Websites

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Derya_Vural

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derya-vural-29815b50/

Education / Biography  

Ass. Prof., Department of Physics, Giresun University, Turkey, 2017-present

Assistant, Department of Physics, Giresun University, Turkey, 2016-2017

Postdoctoral Researcher, CMB, ORNL, 2014-2016

Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics, University of Delaware, 2014-2014

Ph.D. Physics, University of Delaware, 2009-2014

M.S. Physics, University of Delaware, 2007-2009

M.S. Physics, Ankara University, 2004-2007

B.S. Physics, Ankara University, 1998-2004

Research Interests

• Lignocellulosic Biomass:
• The dynamical heterogeneity of protein:

Publications

• D. Vural, J. C. Smith, and L. Petridis. Dynamics of the Lignin Glass Transition. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 20504-20512.
• D. Vural, J. C. Smith, and H. R. Glyde. Determination of Dynamical Heterogeneity from Dynamic Neutron Scattering of Proteins.  Biophys. J.  2018, 114, 2397-2407.
• D. Vural, et al. Impact of hydration and temperature history on the structure and dynamics of lignin. Green Chem. 2018, 20, 1602-1611
• D. Vural, et. al. Quasielestic neutron scattering in biology: theory and applications. BBA- General Subjects 2017, 1861, 3638-3650
• D. Vural, L. Hong, J. C. Smith, and H. R. Glyde. Motional displacements in proteins: The origin of wave-vector-dependent values. Phys. Rev. E 2015, 91, 052705. 
• D. Vural, L. Hong, J. C. Smith, and H. R. Glyde. Long-time mean-square displacements in proteins. Phys. Rev. E 2013, 88, 052706. 
• D. Vural and H. R. Glyde. Intrinsic mean-square displacement in proteins. Phys. Rev. E 2012, 86, 011926.
• D. Vural and H. R. Glyde. Vibrational dynamics of hydrogen in proteins. Phys. Rev. E 2011, 83, 031922.