1. Bahadir Gacal, MSc, PhD
Flat 3, Waterloo Road 40, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland
Ph. +90 5443286103
Email: bahadirgacal@gmail.com
PROFILE
 BSc Chemistry; MSc Polymer Chemistry; PhD Physical Chemistry; Postdoc in Bionanochemistry
 8+ year experience with delivery of scientific content
 18+ internationally peer-reviewed scientific publications and conference papers in field of synthetic
polymer chemistry containing polymeric, macromolecular and colloidal nano materials for bio-
applications; 207+ citations; 7 h-index
 Awarded publications for the categories of most downloaded articles and hottest articles in
international chemistry and biochemistry journals
 6 poster presentations and 1 oral presentation in international conferences; 1 seminar in UCLA
(Responsible participant from Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht to share the research topics for
collaboration)
 Excellent organization skills to ensure optimal delivery to targets and expectations across diverse
disciplines; supervision of 5 master students.
 Fluent in English (oral and written), Turkish (Native), German (proficiency)
RESEARCH INTEREST
 Organic, polymer and nano chemistry (different polymerization methods, modification techniques,
catalytic reactions, surface modification reactions of nanoparticles)
 Polymeric materials for bioapplications
 Block copolymers and their micro structures
 Click chemistry (copper(I)-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) (N-containing
heterocyclic polymers), thiol-ene and thiol-yne)
 Polymer and nanoparticle analysis (spectroscopic, chromatografic, microscopic, optical etc.)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
University College Dublin (UCD) 2015- Present
Enterprise Ireland Research Scientist
UCD Center for Nanobiomedicine, University College Dublin
 Coating of iron oxide (Fe3O4) SuperParaMagnetic (SPM) beads via Activator Regenerated by
Electron Transfer Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ARGET ATRP) to detect HIV viruses
in the blood samples
 Coating of glass surfaces via APTES, BiBB, ARGET ATRP and Bio-functionalization multilayer
processes to have high mobility of SPM beads for bio-censor application.
 Conducting literature review
 Management of research projects and scientific exchanges with research collaborators
 In charge of lab equipment and facilities
 Project coordination and liaising
 Grant report preparation

2.  Project consumables purchase and management and scientific manuscript preparation for peer-
reviewed presentation and publication
 Preparing a scientific grant proposal (Irish Research Council)
 Preparing abstract for conference presentation
 Preparing slide sets for presenting to stakeholders
 Preparing scientific report of data on weekly basis
 Reviewing the manuscripts for peer review publications
 Interpret and apply scientific data for research and development
EDUCATION
2010-2015 PhD, University of Hamburg, Germany
Thesis in Physical Chemistry: “The Effect of Polymer Modification on Gas Transport Properties and The
Synthesis of Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) Containing Polymers via Step-Growth Click Coupling Reaction
for CO2 Separation”, Advisors: Prof. Dr. Volker ABETZ and Dr. Volkan FILIZ
 PhD Fellow of Helmholz Zentrum Geesthacht (German National Institute)
Responsibilities:
 To modify polyisoprene based block copolymers and hydrin polymers via hydrosilylation,
hydrogenation, epoxydation and azidation and study the effect on gas transport properties.
 To synthesize PEG based polymers via Step-Growth Click Coupling Reaction to study first time
the gas transport properties.
 Polymer characterization
 Organize the projects, documentation and publications
2008-2010 MSc, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Thesis in polymer chemistry: “Functional Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) as Precursor for Bioapplications”, Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Yusuf YAGCI.
 Poly(vinyl alcohol) functionalization, characterization and bio-effectivity.
 Polyhedral silsesquioxane nanoparticle modification and characterization
 Polystyrene beads synthesis and novel modification
2004-2008 BSc, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Thesis in chemistry: “Pyrene Functional Poly(vinyl alcohol) by Click Chemistry”, Advisor: Prof. Dr.
Yusuf YAGCI
HONORS AND AWARDS
1-) PhD Fellow (2010-2015) (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht)
PERSONAL COMPETENCE
Analytics: Very good analytical knowledge in the following methods
 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1
H-NMR and 13
C-NMR), Gel Permeation
Chromatography (GPC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry
(DSC), Derivative Thermogravimetry (DTG), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR),

3. Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Contact Angle
Measurement
Computer Skills:
 Very good operating knowledge in MS Office, chemical databank, scifinder, chemdraw, origin,
OPUS and adobe photoshop
Advance Courses:
 “Time and self-management”, Fromm Managementseminare and –beratung, Coach: Jan-
Fredo Wiilms.(Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht)
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
1-) Gacal, B. N., Koz, B., Gacal, B., Kiskan, B., Erdogan, M., Yagci, Y., "Pyrene Functional Poly(vinyl
alcohol) by “Click” Chemistry", Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2009, 47, 5, 1317-
1326.
The publication has 61 citations excluding self-citations.*
2-) Odaci, D., Gacal, B. N., Gacal, B., Timur, S., Yagci, Y., “Fluorescence Sensing of Glucose Using
Glucose Oxidase Modified by PVA-Pyrene Prepared via “Click” Chemistry” Biomacromolecules, 2009,
10, 2928-2934a
.
The publication has 53 citations excluding self-citations.*
3-) Karagoz, B., Durmaz, Y. Y., Gacal, B. N., Bıcak, N., Yagci, Y., “Functionalization of
Poly(divinylbenzene) Microspheres by Click Chemistry”, Designed Mon. & Polm., 2009, 12, 511-522.
The publication has 24 citations excluding self-citations.*
4-) Medine, E. I., Odaci, D., Gacal B. N., Gacal, B., Sakarya, S., Unak P., Timur, S., Yagci. Y., “Anti-
Metadherin Targeted PVA-Pyrene Prepared by “Click Chemistry”: A New Approach for in vitro Imaging
of Breast Cancer Cells”, Macromolecular Bioscience, 2010, 10, 657-663.
The publication has 10 citations excluding self-citations.*
5-) Ervithayasuporn, V., Wang, X., Gacal, B., Gacal, B. N., Yagci, Y., Kawakami, Y., “Formation of
trimethylsilylated open-cage oligomeric azidophenyl silsesquioxanes”, Journal of Organometallic
Chemistry, 2011, 696, 2193-2198.
The publication has 24 citations excluding self-citations.*
6-) Khan, M. M., Bengtson, G., Shishatskiy, S., Gacal, B. N., Rahman, M. M., Neumann, S., Filiz, V.,
Abetz, V., “Cross-linking of Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1) via nitrene reaction and its effect
on gas transport property”, European Polymer Journal, 2013, 49, 4157-4166.
The publication has 16 citations excluding self-citations.*
7-) Gacal, B. N., Shishatskiy, S., Rangou, S., Neumann S., Filiz, V., Abetz V., “Modification of
polyisoprene-block-poly(vinyl trimethylsilane) block copolymers via hydrosilylation and hydrogenation,
and their gas transport properties”, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2013, 51, 1252-
1261.
The publication has 5 citations excluding self-citations.*
8-) Gacal, B. N., Filiz, V., Shishatskiy, S., Neumann S., Wind, J., Abetz V., “Effect of azidation and UV
cross-linking of poly(epichlorohydrin) and poly[(ethylene oxide)-ran-(epichlorohydrin)] on gas transport
properties”, Journal of Membrane Science, 2014, 467, 126-135.
The publication has 1 citations.*
9-) Rahman M. M., Filiz V., Khan M. M., Gacal B. N., Abetz V., “Functionalization of POSS nanoparticles
and fabrication of block copolymer nanocomposite membranes for CO2 separation”, Reactive and
Functional Polymer, 2015, 86, 125-133b,c
.
The publication has 6 citations excluding self-citations.*
10-) Gacal, B. N., Filiz, V., Abetz V., “The Synthesis of Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) Containing Polymers
via Step-Growth Click Coupling Reaction for CO2 Separation”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics,
2016, 217, 672-682d,e
.
*
The citation data were collected from google scholar.

4. a
Second article among twenty most read articles in Biomacromolecules (18/09/2009)
b
Twenty forth article among twenty five hottest articles in Reactive and Functional Polymers (July to
September 2014).
c
Eight article among twenty five most downloaded articles in Reactive and Functional Polymers
(06/18/2015).
d
Among the most accessed articles in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (09/2016).
e
Among the hottest articles in the topic of Carbon Dioxide Transformations in Wiley-VHC (10/2016).
Conference Attended
Participant
1-) 1st
Polymeric Composite, November 2006, Izmir, Turkey.
2-) 4th National Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.
Poster Presentations
1-) 21st. National Chemistry Conference, August 2007, Malatya, Turkey.
2-) 8th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering, October 2009,
Dresden, Germany.
3-) International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM), July 2011, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
4-) European Polymer Congress, June 16-21, 2013, Pisa, Italy.
Oral Presentations
1-) European Polymer Congress, June 16-21, 2013, Pisa, Italy.
Seminars
1-) Responsible participant from Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht to share the research topics for
collaboration, UCLA, January, 2012.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES
 Working as assistant for the artists coming for Istanbul Theatre Festival, Istanbul Music Festival,
Istanbul Jazz Festival and International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival while studying in
Istanbul Technical University (B.Sc. and M.Sc.). Main responsibility was to organize the daily
schedule of the artists.
REFERENCES
 On request