Publications
Journal articles:

B. Akgun, Z. Isvan, L. Tuter, and M. L. Kurnaz, "Climate Prediction through Statistical Methods", submitted to Physical Review E (2008).

M. L. Kurnaz, T. Bilgin, and I. Aksan Kurnaz, "A statistical analysis of the robustness of alternate genetic coding tables", International Journal of Molecular Sciences 9, 679  (2008).

E. Gultepe and M. L. Kurnaz, "Monte Carlo simulation and statistical analysis of genetic information coding", submitted to Advances in Complex Systems (2007).

K. V. McCloud, U. Cardak, and M. L. Kurnaz, "Experimental and computational study of the effect of the system size on rough surfaces formed by sedimenting particles in quasi-two-dimensions." Granular Matter 8, 81 (2006), cond-mat/0408473.

I. Oney, I. Aksan, and M. L. Kurnaz, "Cytoplasmic-to-nuclear volume ratio affects AP-1 complex formation as an indicator of cell cycle responsiveness." FEBS Letters 579, 433 (2005).

E. Gultepe and M. L. Kurnaz, "Monte Carlo simulation and statistical analysis of genetic information coding." Physica A 357, 525 (2005), q-bio.GN/0408017.

M. L. Kurnaz, "Detrended fluctuation analysis as a statistical tool to monitor the climate." Journal of Statistical Mechanics, P07009, (2004), cond-mat / 0403671.

M. L. Kurnaz, "Application of detrended fluctuation analysis to monthly average of the maximum daily temperatures to resolve different climates." Fractals 12, 365 (2004), cond-mat / 0403688.

I. Aksan and M. L. Kurnaz, "A Computer-Based Model for the Regulation of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Activation" J. Receptors and Signal Transduction 23, 197 (2003).

E. Inonu and L. Kurnaz, "Observations on the growth characteristics of the research output of Turkish physicists based on a selective citation analysis" Scientometrics 55, 437 (2002).

K. V. McCloud and M. L. Kurnaz, "The effect of the third dimension on rough surfaces formed by sedimenting particles in quasi-two-dimensions" Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 16, 1217 (2002).

A. Ivanova,  M. L. Kurnaz, and D. K. Schwartz, "Temperature and Flow Rate Dependence of the Velocity Profile during Channel Flow of a Langmuir Monolayer" Langmuir 15, 4622 (1999).

D. Gidalevitz, O.Y. Mindyuk, M.R. Stetzer, P.A. Heiney, M.L. Kurnaz, D.K. Schwartz, B.M. Ocko , J.P. McCauley, Jr., and A.B. Smith, III "A Conformational Phase Transition in a Langmuir Film of an Amphiphilic Azacrown" J. Phys. Chem. B 102, 6688 (1998).

D. Gidalevitz, M.L. Kurnaz, O.Y. Mindyuk, B.M. Ocko, D.K. Schwartz,  and P.A. Heiney, "Thermal Melting in Langmuir Films of Discotic Liquid-Crystalline Compounds" Langmuir 14, 2910 (1998).

K. V. McCloud, M. L. Kurnaz, and J. V. Maher, "Deposition Rate Effects in Quasi-2-Dmensional Sedimentation." Phys. Rev. E 56, 5768 (1997).

M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, "A Technique for Direct Observation of  Particle Motion under Shear in a Langmuir Monolayer." Journal of Rheology  41, 1173 (1997).

M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, "Channel  flow in a Langmuir monolayer: Unusual velocity profiles in a liquid-crystalline mesophase." Phys. Rev. E. 56, 3378 (1997).

M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, "Measurement of the Second Virial Coefficient for the Interaction of Dilute Colloidal Particles in a Mixed Solvent.", Phys. Rev. E 55, 572 (1997).

M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, "Skeletonization as a Probe of Interlayer Correlations in Langmuir Blodgett Films.", Langmuir 12, 4971 (1996).

M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, "Morphology of Micro-phase Separation in Arachidic Acid / Cadmium Arachadate Langmuir Boldgett Multilayers.", J. Phys. Chem. 100, 11113 (1996).

M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, "Sedimentation to form rough, quasi-one-dimensional interfaces.", Phys. Rev. E 53, 978 (1996).

M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, "Interaction of colloidal particles in a mixed solvent.", Phys. Rev. E 51, 5916 (1995).

M. L. Kurnaz, K. V. McCloud, and J. V. Maher, "Sedimentation of glass beads  under the influence of gravity.", Fractals 1, 1008 (1993).

P. D. Gallagher, M. L. Kurnaz, and J. V. Maher, "Aggregation in polystyrene-sphere suspensions in near-critical binary liquid mixtures.", Phys. Rev. A 46, 7750 (1992).

Thesis:

M. L. Kurnaz, "Particle interactions in mixed solvents and rough surfaces formed by sedimenting particles.", Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1994.

M. L. Kurnaz, "Performance analysis of adaptive array antenna systems in a multiple jamming environment." M.S. Thesis, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, 1990.

Invited talks:

"Description of Climate Variation through Statistical Methods", 12th Statistical Physics Days, June 30 - July 02, 2005. İstanbul Technical University.

"Sedimentation to Form Quasi-One-Dimensional, Rough Surfaces", invited talk, International Workshop on Physics of Structurally Disordered Materials, 14-17 February, 1997. University of Jyväskylä.

Published conference proceedings:

"Computer Simulation of Differential Kinetics of MAPK Activation Upon EGF Receptor Overexpression", I. Aksan, M. Sen, K. Araz and L. Kurnaz, 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 25 - 28 October (2001).

“Non-Newtonian interfacial fluid dynamics in liquid crystalline Langmuir monolayer phases”, D. K. Schwartz and M. L. Kurnaz, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (SSIE), 214: 277-PHYS Part 2 (1997).

"Interaction of Dilute Colloidal Particles in a Mixed Solvent", M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 407, 71 (1996).

"Search for Universal Effects in Two-Dimensional Sedimentation", M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, Fractal Aspects of Materials, edited by F. Family, P. Meakin, B. Sapoval, R. Wool, MRS, (1995).

"Sedimentation of Glass Beads under the Influence of Gravity", M. L. Kurnaz, K. V. McCloud, and J. V. Maher, Fractals in Natural Sciences, edited by T. Vicsek, M. Schlesinger, and M. Matsushita, World Scientific, (1994).

Published meeting abstracts:

    1. "Polystyrene Latex Spheres in the One Phase Region of a Critical Binary Liquid Mixture", M. L. Kurnaz, P. D. Gallagher and J. V. Maher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 37, 393 (1992).

    2. "Polystyrene Latex Spheres in the One-Phase Region of a Critical Binary Liquid Mixture", M. L. Kurnaz, P. D. Gallagher and J. V. Maher, 66th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Morgantown, WV, (1992).

    3. "Sedimentation of Glass Beads Under the Force of Gravity", M. L. Kurnaz, K. V. McCloud and J. V. Maher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 38, 63 (1993).

    4. "Reversible Partitioning and Reversible Aggregation of Colloidal Particles in Liquid Mixtures", M. L. Kurnaz, P. D. Gallagher, and J. V. Maher,  Symposium on Complex Fluids, MRS Fall Meeting, p. 403, (1993).

    5. "Search for Universal Effects in Two-Dimensional Sedimentation", M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39, 80 (1994).

    6. "Interactions of Colloidally Dispersed Polystyrene Latex Spheres in a Liquid Mixture", J. V. Maher and M. L. Kurnaz, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39, 317 (1994).

    7. "Search for Universal Effects in Two-Dimensional Sedimentation", M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, Symposium on Fractal Aspects of Materials, MRS Fall Meeting, p. 566, (1994).

    8. "Rough Surfaces Formed by Sedimenting Particles", M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.40, 519 (1995).

    9. "Interaction of Dilute Colloidal Particles in a Mixed Solvent", M. L. Kurnaz and J. V. Maher, MRS Fall Meeting, p. 388, (1995).

    10. "Colloidal Particle Interactions in Mixed Solvents", M. L. Kurnaz, J. V. Maher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 295 (1996).

    11. "Deposition Rate Effects in Quasi 2-Dimensional Sedimentation Surfaces", K. V. McCloud, M. L. Kurnaz, and J. V. Maher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 745 (1996).

    12. "Shear-Thickening in a Molecular Monolayer", M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Galveston, TX (1997).

    13. "Shear Alignment of Two-Dimensional Rods", M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Galveston, TX (1997).

    14. "Alignment of Two-Dimensional Rods under Shear", D. K. Schwartz and M. L. Kurnaz, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 157 (1997).

    15. "Deposition Rate Effects on Rough Surfaces Formed by Sedimenting Particles", K. V. McCloud, M. L. Kurnaz, and J. V. Maher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 243 (1997).

    16. "Hydrodynamic Behavior of Monolayers in a Channel Geometry", M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 773 (1997).

    17. "Shear-Thickening in a Molecular Monolayer", M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, 71st ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Newark, Delaware,  (1997).

    18. "Shear-Induced Alignment and Tumbling of Anisotropic Particles in a Langmuir Monolayer", M. L. Kurnaz and D. K. Schwartz, LB8 - The Eighth International Meeting on Organized Molecular Films, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, (1997).

    19. “System Size Effects in Surfaces Formed by Sedimentation”, M. L. Kurnaz, Grant Tregre, and Kathleen McCloud, 5th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (1998).

    20. “Channel Flow in a Langmuir Monolayer”, M. L. Kurnaz, Chemical Physics III, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (1998).

    21. "System Size Effects in Quasi 2-Dimensional Sedimentation Surfaces", K. V. McCloud and M. L. Kurnaz, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 44, 1377 (1999).

    22. "Sedimentation of Particles in a Quasi-two Dimensional Cell", H. Brown, K. V. McCloud, and M. L. Kurnaz, 14th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 27-29, (2000).

    23. "The Effect of Tilt on Rough Surfaces formed by Sedimenting Particles", T. Knox, M. L. Kurnaz, and K. V. McCloud, 14th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 27-29, (2000).

    24. "Parallel Computing for the Simulation of Simple Model Systems", M. L. Kurnaz, 8th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (2001).

    25. "Computer Simulation of Differential Kinetics of MAPK Activation Upon EGF Receptor Overexpression", I. Aksan, M. Sen, K. Araz, L. Kurnaz, 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 25 - 28 October (2001).

    26. "Statistical Investigation of the Sources of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays",  U.  Kemiktarak, B. Altunkaynak, M. L. Kurnaz and I. Semiz,  9th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-5 (2002).

    27. "Analysis of Daily Temperature Fluctuations", E. Bingöl and M. L. Kurnaz, 9th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-5 (2002).

    28. "Fractal Structure of Different Genres of Music", G. Çehreli, C. Erol and M. L. Kurnaz, 9th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-5 (2002).

    29. "The effect of the Third Dimension on the Roughness of Surfaces Formed by Sedimenting Particles in Quasi-Two-Dimensions", Ü. Çardak, A. Hamamcı and M. L. Kurnaz, 9th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-5 (2002).

    30. "A Statistical Approach to Basic Questions in Evolutionary Biology", E. Gültepe and M. L. Kurnaz, 9th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-5 (2002).

    31. “Ultra-Yüksek Enerjili Kozmik Işınların Kaynaklarının Araştırılması”, İ. Semiz, M. L. Kurnaz, U. Kemiktarak and İ. B. Altunkaynak, 21st Meeting of Turkish Physical Society, September 11-14, (2002).

    32. “A Computational Model to Investigate the Evolution of Gene Expression”, E. Gültepe and M. L. Kurnaz, 11th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 24-25 (2004).

    33. “Application of Detrended Fluctuation Analysis to Monthly Average of the Maximum Daily Temperatures to Resolve Different Climates”, C. Yüksel and M. L. Kurnaz, 11th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 24-25 (2004).

   34. "3D Monte Carlo Simulation of Lattice Growth with Lattice Defects", Ş. M. Cebeci, E. Kamber, and M. L. Kurnaz, 12th Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 30- July 2 (2005).

Popular Science:

 

Thesis Supervised:

1. “Monte Carlo Simulation of Lattice Growth from Solution with Lattice Defects in Three Dimensions”, M.S. in Physics, E. Kamber (2002).

2. “Computer Simulation of NGF Induced TrkA Signal Transduction Pathway in PC12 Cells”, M. S. in Biomedical Engineering, S. S. Yilmaz (2003).

3. “Computational Simulation of Replication Potential of Cells via MAPK Pathway”, M. S. in Biomedical Engineering, İ. Öney (2004).

4. “Monte Carlo Simulation and Statistical Analysis of Genetic Information Coding”, M.S. in Physics, E. Gültepe (2004).