences Prof. Dr. Mustafa Soylak and İsmail Türkan, in the field of engineering sciences Prof. Dr. Özgür Barış Akan and Hilmi Volkan Demir were deemed worthy of a science award. In addition, Minister Varank, announced the winners of the TÜBİTAK Incentive Awards 2020, in the field of basic sciences Dr. Prof. Bilge Baytekin and Ferdi Karadaş, in the field of engineering sciences. Dr. Sinem Çöleri, Hakan Usta, Assoc. Dr. Mustafa Evren Erşahin and Mustafa Serdar Önses, in the field of health sciences Prof. Dr. Elif Çadırcı, Assoc. Dr. Aydan Dağ and Tevfik Tamer Önder, in the field of social sciences Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu, Assoc. Dr. Emre Selcuk, Dr. Faculty Member Selim Erdem Aytaç and Gaye Soley are awarded. This year, the winner of the TÜBİTAK special award is Prof. Dr. Cengiz Sinan Özkan. Minister Varank congratulated all the scientists who were deemed worthy of the award, and thanked all the candidates and the scientists who took part in the evaluation process. Minister Varank stated that they are planning to hold the award ceremony under the auspices of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in December, just like every year.