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Prof. Dr. Şener Oktik was born in Nevşehir in 1955 and completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara. He studied Physics Engineering at Ankara University (1972-1977) and graduated with MSc in Physics Engineering. After working for a short period as a research assistant at the same university, he won the Ministry of Education scholarship to study in England and went to Cambridge in September, 1978. He attended English classes for six months before he was accepted by Durham University for PhD studies in Applied Physics and Electronics. He returned to Turkey in 1982 after being rewarded his PhD degree in the area of solar cells.
He started working as an assistant professor in Physics Department, Selçuk University and was appointed to the post of associate professor in the field of solid state physics in 1986.
In 1986, he was invited back to England to carry out a project at Industrial Research Laboratories, Durham University, which was financed by Imperial Chemical Incorporation (ICI). Following this project which received an international patent, he joined another project on CdTe Solar Cells carried out at British Petroleum Research Laboratories in 1988. During his work at BP Research Laboratories, he organized and conducted joint research projects with such universities as London-Imperial, Southampton, Bath, Brunel, Northcumbria and Durham within the framework of university-industry collaboration. He worked with the BP Team for five years on the EC financed "Euro-Cad" project which also included organizations from Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Holland as partners. While working at BP, he also participated in professional management programs organized by the company. He left BP in 1993 and joined Durham University once again. While working at Durham University, he spent a period as a visiting professor in Lecce University, Italy.
Dr. Oktik was appointed as a professor by Muğla University in 1995 to establish the Department of Physics. He also initiated the foundation of the Research and Development Center for Clean Energy Sources through which he aimed to bring the University to a prominent position in this area of research. He still continues to represent Muğla University at national and international platforms in his area of expertise. He helped to create scientific cooperation grounds with Stuttgart University, Germany during his post there as a visiting professor. He administered various conferences and meetings with the participation of different universities and organizations working on clean energy sources. Muğla University is currently carrying out a project on solar cells, financed by State Planning Organization. Prof. Dr. Şener Oktik is also involved as a consultant in a NATO financed project participated by Turkey, England, Germany and Ukraine on solar cells, in which TUBITAK and Muğla University represent Turkey. Along with his efforts to help Muğla University become a Center of Excellence in the area of clean energy sources, he continues his memberships in Turkish Clean Energy Sources Foundation, Policies on Energy Technologies Study Group, and Turkish Energy Council. He is also a member of the evaluation committee at TUBITAK Technology Observation and Evaluation Center and a member of World Energy Council-Turkish National Committee.
Until he was appointed as the rector of Muğla University in December, 2002, Prof. Dr. Şener Oktik carried out such duties as Arts and Sciences Faculty Administrative Committee member, University Administrative Committee member, University Senate member, head of Research Fund Administrative Board, and vice-rector.
Prof. Dr. Şener Oktik is currently the member of the Higher Council of Universities. He has over 30 international publications, two international patents and one book. He is married with two children.