Dr. Simsek received a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University (2001),
an M.S. from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (2003), and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from Duke University (2006), where his dissertation addressed electromagnetic scattering
from inhomogeneous objects embedded in layered media.
He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Schlumberger-Doll Research, and held
faculty positions at Bahçeşehir University and George Washington University before joining UMBC in 2018,
where he is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
His group develops numerical solvers and machine-learning
methods for problems where light interacts with multilayered structures from photodetector design
to microresonator dispersion. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Member of Optica, a life member
of ACES, and a licensed Professional Engineer.
