Mehmet Sayar
Associate Professor
Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolMehmet Sayar is an Associate Professor and computational materials scientist at Koç University with 23 years of experience modeling biopolymers using molecular dynamics and enhanced sampling. He develops coarse-grained models to bridge simulation and experimental length/time scales, probing peptide self-assembly and protein folding/misfolding at interfaces. His research-driven teaching spans Python, thermodynamics, intermolecular and surface forces, statistics, and materials engineering. An active contributor to the ESPResSo simulation package, he has added visualization integration, new force potentials and bond types, and documentation improvements that benefit the wider simulation community. Trained with a PhD from Northwestern and an MS from UIUC, he combines rigorous computational methods with practical model development to tackle multiscale biomolecular problems. Based in Istanbul, he blends deep theoretical insight with hands-on code contributions that accelerate reproducible simulations.
23 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at İstanbul Atatürk Fen LisesiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science and Enginnering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science and Enginnering at Northwestern UniversityUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelors, Civil Engineer, Bachelors, Civil Engineer at Boğaziçi University
Github Skills (8)
c-language10
physics10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
cprogramming-language10
molecular-simulation10
nonlinear-dynamics10
scientific-computing10
python7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
espressomd/espresso
Apr 2003 - Aug 2009
The ESPResSo package
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:94 commits in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Mehmet focused on enhancing the ESPResSo package, contributing several key modifications. They implemented features to integrate VMD visualization directly within the simulation scripts. Furthermore, the user added support for a harmonic bond type, modifying several files related to forces, interaction data, and statistics. They also added a Lennard-Jones+Cosine potential and made various documentation adjustments.
physicssoft-matterpythonmolecular-dynamicsscientific-computing
mehmetsayar/homework
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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