Acting Scientific Director Director: Dr. Suha Yazıcı
Dr. Suha Yazici is Director of Fuel Cell Technology at UNIDO-ICHET. His responsibilities include laboratory operations and educational dissemination activities. Following his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT, Chicago, USA), he had post-doctoral experience at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Osaka, Japan and Proctor and Gamble (P&G) in Cincinnati, USA. He worked for GrafTech International on material and component development for electrochemical systems. He has been active in the area of Electrochemical Engineering for last 15 years and has several patents/applications and publications/presentations covering electrochemical systems in power generation and energy storage applications including fuel cells. He is an active member of The Electrochemical Society (ECS) and the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE).
Assistant manager: Mr. Gökhan Kepoğlu
Mr. Gökhan Kepoğlu is currently working as the Centre's assistant manager. His main responsibility is to provide an administrative interface for ICHET with other private/state organizations. He has more than 13 years of experience in building construction and materials sectors as middle and upper level manager. His first employment was in Eczacıbaşı – Vitra, Bilecik (1994 – 1997). Next was in OYAK, Ankara (1998 – 2003). Finally, he worked in Başak Group, Eskişehir (2004-2007). Mr. Kepoğlu graduated from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, in 1994 and holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. He has a M.S. degree in Economics from Hacettepe University, Ankara, in 1999. Mr. Kepoğlu is 37 years old, married and has one kid.
