Career & Education
- 2017 - Present Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2020- Present Adjunct Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
- 2017-2018 Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of EEWS and Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- 2015 - 2017 Associate Professor, Graduate School of EEWS and Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- 2012 - 2015 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of EEWS and Department of Chemistry, KAIST
- 2007 - 2012 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University. Advisor: Prof. J Fraser Stoddart
- 2003 - 2007 PhD in Chemistry, Middle East Technical University (METU). Advisor: Prof. Engin U. Akkaya
- 2001 - 2003 MSc in Chemistry, METU. Advisor: Prof. Engin U. Akkaya
- 2001 BSc in Chemistry, METU
- 2023 2023 ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award in Polymer Science and Engineering
- 2023 Swiss Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award 2023
- 2022 Brain Korea 21, Global Visiting Fellowship, Seoul National University
- 2019 Science Award Electrochemistry
- 2016 Samsung Humantech Silver Medal (with Sang-Hyun Je), Samsung Electronics
- 2013 Excellent New Researcher (우수신진) Grant in Chemistry - (Nation-Wide)
- 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Noble Metal Nanoparticles – Best Poster Award
- 2007 Mustafa N Parlar Education and Research Foundation, PhD Thesis of the Year Award
- 2004-2007 TUBITAK*, PhD Fellowship (Nation-Wide)
- 2006 TUBITAK, Young Scientist Training Program, Research Fellowship (Nation-Wide)
- 2003 Mustafa N Parlar Education and Research Foundation, MSc Thesis of the Year Award
- 2002-2003 TUBITAK, MSc Fellowship (Nation-Wide)
- 2001 Graduation Degree, High Honour Student (Ranked First)
Administrative Responsibilities
- 2024-Present Member, Start-up Grant Committee, University of Fribourg
- 2024-Present Member, Research Promotion Committee, University of Fribourg
- 2021-2025 Chair, Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg
- 2020-Present Member of the FriMAT Council, University of Fribourg
- 2017-Present Head of Chemistry Analytical Platform, University of Fribourg
Professional Membership and Activities
- 2026 Conference Chair, 2026 Swiss Chemical Society Spring Meeting
- 2025-Present Associate Editor, Nature Partner Journal, NPJ Energy Materials
- 2025 Conference Chair, 2025 Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting
- 2023 Member of the Organizing Committee for Spring MRS, Symposium on Solid Electrolytes, Boston, MA, 2023
- 2022 Conference Chair, European Young Chemists Meeting 2022, Fribourg, Switzerland
- 2021-Present Advisory Board Member, Helvetica Chimica Acta, Wiley
- 2019-Present Advisory Board Member, Chem, Cell Press
- 2017 Member of the Organizing Committee for Fall MRS, Symposium on Energy Storage, Boston, MA, 2017
- 2017-Present Member of the Swiss Chemical Society
- 2015-Present Member of Scientific Committee for the Graphene and Related Technologies Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2009-Present Materials Research Society Member
- 2008-Present Reviewer for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Energy Letters, ACS Macro Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, Angewandte Chemie, Analyst, Analytical Chemistry, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Chem, Chemical Communications, Chemistry A European Journal, Chemical Science, ChemElectroChem, ChemNanoMat, CHEM, ChemPlusChem, ChemPhysChem, ChemSusChem, Chemistry of Materials, CrystEngComm, Crystal Growth & Design, Dalton Transactions, Environmental Science & Technology, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Joule, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, Macromolecules, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Nanoscale, Nature Communications, Nature Materials, Organic Letters, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer, RSC Advances, Science, Small, Small Methods, The Electrochemical Society Journals, Tetrahedron Letters. Funding Agencies: ACS PRF, NRF Singapore, ERC, Horizon Europe, ANR, SNSF.
- 2008-Present Member of American Chemical Society
- 2007-2011 Assistant to Fraser Stoddart as Theme Leader within the Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA) Center
- 2004-2005 Elected President of METU Graduate Student Council
About: Prof. Ali Coskun was born in Isparta, Turkey, in 1979. He received his BSc degree as an high honor student in Chemistry from the Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2001 and ranked first amongst 60 graduates. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in Chemistry in the same institution while carrying out his research activities under the supervision of Professor Engin U. Akkaya. During his graduate studies, he developed supramolecular ion-sensing systems and investigated their application in the area of molecular electronics. He received prestigious METU Mustafa Parlar Foundation Thesis of the Year Award for his MSc and PhD theses. After his graduate studies, He joined to the laboratory of Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart as a postdoctoral research associate, first at University of California at Los Angeles and subsequently at Northwestern University, where he developed dynamic metal-organic frameworks, artificial molecular machines, organic radicals and molecular electronic devices based on switchable mechanically interlocked molecules. He received best poster award at Gordon Research Conference on Noble Metal Nanoparticles in 2010. In 2012, He joined to the Graduate School of EEWS, Department of Chemistry, and KI NanoCentury in Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) as an assistant professor and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2015. In 2017, he moved to University Fribourg, Switzerland as a Professor. He is currently developing porous organic polymers for CO2 capture, separation, and conversion, heterogeneous catalysis, environmental remediation, and high-energy density Li-ion batteries. He has published more than 160 articles and reviews in leading chemistry and materials journals and has an h-index of 70. His research efforts have recently been recognized with Science Award Electrochemistry 2019 the 2023 Swiss Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award, and the 2023 ACS Global Outstanding Mentor Award in Polymer Science and Engineering. He is also a Brain Korea, Global Visiting Fellow at Seoul National University. He is the founder of a start-up company, Separatic, focusing on the commercialization of gas separation technologies.