
Dr. Ertugrul Basar
Director
Research Interests: Wireless Communications, 5G and Beyond Wireless Networks, MIMO Systems, Index Modulation, Waveform Design, Optical Wireless Communications.
E-mail: ebasar@ku.edu.tr

Ali Tuğberk Doğukan
PhD Student
Research Interests: Index Modulation, Waveform Design, Practical Implementation
E-mail: adogukan18@ku.edu.tr

Ali Üyrüş
PhD Student
Research Interests: Channel Modeling, Visible Light, Vehicular Communication Networks
E-mail: auyrus18@ku.edu.tr

Aymen Mohammed Khaleel
PhD Student
Research Interests: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, MIMO systems, 5G and Beyond
E-mail: akhaleel18@ku.edu.tr

Atalay Aydın
PhD Student
Research Interests: MIMO systems, Deep Learning
E-mail: atalayaydin22@ku.edu.tr

Elvan Kuzucu Hıdır
PhD Student
Research Interests: Wireless Communications, Index Modulation, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
E-mail: elhidir@ku.edu.tr

Emre Arslan
PhD Student
Research Interests: Waveform Design, Index Modulation, NOMA, Intelligent Surfaces
E-mail: earslan18@ku.edu.tr

Enes Köktaş
MS Student
Research Interests: UAV/Drone Communications, Satellite Integrated Communications
E-mail: ekoktas21@ku.edu.tr

İbrahim Yıldırım
PhD Student
Research Interests: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Media-Based Modulation, Physical Layer Security
E-mail: ibrahimyildirim19@ku.edu.tr

İlter Erol Gürol
PhD Student
Research Interests: Wireless Communications, Waveform Design
E-mail: igurol19@ku.edu.tr

Mahmoud Raeisi
PhD Student
Research Interests: Index Modulation, Media-Based Modulation, Sapace-Time Codes
E-mail: mraeisi19@ku.edu.tr

Mehmet Ertuğ Pıhtılı
MS Student
Research Interests: RF Energy Harvesting, Relaying Communication, MIMO Systems
E-mail: mpihtili22@ku.edu.tr

Muhammad Furqan Zia
PhD Student
Research Interests: Physical Layer Security, Waveform Design, NOMA
E-mail: mzia21@ku.edu.tr

Recep Akif Taşçı
PhD Student
Research Interests: Active Intelligent Surfaces, Thermal Noise Communication, 5G and Beyond
E-mail: rtasci20@ku.edu.tr

Recep Vural
PhD Student
Research Interests: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, MIMO Systems, Practical Implementation, Index Modulation
E-mail: rvural22@ku.edu.tr

Sefa Kayraklık
MS Student
Research Interests: Intelligent Surfaces, Wideband Spectrum Sensing
E-mail: skayraklik21@ku.edu.tr

Tufail Ahmad
PhD Student
Research Interests: Polar Codes, WLAN 802.11be, Embedded Systems
E-mail: tahmad20@ku.edu.tr

Ufuk Altun
PhD Student
Research Interests: Physical Layer Security, Jamming Detection, Indoor Localization
E-mail: ualtun20@ku.edu.tr

Yarkın Gevez
PhD Student
Research Interests: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface, Deep Learning, Practical Implementation
E-mail: ygevez21@ku.edu.tr

Yusuf İslam Tek
MS Student
Research Interests: Waveform Design, Index Modulation, 5G and Beyond
E-mail: ytek21@ku.edu.tr

Zehra Yiğit
PhD Student
Research Interests: Wireless Communications, MIMO systems, Space-Time Coding, Index Modulation
E-mail: yigitz@itu.edu.tr
Visitors and Alumni

Burak Özpoyraz
M.S., Koç University, 2022
Currently Ph.D. Student at RWTH Aachen University

Fatih Kılınç
M.S., Koç University, 2022
Currently R&D Engineer at ULAK Haberleşme

Ömer Furkan Tuğtekin
M.S., Koç University, 2022
Currently Software Engineer at Vestel

Mehmet Akif Kurt
M.S., Koç University, 2022
Currently PhD Student at Technische Universität Dresden

Joana Angjo
M.S., Koç University, 2022
Currently PhD Student at Technische Universität Berlin

Dr. Mahmoud Aldababsa
Postdoctoral Researcher, Koç University, 2021
Currently Assistant Professor at Istanbul Gelisim University
- Emre Durmaz, BS-İTÜ, Summer Research Program 2019
- Adarsha Bhattarai, BS-İÜ, Summer Research Program 2019
- Ömer Kayapınar, Kayseri Fen Lisesi, Summer Research Program 2019