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Prof. Dr. Ali Övgün

Awards

🎖️ Scientific & Academic Achievement Awards
Prof. Dr. Engin Arık Scientist Award
Turkish Physical Society (TFD) — In recognition of original contributions to physical science, international scientific collaborations, and dedication to training young researchers.
2026
Türkiye Alumni Scientific & Academic Achievements Award
YTB — Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Türkiye.
2026
EMU IGSR Publication Citation Award
Eastern Mediterranean University — IGSR Publication Citation awards.
2014 – 2026
EMU 2019 FAS Publication Achievement Award
Eastern Mediterranean University — Faculty of Arts and Sciences Publication Achievement Award.
2019
EMU 2018 FAS Publication Achievement Award
Eastern Mediterranean University — Faculty of Arts and Sciences Publication Achievement Award.
2018
🏆 Global Rankings & World Top Recognition
World’s Top 2% Scientists
Stanford University & Elsevier Releases — Ranked #10,000 globally (#58 in Türkiye) in 2024 & #32,000 globally (#200 in Türkiye) in 2023. Included annually from 2019 to 2024.
2019 – 2024
Top 0.05% Highly Ranked Scholar
ScholarGPS — Named in the top 0.05% of 30 million scholars worldwide based on exceptional productivity, noteworthy impact, and quality of scholarly work.
2023, 2024
Academic Leader Ranking in Türkiye
Prof. Murat Alper Citation Analysis — Ranked among the first 6,000 academicians in Türkiye based on H-index and scientific area citations.
2021
🌍 Funded Research Projects & Grants
TÜBİTAK 2515 Research Grant
Project: Symmergent Kütleçekimi Çerçevesinde Manyetik Yüklü Kara Deliklerin Geometrik Ve Termodinamik Analizi
Role: Overseas Researcher (PI: Dr. Beyhan Pulice, Sabancı University)
2026 – 2029 ₺ 1,296,000
CONICYT FONDECYT Postdoctorado Grant (No. 3170035)
Project: Information Extraction From Black Holes And Wormholes By Their Quasinormal-Modes, Greybodies And Hawking Radiations
Host Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile (Sponsoring Researcher: Prof. Dr. Joel Saavedra)
2017 – 2020 $ 120,000
COST Action CA23130 (BridgeQG)
Bridging high and low energies in search of quantum gravity
  • • WG 1: High-energy quantum gravity theory
  • • WG 2: High-energy quantum gravity experiment
  • • WG 5: Connection between low-energy and high-energy quantum gravity
2024 – 2028
COST Action CA23115 (RQI)
Relativistic Quantum Information
  • • WG 2: Gravitational quantum physics and metrology
2024 – 2028
COST Action CA22113 (THEORY-CHALLENGES)
Fundamental challenges in theoretical physics
  • • WG 2: Gravity and Holography
  • • WG 3: Low-dimensional systems
2023 – 2027
COST Action CA21136 (CosmoVerse)
Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physics
  • • WG 3: Fundamental Physics
2022 – 2026
COST Action CA21106 (CosmicWISPers)
COSMIC WISPers in the Dark Universe: Theory, astrophysics and experiments
  • • WG 2: WISPs Dark Matter and Cosmology
  • • WG 3: WISPs in Astrophysics
2022 – 2026
COST Action CA18108 (QG-MM)
Quantum gravity phenomenology in the multi-messenger approach
  • • WG 1: Theoretical frameworks for gravity effects below the Planck energy
  • • WG 2: Phenomenology of quantum gravity
  • • WG 6: Gravitational waves
2019 – 2023
⭐ Editorial & Peer Review Honors
Outstanding Reviewer for Classical & Quantum Gravity
IOP Publishing
2019
Top Peer Reviewer in Physics & Peer Review Awards
Web of Science / Publons, USA
2018, 2019
🎓 Scholarships & Early Career Fellowships
International Master's & PhD Scholarships
• NExT PhD School Scholarship, Univ. of Southampton, UK (2010–2011)
• AtoSim Erasmus Mundus MSc Scholarship, EU (2010)
• MSc EuroMasters in Physics Scholarship, Univ. of Southampton, UK (2010)
• TRNC Ministry of National Education Undergraduate Scholarship (2005–2010)
2005 – 2011
Prof. Dr. Ali Övgün