Curriculum Vitae Safak Bulut

Personal Date of birth 13. June 1980 Place of birth Tarsus/Turkey Marital status single, no children Email / Mobile safak.bulut@epfl.ch / 0041 76 6287946 Education 12/2010 Dr. rer. nat. degree (grade: very good) 10/2006 – 12/2010 PhD with Prof. Ingo Krossing at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical

Chemistry, University of Freiburg/Germany Focus: “Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: Synthesis and Development of Novel

Ionic Liquids and Weakly Coordinating Anions, Studying their Physical Properties relating to Ionic Structures, Interactions and Functionalities”

09/2005 Diploma degree in chemistry (grade: very good)

Thesis in Technical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (very good) 10/2000 – 09/2005 Chemistry study at the University of Paderborn/Germany Professional experiences 07/2015 – Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Wendy Queen at the Laboratory of

Functional Inorganic Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL Valais - Sion Campus)/Switzerland Focus: “MOFs & CO2 ‒ Synthesis of Functionalized Metal Organic Frameworks and their Utilization for Activation/Conversion of CO2”

01/2015 – 04/2015 Guest researcher at the Laboratory of Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)/Switzerland

15/06/2012 – 12/2014 Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Paul Dyson at the Laboratory of

Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)/Switzerland Focus: “Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis ‒ Synthesis and Design of Nanocatalysts (mono/bimetallic) and their Use in Biomass Conversion”

02/2011 – 09/2011 Scientific assistant at the University of Freiburg/Germany

Focus: “Ionic Liquid based Electrolytes and Siloxane functionalized Ionic Liquids”

10/2006 – 12/2010 Research assistant at the University of Freiburg/Germany

PhD on design and development of novel ionic liquids, their physical properties and predictions, weakly coordinating anions, catalysis: synthesis, characterization, DFT calculations and detailed analysis

Assistance in diverse practicals (introductory course, general chemistry and inorganic chemistry in all levels)

12/2005 – 09/2006 Internship at Westphalia Environment Centre in Paderborn/Germany 10/2000 – 12/2004 Part-time lab assistance in Department Chemistry of the University of

Paderborn/Germany (Labs for Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry and Technical Chemistry & Chemical Engineering) (27 months)

 

Languages

English Fluent (written and oral) German Fluent (written and oral) Turkish Fluent (written and oral) French Basic knowledge Selected instruments & methods Spectroscopy Multinuclear NMR, FT-IR, in-situ IR, Raman, UV-VIS X-Ray Single crystal and powder analysis (incl. in-situ measurements) NMR Multinuclear studies Chromatography GC, GC-MS, IC, HPLC Physical analysis DSC, TGA, Viscosimeter, Conductometer, Surface area (BET, Langmuir) and

Adsorption measurements (porous materials) QM Calculations DFT, COSMO Air-free techniques Schlenk technique, Glove box Nanomaterials XPS, TEM, SEM, STEM/EDX (with the assistance of staff scientists) Synchrotron experiments Single crystal and powder analysis at ESRF, Grenoble/France (with the

assistance of beamline scientists) Computer skills NMR softwares Bruker Topspin, Mnova Crystal structure analysis Bruker Shelx, Shelxle, Olex, Ortep, Mercury, Diamond DFT calculations Turbomole, Gaussian Standard softwares MS-Office, EndNote, ChemOffice, OriginLab etc. Trainings (before and during PhD) 11/2008 – 12/2008 EPFL, Lausanne/Switzerland

Determination of hydrogen solubilities in ionic liquids via NMR and catalytic hydrogenation of alkenes in ionic liquids (analyzing by GC)

10/2006 – 12/2006 Ionic Liquids Technologies GmbH, Freiburg/Germany Synthesis of ionic liquids (analyzing by IC) and determination of their

characteristic physical properties (e.g. viscosity and conductivity) 12/2005 – 09/2006 Westphalia Environment Centre, Paderborn/Germany Chemical, physical, biological pretreatment of industrial wastewater Further education 10/2009 – 02/2010 Seminar series “business-management know-how” (48 × 45 min.) Academy for Scientific Further Education, Freiburg/Germany 12/2009 Schooling “safe handling with gases” (one day) Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Freiburg/Germany 04/2009 – 08/2009 Seminar series “applied multinuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

spectroscopy” (40 × 45 min.) Hermann-Staudinger-Graduate School, Freiburg/Germany Hobbies Sport, reading & music tennis, football, snowboarding

 

Publications S. Bulut, W. L. Queen, “Catalyst-free Synthesis of Aryl Diamines via Formation of N-heterocyclic Carbenes”, submitted. S. Bulut, S. Siankevich, A. P. van Muyden, D. T. L. Alexander, G. Savoglidis, J. Zhang, V. Hatzimanikatis, N. Yan, P. J. Dyson, “Efficient bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts for the cleavage of aryl ether C−O linkages that operate in water”, in revision. L. Peng, M. Asgari, P. Miéville, P. Schouwink, S. Bulut, D. T. Sun, Z. Zhou, P. Pattison, W. van Beek, W. L. Queen, “Using predefined M3(µ3-O) clusters as building blocks for an isostructural series of metal-organic frameworks”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 23957−23966. S. Das, F. D. Bobbink, S. Bulut, M. Soudani, P. J. Dyson, “Thiazolium Carbene Catalyst for the Fixation of CO2 onto Amines”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 2497−2500. S. Bulut, Z. Fei, S. Siankevich, J. Zhang, N. Yan, P. J. Dyson, “Aqueous-phase hydrogenation of alkenes and arenes: the growing role of nanoscale catalysts”, Catalysis Today 2015, 247, 96−103. S. Verevkin, D. Zaitsau, V. Emel’yanenko, A. Yermalayeu, Ch. Schick, H. Liu, E. Maginn, S. Bulut, I. Krossing, R. Kalb, “Making Sense of Enthalpy of Vaporization Trends for Ionic Liquids: New Experimental and Simulation Data Show a Simple Linear Relationship and Help Reconcile Previous Data”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 6473−6486. W. Beichel, Y. Yu, G. Dlubek, R. Krause-Rehberg, J. Pionteck, D. Pfefferkorn, S. Bulut, D. Bejan, Ch. Friedrich, I Krossing, “Free volume in ionic liquids: a connection of experimentally accessible observables from PALS and PVT experiments with the molecular structure from XRD data”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 8821–8830. Y. Yu, W. Beichel, G. Dlubek, R. Krause-Rehberg, M. Paluch, J. Pionteck, D. Pfefferkorn, S. Bulut, Ch. Friedrich, N. Pogodina, I. Krossing, “Free volume and phase transitions of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquids from positron lifetime spectroscopy”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 6856–6868. S. Bulut, M. A. Ab Rani, T. Welton, P. D. Lickiss, I. Krossing, “Preparation of [Al(hfip)4]–-based ionic liquids (hfip = OC(H)(CF3)2) with siloxane-functionalized cations and their physical properties in comparison with their [Tf2N]– analogues”, ChemPhysChem 2012, 13, 1802−1805. S. Bulut, P. Klose, I. Krossing, “Na[B(hfip)4] (hfip = OC(H)(CF3)2): a weakly coordinating anion salt and its first application to prepare ionic liquids”, Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 8114−8124. S. Bulut, P. Eiden, W. Beichel, J. M. Slattery, T. Beyersdorff, T. Schubert and I. Krossing, “Temperature Dependence of the Viscosity and Conductivity of Mildly Functionalized and Non-Functionalized [Tf2N]− Ionic Liquids”, ChemPhysChem 2011, 12, 2296–2310. P. Eiden, S. Bulut, T. Köchner, Ch. Friedrich, T. Schubert, I. Krossing, “In Silico Predictions of the Temperature Dependent Viscosities, and Electrical Conductivities of Functionalized and Non-Functionalized Ionic Liquids”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 115, 300–309. S. Bulut, P. Klose, M.-M. Huang, H. Weingärtner, P. J. Dyson, G. Laurenczy, Ch. Friedrich, J. Menz, K. Kümmerer, I. Krossing, “Synthesis of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids with the Weakly Coordinating [Al(ORF)4]− Anion (RF=C(H)(CF3)2) and the Determination of Their Principal Physical Properties”, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 13139–13154. G. Dlubek, Yang Yu, R. Krause-Rehberg, W. Beichel, S. Bulut, N. Pogodina, I. Krossing, Ch. Friedrich, “Free volume in imidazolium triflimide ([C3MIM][NTf2]) ionic liquid from positron lifetime: Amorphous, crystalline, and liquid states”, J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133, 124502−124511.

 

M.-M. Huang, S. Bulut, I. Krossing, H. Weingärtner, “Are hydrodynamic models suited for describing the reorientational dynamics of ions in ionic liquids? A case study of methylimidazolium tetra(hexafluoroisopropoxy)aluminates”, J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133, 101101−101104. U. Preiss, S. Bulut, I. Krossing, “In Silico Prediction of the Melting Points of Ionic Liquids from Thermodynamic Considerations: A Case Study on 67 Salts with a Melting Point Range of 337 °C”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 11133–11140. Conference contributions

S. Bulut, P. J. Dyson, “Conversion of Lignin into useful Chemicals”, (Poster), Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting - Lausanne/Switzerland, Chimia 2013, 67, Nr. 7/8, 564. S. Bulut, S. Siankevich, N. Yan, P. J. Dyson, “Conversion of Lignin into useful Chemicals – A Challange over Catalyst Development”, (Poster), Progress Report Meeting NRP 66 “Resource Wood”, Magglingen/Switzerland, 2013. S. Bulut, P. Klose, H. Weingärtner, P. J. Dyson, I. Krossing, “Novel ILs with Alkoxyaluminate and Alkoxyborate Anions: [MIII(OCH(CF3)2)4]

– (M = Al, B) Synthesis, Characterisation and Physical Properties”, (Poster), 15. Vortragstagung der Wöhler-Vereinigung für Anorganische Chemie der GDCh, Freiburg i. Br./Germany, 2010. P. Eiden, S. Bulut, I. Krossing, “Prediction of Viscosity and Electrical Conductivity of Ionic Liquids”, (Poster), EUCHEM Conference on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids, Bamberg/Germany, 2010. M. Bürchner, W. Beichel, S. Bulut, P. Eiden, U. Preiss, I. Krossing, “The molecular and the free volume”, (Poster), Winterschool − DFG Schwerpunktprogramm SPP 1191 “Ionic Liquids”, Universität Rostock/Germany, 2009. I. Krossing, C. Friedrich, U. Preiss, S. Bulut, “The Prediction of Melting Points of Ionic Liquids”, (Poster), Jahrestreffen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms SPP 1191 “Ionic Liquids”, Potsdam/Germany, 2009. M. Bürchner, P. Eiden, S. Bulut D. Himmel, U. Preiss, I. Krossing, “Vorhersage physikalischer Eigenschaften und experimentelle Studien an Ionischen Flüssigkeiten”, (Poster), Tag der Forschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br./Germany, 2009. S. Bulut, I. Krossing, “ILs with [Al(OCH(CF3)2)4]− as anion: Synthesis and Physical Properties”, (Lecture), 13. Deutscher Fluortag, Schmitten-Taunus/Germany, 2008. N. Trapp, K. Guttsche, T. Köchner, S. Bulut, P. Klose, H. Scherer, I. Krossing, “Entwicklung neuer schwach koordinierender Anionen und starker Lewis-Säuren”, (Poster), Tag der Forschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br./Germany, 2008. S. Bulut, I. Krossing, “New Ionic Liquids with [Al(OCH(CF3)2)4]- as anion and their physical properties”, (Lecture), Jahrestreffen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms SPP 1191 “Ionic Liquids”, Bamberg/Germany, 2007. S. Bulut, J. M. Slattery, I. Krossing, “Vorhersage der physikochemischen Eigenschaften von ionischen Flüssigkeiten: Ein auf Volumen basierter Ansatz”, (Lecture), 16. Kolloquium des Freiburger Materialforschungszentrums, Rust/Germany, 2007. S. Bulut, J. M. Slattery, I. Krossing, “How to predict the physical properties of ionic liquids; including melting points, viscosities, conductivities and densities”, (Poster), GDCh Wissenschaftsforum Chemie, Universität Ulm/Germany, 2007.

 

S. Bulut, J. M. Slattery, I. Krossing, “Understanding and Predicting the Properties of Ionic Liquids”, (Poster), Tag der Forschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br./Germany, 2007.