Bio

Dr. Demirci is currently a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine with tenure at the Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection. Prior to his Stanford appointment, he was an Associate Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology serving at the Division of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Infectious Diseases and Renal Division. He leads a group of 20+ researchers focusing on micro- and nano-scale technologies. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1999 as a James B. Angell Scholar (summa cum laude) from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his M.S. degree in 2001 in Electrical Engineering, M.S. degree in Management Science and Engineering in 2005, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2005, all from Stanford University. 

Academic Appointments

Professor, Radiology

Member, Bio-X

Member, Cardiovascular Institute

Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Honors & Awards

Basic Scientist of the Year, Department of Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine (2017)

Fellow-Elect, American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineers (AIMBE) (2017)

2nd Place Student and Investigator Section Oral Presentation, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)-Asia Pacific Meeting (2016)

StarTURK Award, Assembly of Turkish American Association (2014)

Bright Futures Award, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham Research Institute (2013)

Sharktank Competition, American Epilepsy Foundation (2013)

Faculty Early Career Development Award, NSF (2012)

Early Career Achievement Award, IEEE-EMBS (2012)

Partners in Excellence Award, Partners Health Care (2011)

Coulter Translational Research Award, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) (2011)

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Research Award for Translational Research, IEEE-Wyss Institute (2011)

Chinese Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation of China (2010)

The Outstanding Young Persons of the World, Junior Chamber International (JCI) (2009)

Nano-Biotechnology Award, National Science Council of Turkey and The Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (2007)

TR-35 Award-MIT, MIT Technology Review (2006)

Ministry of Education Award, Turkish Ministry of Education (2005)

Winner of Accenture Grand Prize, Singapore Business Plan Competition (2004)

1st Place, BASES Entrepreneur’s Challenge Business Plan Competition, Stanford University (2004)

Outstanding Paper Award, Transactions on Ultrasonic, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE (2003)

Raymond William Barrow (RWB) Stephens Student Prize of Elsevier Science, Proceedings of Ultrasonic International (2001)

Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, University of Michigan (1999)

Scholarship for Undergraduate Education, Turkish Ministry of Education (1996)

James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan (1999)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Co-founder and Scientific Advisor, Levitas Inc (2017 - Present)

Co-founder and Scientific Advisor, DxNow Inc. (2013 - Present)

Co-founder and Scientific Advisor, Koek Biotech (2012 - Present)

Professional Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Electrical Engineering (2005)

M.S., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Management Science and Engineering (2005)

M.S., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Electrical Engineering (2001)

B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Electrical Engineering (1999)