Speakers

Dr. Yakup Ülçer was born in Istanbul in 1968. He completed his secondary education at Saint Joseph High School. After graduating from Boğaziçi University Department of Chemistry Engineering in 1990, he received his doctoral degree from University of Akron Department of Polymer Engineering in 1996. His dissertation topic was “Slow-Crystallization Polymer Injection”. Dr Ülçer has authored 6 papers on “Internal Structure-Characteristics Relation of Engineering Polymers” published on various international journals. He also authored the respective section on Thermoplastic Elastomers in PAGEV’s Polymers Book, which is his area of expertize. He was the Vice General Manager of Tekno Polimer between 1996-1998. Dr Yakup Ülçer co-founded and was the Technical Marketing and Project Coordinator of Resinex-BMY AŞ between 1998-2003. Yakup Ülçer, who worked as Technical Coordinator of Enplast A.S. (Today Ravago Petrochemical Production) between 2004-2010, served as Executive Board Member responsible for Ravago Academy and investments between 2011-2017. He has been Ravago Academy and Business Development Director since 2018. He has also been teaching elective courses at ITU and Sabancı Universities since 2008.