Web of Science ResearcherID:AAK-2378-2020

Scopus ID: 55178606200

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1284-8880

Book chapters:

1.Bal, I.,Kucuk, I. (2022). Conducting Polymers for Ophthalmic Applications. Conducting Polymers: Chemistries, Properties and Biomedical Applications. CRC press, eBook
ISBN: 9781003205418.

Paper Publications (SCI, SCI Expanded and TR-Dizin Indexed):

1.Saman Zafar, Sadia Jafar Rana, Elshaimaa Sayed, Tahir Ali Chohan, Israfil Kucuk, Kazem Nazari, Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Zeeshan Ahmad, Enhancing linezolid activity in the treatment of oral biofilms
using novel chitosan microneedles with iontophoretic control, Biomaterials Advances, Volume 164, 2024, 213995, ISSN 2772-9508.

2.Saman Zafar, Elshaimaa Sayed, Sadia Jafar Rana, Manoochehr Rasekh, Ekhoerose Onaiwu, Kazem Nazari, Israfil Kucuk, Dimitrios G Fatouros, Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Zeeshan Ahmad, Particulate atomisation design methods for the development and engineering of advanced drug delivery systems: A review, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Volume 666, 2024, 124771, ISSN 0378-5173.

3.Kaya, O., Gümüş, Ö. Y., Küçük, İsrafil., Aslan, S. (2023). Usage of 3D Printed Polylactic Acid as a Core Material in Forming of Carbon Fiber Fabric Composite. Textile and Apparel, 33(2), 144-151.

4.Cansever Mutlu, Esra, Mustafa Kaya, Israfil Küçük, Besim Ben-Nissan, and Artemis Stamboulis. 2022. "Exosome Structures Supported by Machine Learning Can Be Used as a Promising Diagnostic
Tool" Materials 15, no. 22: 7967.

5.Eken, T. Y., Sarioglu, C., Kucuk, I. (2021). Corrosion behaviour of twin-roll cast 8006 aluminium alloy foil with different thicknesses for the food packaging industry. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(6).

6.Prina Mehta, Manoochehr Rasekh, Mohammed Patel, Ekhoerose Onaiwu, Kazem Nazari, I. Kucuk, Philippe B. Wilson, Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Zeeshan Ahmad, Ming-Wei Chang, Recent applications of electrical, centrifugal, and pressurised emerging technologies for fibrous structure engineering in drug delivery, regenerative medicine and theranostics, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Volume 175, 2021, 113823, ISSN 0169-409X.

7.Arshad, M. S., Zafar, S., Zahra, A. T., Zaman, M. H., Akhtar, A., Kucuk, I., Ahmad, Z. (2020). Fabrication and characterisation of self-applicating heparin sodium microneedle patches.Journal
of Drug Targeting,29(1), 60–68.

8.Dalbayrak, B., Sönmez, E., Kurt, H., İşleten Hoşoğlu, M., Kucuk Israfil, et al. (2021). Characterization of a 3D Neuronal-Culture Using Alginate Hydrogels and Optimize For Neuronal Survival and Axon Growth. Natural and Applied Sciences Journal, 3(Special Issue: Full Papers of 2nd International Congress of Updates in Biomedical Engineering), 71-80.

9.Arshad, M.S., Zahra, A.T., Zafar, S. Kucuk I., et al. (2021). Antibiofilm Effects of Macrolide Loaded Microneedle Patches: Prospects in Healing Infected Wounds. Pharm Res 38, 165–177.

10. Hursit Sefa Aydin, Omer Yunus Gumus and Israfil Kucuk. (2019) "Production of Artificial Human Auricle from Polyurethane by Using Three Dimensional (3D) Additive Manufacturing Technique Based Fused Deposition Modelling", Suleyman Demirel University's Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 23 (2): 666-672.

11. Betul Mutlu, Muhammad Farhan and Israfil Kucuk. (2019) "T-Shaped Microfluidic Junction Processing of Porous Alginate-Based Films and Their Characteristics", Polymers, 11(9): 1386.

Conferences:

1.Onay Hasan and Kucuk Israfil,Investigation of Ag Nanoparticles Anchored Halloysite Nanotubes,The 5th International Iron and Steel Symposium (IISS’21) 1-3 April 2021, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey.

Background:

Israfil Kucuk was born in Turkey's beautiful Israfil city in 1981. He attended Yildiz Technical University, Turkey (TR) for his BEng education and graduated (2004) with honors in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME). Then, he received MEng (2010) degree in MME from Marmara University, TR. After doctoral studies (2016) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering on Bioprocessing of polymeric nanostructures (PNs) for drug delivery at University College London (UCL), UK, he returned to Turkey and assumed as an assistant professor at Bursa Technical University in December 2016. In BTU, he established his own research group "Nano-delight" in August 2017 with 5 Ph.D. and 6 MEng students. Currently, Israfil Kucuk is serving as an assistant professor in GTUNANO since July 2019. Here professor (assistant) Kucuk and his Nano-delight Research Group embarked upon research addressing not only advanced preparation techniques for bactericidal activity enhancement of nano-delights (including metals, coatings, and PNs) and also classical metallurgy on casting and corrosion properties of metallic materials and non-destructive testing of composites in the automotive industry. He has actively pursued advanced materials processing, forming and manufacturing research for over 15 years publishing over 32 journal papers with an h-index of 14, ~729 citations (Source: Google Scholar, March 2025). Moreover, he delivered over 34 oral/poster presentations at many different first-class international conferences worldwide (major recent meetings include: Zing Conferences and TMS). He has supervised over 12 MEng students and has been awarded grants to the value of over £220K, with Islamic Development Bank Nanotechnology Research and TUBITAK grants, which have given him the chance to explore microfluidic engineered platforms for drug delivery and tissue engineering. His 2 research works have won 2 poster presentation prizes from two reputable conferences in 2014 and 2019.

• NANO 618 Nanobiyoteknoloji
• NANO 625 Nanobiyomalzemeler

Supervised MEng Theses lists at Gebze Technical University (GTU).

1.HASAN ONAY, Electrophoretic deposition of silver nanoparticles on halloysite nanotubes via using a graphite electrode and their characterization, 2022, (Principal Supervisor) Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi.

2. MELDA ELMAS, Microfluidic Preparation of Metformin-Encapsulated Thermo-Sensitive Nanocomposite Hydrogel Systems for Topical Vaginal Applications, 2022, Principal Supervisor, Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi.

3. HILAL KILIC, Fabrication of Hydrogel Mask using a Microfluidic Technique, 2020 (Co-supervision with Yeditepe University).

Supervised MEng Theses lists at Bursa Technical University (BTU).

1. BETUL MUTLU, Doku Muhendisligi Uygulamalari icin Mikroakiskan Sistemi Kullanarak Sodyum Aljinat Film Uretimi, 2019 (Principal Supervisor).

2. EREN YALCINDAG, Kuresel Grafitli Dokme Demir Malzemelerin Tahribatsiz Ultrasonik Muayene Yontemi ile Kuresellik Ozelliginin Incelenmesi, 2019 (Principal Supervisor).

3. AUSSAMA SINAN JASIM JAMIL AL HAMADANI,Investigation of the effects of tube geometry in the microfludic device used to generate nanospheres, 2018 (Co-supervision with Gaziantep University).

4. TAHA YASİN EKEN, İkiz merdane sürekli döküm tekniği ile üretilen hadde alüminyum alaşımlarının korozyon davranışı ve yüzey özelliklerinin incelenmesi, 2018 (Principal Supervisor).

5. ÜMİT BAYRAM,Fiber bragg ızgara sensör üretiminde farklı parametrelerin sensör tepkilerine ve karakteristiğine etkilerinin incelenmesi, 2017 (Principal Supervisor).

• Doktora: University College London (UCL, UK), Mechanical Engineering, 28 March 2016 (Fully funded by Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Btw December 2011 and February 2016). Thesis title: Microfluidic engineered polymer nano vehicles for drug delivery.
• Yüksek lisans: Marmara University, Programme of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (Eng), January 2010.
• Lisans: Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Chemistry-Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, July 2004.

Muhammad Farhan visited my research group with a funding of Mevlana Exchange programme. Please see the details: http://international.btu.edu.tr/index.php?page=duyuru&id=21651

TUBITAK Tarafindan Desteklenen Projelerim:
2. Proje no: 119M038, Butcesi: 45.000 YTL, 2019 - 2020 Tamamlandı (Proje Yurutucusu).

1. Proje no: 118M219, Butcesi: 99.000 YTL, 2018 - 2019 Tamamlandı (Proje Yurutucusu).


YOK Tarafindan Desteklenen Projelerim:
1. Mevlana Proje Tabanlı MEV-2018-865, Butcesi: 85.000 YTL, 2018 - 2019 Tamamlandı (Proje Yurutucusu).


Uluslararasi Kaynaklar Tarafindan Desteklenen Projelerim:
1. L’Oréal-UNESCO Ulusal Genç Bilim Kadınlarına Destek Bursları 2019, Butcesi: 75.000 YTL, 2019 - 2021 Tamamlandı (Proje Arastirmacisi)


GTUNano-delight Group Members:

PI: Israfil Kucuk, PhD (Associate professor)

PhD candidates:
1. Ismail Bal (MSci) (2019 - ongoing)
2. Esin Yilmaz (MEng.) (2020 - ongoing)
4. Burak Erayhan (MEng.) (2025 - ongoing)


Alumni:
1. Isil Unal (MEng.) (2019 - 2020) - started a new PhD programme in Germany.
2. Busra Sinan (MEng.) (2020 - 2021) - working in Governmental Institution in Turkey.
3. Hasan Onay (MEng.) (2020-2022) - working in a private company in Turkey.
4. Melda elmas (MEng.) (2020-2022) - working in a private company in Germany.
5. Hilal Kilic, (MEng.) (2019-2020) - working at Nisantasi University in Turkey.
6. Betul Mutlu (MEng.) (2017-2019) - PhD candidate at Yildiz Technical University in Turkey.
7. Taha Yasin Eken (MEng.) (2016-2018)-Postdoctoral Research assistant at Bursa technical University in Turkey.
8. Eren Yalcindag (2016-2019) - Expert at Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Bursa Branch in Turkey.
9. Aussama Sinan Jasim Jamil Al Hamadani (2016-2018) - Owner in a private company in Iraq.

Defence/Transfer Exam service:
1. MEng., Sivas Cumhuriyet University, 2019
2. MEng., Transfer viva, (Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Technology) Marmara University, 2019, 2020, 2021
3. MEng., Bogazici University, 2021
4. MSci., Gebze Technical University, 2021
5. PhD, External reviewer, (Faculty of Pharmacy) Bahauddin Zakariya University, 2021

Referee service:
MDPI referee (2015 - ongoing)
IOP referee (2016 - ongoing)
Dergipark referee (2016 - ongoing)

Other Professional Service:
1. External Reviewer, Promotion case to associate professor, University of Lahore (UoL), Pakistan, 2020