Ziya Burhanettin Güvenç is

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

. Güvenç graduated from Department of Physics of

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

in 1981 and he finished his master's degree at the Ankara University in 1984, too. He completed his doctorate degree at

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university, research university system in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Oakland, California, Oakland, the system is co ...

and he began to work at

METU Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. As Turkey’s top ranked university, they focus on r ...

. Güvenç became a professor in 2001. In 2011, he was elected ''The rector of the year'' by ''Educators Association of Volunteer Organizations of Turkey''.

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Ziya Burhanettin Güvenç Sanayi Rotası programına konuk oldu
Living people Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey Turkish physicists Ankara University alumni University of California alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{turkey-scientist-stub Academic staff of Middle East Technical University