PEOPLE · RESEARCH · COLLABORATION

The people behind ISTRINGY

A focused community working across string theory, integrability, statistical physics and mathematical physics.

ISTRINGY members and students gathered after a meeting in September 2026

CORE MEMBERS

Researchers shaping the programme

PROJECT LEADER

Ilmar Gahramanov

Ilmar Gahramanov

Physics Department, Boğaziçi University

Research
Supersymmetric gauge theories, integrable models, AdS/CFT

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PHD STUDENT

Mustafa Mullahasanoğlu

Mustafa Mullahasanoğlu

Physics Department, Boğaziçi University

Research
Integrable models, supersymmetric gauge theories

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PHD STUDENT

Ali Pazarcı

Physics Department, Boğaziçi University

Research
Integrable systems and nonlinear dynamics

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Erdal Çatak

Erdal Çatak

Physics Department, Istanbul University

Research
Statistical physics, nonlinear dynamical systems

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STUDENT MEMBERS

Student members

STUDENT MEMBER

Şahin Çetin

Physics and Mathematics Departments, Boğaziçi University

STUDENT MEMBER

Melisa Doğan

Physics Departments, Boğaziçi University

STUDENT MEMBER

Neslihan Gedik

Physics and Mathematics Departments, Boğaziçi University

STUDENT MEMBER

Anıl Kahraman

Physics and Mathematics Departments, Boğaziçi University

STUDENT MEMBER

Berk Kültüroğlu

Yaren Yıldırım

Physics Departments, Boğaziçi University

STUDENT MEMBER

Doğa Sağlam

Physics and Mathematics Departments, Boğaziçi University

STUDENT MEMBER

Yaren Yıldırım

Yaren Yıldırım

Physics and Mathematics Departments, Boğaziçi University

STUDENTS

Students that regularly attend our events

STUDENT

Irmak Özgüç

Physics and Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Boğaziçi University

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Associate members

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Alessandro Borys

Alessandro Borys

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania

Research
Cosmology, quantum gravity and the Swampland programme

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ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Tolga Domurcukgül

Tolga Domurcukgül

Physics Department, North Carolina State University

Research
Mathematical physics, quantum field theory and string theory

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

İsmail Kılıç

ICFP, ENS–PSL University, Paris

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Sinan Ulaş Öztürk

Physics Department, KU Leuven

Research
Statistical physics and mathematical physics

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Ali Mert Yetkin

Ali Mert Yetkin monogram

University of Kentucky

Research
Theoretical and mathematical physics

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ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Reyhan Yumuşak

Physics Department, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Technical University of Munich

Research
Integrability and special functions

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ISTRINGY NETWORK

Former members and collaborators