Tuna Yildirim is a theoretical physicist with a background in gravity and particle physics. He joined Arizona State University in January 2015, after receiving his Ph.D. degree in theoretical/mathematical physics from University of Iowa in December 2014.
He has done research on topological field theories, their geometric quantization, and their relation to knot theory. He has also worked on two dimensional conformal field theories near black hole horizons and their relation to black hole temperature and entropy.
Dr. Yildirim enjoys teaching a variety of topics including core courses like introductory physics, quantum physics, and mathematical methods in physics, along with electives like econophysics, and history and philosophy of science.
Outside of physics, he is interested in philosophy, economics, rock and heavy metal drums, video games, surfing and skateboarding.
Education
PhD in Theoretical/Mathematical Physics — December 2014 — The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
MS in Physics — December 2009 — The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
BS in Engineering Physics— June 2006 — Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
"Electrostatic forces and higher order curvature terms of Young–Laplace equation on nanobubble stability in water" Tuna Yildirim, Sudheera Yaparatne, John Graf, Sergi Garcia-Segura and Onur Apul NPJ Clean Water (2022)5:18, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-022-00163-4
“Topologically Massive Yang-Mills Theory and Link Invariants” Tuna Yildirim 2014, Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Iowa, ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1519/ arXiv:1412.4310 [hep-th]
“Chern-Simons Splitting of 2+1D Pure Yang-Mills Theory at Large Distances” Tuna Yildirim 2014, arXiv:1410.8593 [hep-th]
“Near-Extremal Kerr AdS2xS2 Solution and Black-Hole/Near-Horizion-CFT Duality” Ananda Guneratne, Leo Rodriguez, Sujeev Wickramasekara, Tuna Yildirim 2012, arXiv: 1206.2261 [hep-th]
