Dr. Huseyin Cagatay Yalcin Research Associate Professor, QU
Dr. Huseyin Cagatay Yalcin’s main research focus is investigating cardiovascular disorders from a mechanobiological perspective. Previously he was senior research scientist at Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center, faculty member of Dogus University, and postdoc at Cornell University Biomedical Engineering Department. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering/Mechanical Engineering in 2003 and 2007 respectively from Lehigh University, USA, and B.Sc. degree in 2001 from Middle East Technical University, Mechanical Engineering Program. Dr. Yalcin`s research interests span a wide range of topics in the basic, applied, and translational bioengineering. These involve, machine learning and computational modelling approaches for cardiovascular disease diagnosis and therapy planning; in vivo experimentation on chick embryo and zebrafish cardiac disease models; in vitro cardiac mimicking microfluidics systems; and tissue engineered cardiac substitutes. He published more than 100 papers. Dr. Yalcin has received Young Scientist award form Turkish Science Academy in 2013 and Research Excellence Award in Qatar University in 2023. Dr. Yalcin secured more than $3 million for his research funded by Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar University, European Union FP7, and Turkish Science Foundation (TUBITAK) and organized many international scientific events including The First International Biomaterials Conference in Qatar, “Biomaterial, Biosensor and Microfluidics Technologies for Medical Applications” in 2023 and “Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Technologies Workshop” in 2017. He works as the lead for the newly established Qatar University Biomedical Engineering Research Group. Dr Yalcin is Associate Editor in Chief for Springer`s Emergent Materials Journal.