Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Koç University

Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
BS, MS, Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University

Levent Beker is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Koç University. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Middle East Technical University. Then, he obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley where he worked with Prof. Liwei Lin and Prof. Al Pisano on piezoelectric and harsh environment MEMS. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University with Prof. Zhenan Bao on biodegradable implants and flexible sensors for electronic skin.
His research focuses on biodegradable and wireless implants and flexible/stretchable sensors for haptic feedback and prosthetic applications.

Selected honors & awards
2022 – ERC Starting Grant (2ND-CHANCE, 2.5M Euro)
2021 – BAGEP Young Scientist Award
2019 – Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Individual Fellowship (BrainWatch, 150K Euro)
2019 – TUBITAK 2232 International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers (2.5M TL)
2017 – Postdocs at the Interface Award – Stanford ChEM-H.
2017 – Best poster award at Berkeley Sensor Actuator Center (BSAC) Industry Advisory Board Conference.
2017 – Milliken Research Honorarium.
2016 – Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Research Fellowship.
2014 – Thesis of the year award, Middle East Technical University (METU).
2013 – Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, IEEE Transducers’13 conference, Barcelona.