Supervised Theses & Research Projects
PhD Dissertations
Yashmitha Kumaran (2018–2023)
Thesis: Weak Deflection Angle via Gauss-Bonnet Theorem
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, UNAM, Mexico
Master's Theses (MSc)
Flora Babayeva (2020–2022)
Thesis: Shadow Cast of the Schwarzschild-like Black Holes
Current Position: Teacher, Azerbaijan British College
Hamza Saber Zebari (2018–2020)
Thesis: Newtonian Cosmology
Current Position: Educator, Iraq
Gabriel Wirdzelii Joseph (2018–2020)
Thesis: Cosmology with Varying Physical Constants
Current Position: Instructor, Taraba State University, Nigeria
Hüseyin Karyal (2018–2020)
Thesis: Geodesics of Black Holes in Bumblebee Gravity Theory
Current Position: PhD Candidate, Eastern Mediterranean University
Undergraduate & External Research Projects (BSc / MSc Collaborations)
İlim İrfan Çimdiker (Sabancı University, Turkey) — 2021
Project: Black Hole Shadow in Symmergent Gravity (Physics of the Dark Universe, 2021)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Durmuş Ali Demir
Current Position: PhD Student, University of Szczecin, Poland
Ceren H. Bayraktar (IZTECH, Turkey) — 2018
Project: Thermodynamics of Regular Black Holes with Cosmic Strings (European Physical Journal Plus, 2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Durmuş Ali Demir
Current Position: MSc Student, University of Göttingen, Germany
Mert Okyay (Miami University, USA) — 2022
Project: Nonlinear Electrodynamics Effects on the Black Hole Shadow, Deflection Angle, Quasinormal Modes and Greybody Factors (Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2022)
Current Position: PhD Student, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Cem Kalkanlı (ITU, Turkey) — 2025
Project: Black Hole Physics
Sıla Karip (EMU) — 2026
Project: Beyond Standard FLRW: How a Time-Dependent Conformal Factor Alters Cosmic Expansion
Kadir Akıcı (EMU) — 2026
Project: Relativistic Light-Sail Propulsion to Proxima Centauri
