Ayse Erzan  Professor, Department of Physics Member, Turkish Academy of Sciences  Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Sciences and Letters  Department of Physics, Maslak 34 469, Istanbul  Tel  : 090-212-285 3277  Fax : 090-212-285 6386  e-mail: erzan@itu.edu.tr
Current research interests :  Non-equilibrium phase transitions and critical phenomena Dynamics of Interfaces  Physics of proteins  Biological Networks Non-adaptive complexity in biological systems
curriculum vitae Publications Some recent papers Balcan, D. and Erzan, A. "Random model for RNA interference yields scale free network, " q-bio.GN/0310027, Eur. Phys. J.- B 38, 253-260 (2004) D. Balcan and A. Erzan, "Dynamical real-space renormalization group calculations with a new clustering scheme on random networks, " cond-mat/0408619, Phys. Rev. E. 71, 026130 (2005). M. Mungan, A. Kabakçıoğlu, D. Balcan and A. Erzan, "Analytical Solution of a Stochastic Content Based Network Model " q-bio.MN/0406049, J. Phys. A, 38, 9599-9620 (2005). A.H. Bilge, A. Erzan and D. Balcan, "The shift-match number and string matching probabilities for binary sequences, " q-bio. GN/0409023. Y. Şengün and A. Erzan, "Hydrophobic chains near hydrophobic surfaces – simulations in three dimensions, " J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 17, S1183-S1194 (2005). Y. Şengün and A. Erzan, “Content based network model with duplication and divergence,” q-bio.MN /0510022, Physica A 365, 446-462 (2006). D. Balcan, A. Kabakçıoğlu, M. Mungan, and A. Erzan, “The Information Coded in the Yeast Response Elements Accounts for Most of the Topological Properties of Its Transcriptional Regulation Network,” PLoS ONE 2, e501. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000501. (2007) D. Balcan and A. Erzan, “Dynamics of content based networks,” V. N. Alexandrov et al. (Eds.): ICCS 2006, Part III, LNCS 3993, pp. 1083-1090 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2006). D. Balcan and A. Erzan, “Content-based networks: a pedagogical overview,” Chaos 17, 026108 (2007). Preprint B. Malkoç, D. Balcan, A. Erzan, Information content based model for the topological properties of the gene regulatory network of E. coli, J. Theor. Bio., submitted (2009). Supplement. 2007-2008 Courses Istatistiksel Fizik ve Termodinamik Fiz331 (Güz 2007-2008) Condensed Matter Physics Fiz 509E (Fall 2007-2008) Statistical Physics (Spring 2006-2007) 2009-2010 Courses Biologically Motivated Problems in Statistical Physics Fiz447E (Güz 2009-2010) Evrensellik, Ölçeklenme, Dalgalanmalar Fiz 621 (Güz 2009-2010)
Useful links :  Istanbul Technical University Statistical Physics Days  Los Alamos e-print server
Other interests: Women in Science IAC report Science and ethics “Towards common values of the world research area: autonomy, responsibility and the humanitarian tradition” summation at ALLEA meeting on Advice and Autonomy, Amsterdam, May 2005. articles in The Diary (of the Turkish Academy of Sciences) “Project for Human Rights in School Textbooks,” Diary, No. 3, pp. 26-27 (December 2004) “Perception of physics and science by the general public,” remarks at the 2005 Year-of-Physics Launching Conference, Roundtable 2, UNESCO, Paris, 15 January 2005; Diary No. 4 (2005). Günce (Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi) yazıları “Ders Kitaplarında İnsan Hakları Projesi,” Günce, sayı 29, s. 20-21 (Nisan 2004). “Yaşam ufku ve bilim,” Günce, sayı 31, s. 7-9 (Aralık 2004). “Bilimden kaçış mı?,” Günce, sayı 32, s. 4-8 (Mayıs 2005) Back to ITU Physics Department Homepage