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Zehra Sayers is a Turkish scientist and professor of physics at Istanbul Technical University. She is best known for her research in the field of nanotechnology and her contributions to the development of nanomaterials.
Sayers was born in Istanbul, Turkey, on 25 September 1953. She received her bachelor's degree in physics from Istanbul Technical University in 1975 and her master's degree in physics from the same university in 1977. She then went on to earn her PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982.
Sayers has held various positions in the field of nanotechnology, including professor of physics at Istanbul Technical University, director of the Nanotechnology Research Center at Istanbul Technical University, and director of the Turkish National Nanotechnology Research Center. She has also served as a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and the European Academy of Sciences.
Sayers has published numerous papers in the field of nanotechnology and has received numerous awards for her work, including the Turkish Academy of Sciences Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology in 2006 and the Turkish National Science and Technology Award in 2008.
Sayers is married and has two children.
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Her husband is Colin Sayers
Ahmet Evin
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She was awarded the EuroScience Rammal Award in 2017, which recognised her contributions to building the scientific programme of SESAME. In 2019 Sayers became the first Turkish national to win the AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy. Later that year she was named as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2019.
Sayers became involved with the Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) project since 2000. The light source was inaugurated in 2017 by Abdullah II of Jordan. She believes that synchrotron light sources are an effective way to integrate scientists from different disciplines and nationalities. During her time as Chair of the Advisory Committee she oversaw the training of hundreds of young scientists to use the synchrotron radiation. She held her position as Chair of the Advisory Committee of SESAME from 2002 to 2018. Sayers has worked as an advisor for the Turkish Accelerator Center Project. She spoke about the international collaborations that are part of SESAME at TEDxCERN in 2013.
In 1998 Sayers returned to Turkey, and was a founding faculty member of Sabancı University. She was elected Director of the Foundation Development Program in 2010 and President in 2018. Her research has considered recombinant protein production, and has considered the structure of chromatin fibres and filamentous proteins. She looks to identify the relationship between structure and function in macromolecules. At Sabancı University, Sayers has revolutionised undergraduate teaching, developing an interdisciplinary, liberal arts, curriculum for science teaching in Turkey.
Sayers was born in Turkey. She studied physics at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. For her postgraduate studies Sayers moved to the United Kingdom. In 1978 she earned a doctorate for research done at King's College London GKT School of Medical Education, the degree was awarded by the University of London. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Open University and the Wallenberg Laboratory, Uppsala University. In 1986 she was the first woman staff scientist to be appointed to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Sayers was a pioneer in the use of synchrotron radiation to study cytoskeletal proteins and chromatin. Whilst working in Germany she was appointed to Associate Professor. She received her qualification for professorship with a thesis from the German University of Hamburg in 1996.
Zehra Sayers (born 25 September 1953) is a Turkish structural biologist. She has previously served as President of the Sabancı University and chaired the advisory committee for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). She was awarded the AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy in 2019. She holds Turkish and British citizenship.
