DGKK board 2026-2027

Contact Dr. Merve Kabukcuoglu Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Phone: 0721 608 29203 E-Mail: merve.kabukcuoglu@kit.edu

Merve Kabukcuoglu from Karlsruhe

• 2009-2014: Bachelor Study in Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey), Erasmus Semester at Umeå University (Sweden)
• 2014-2016: Masters in Physics, Crystal Growth Laboratory, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey); the research focus is crystal growth and epi-ready wafers of CdZnTe
• 2017-2022: PhD Degree in Crystallography, University of Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany); the research focus is defect characterization using 2D and 3D synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction imaging
• 2022-2025: Postdoctoral Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)
• 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher at Leibniz-Institute für Kristalzüchtung, Berlin (Germany)
• Since December 2025: Scientist at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)

The research is focused on dislocation dynamics in classical and wide bandgap semiconductors using multi-scale X-ray diffraction imaging.