UNESCO Prize winner Melahat Bilge Demirkez spoke about the dark matter at Satbayev University
University hosted a seminar by Turkish professor Melahat Bilge Demirkez on “Cosmic rays: From dark matter to cosmic radiation" topic, dedicated to the well-known problem of dark matter and the practical application of this knowledge. The seminar was organized by National Academy of Sciences under RK President. Academy’s Vice-President Lyazzat Yeraliyeva made a welcoming speech and introduced Ms. Demirkez to scientists from different cities of Kazakhstan who gathered for the seminar. The moderator was Rector of International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Akhmet Yassawi Zhanar Temirbekova.
Melahat Bilge Demirkez is a well-known researcher from Middle East Technical University (Ankara), Turkish professor of high energy physics with Hirsch index of 115, and UNESCO Prize winner. Ms. Demirkez was educated in the United States and returned to her homeland to coordinate the work of Laboratory for Creation of Particle Radiation Tests, formed by European Organization for Nuclear Research in cooperation with Turkey. She is the principal investigator of Astroparticle Physics group, known for her research on cosmic radiation and particles traveling at speeds close to the speed of light. Her area of interest is the study of the radiation situation on Earth, as well as the effects of radiation on electronic devices. In 2021, Demirkez led the team that developed the radiation meter, which became the first scientific device sent from Turkey into space.
