Murat Yildirim

Murat Yildirim has a long and varied work experience spanning over two decades. Murat began in 2001 as a Research Assistant at the University of Iowa, where they conducted all-optical switching measurements and systematic investigations of slow-light and light propagation dynamics in semiconductor hetero-structures at various temperatures under high vacuum. Murat also characterized and grew MBE growth of Bragg-spaced GaAs/InGaAs and regular GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well structures. In 2009, they moved to Dalhousie University to become a Research Associate/Post Doc. In 2012, they joined TUBITAK as a Bilim Teknik dergisi- Yazar/Editor. In 2016, they became a Senior Researcher at Bilkent University. In 2017, they moved to North Carolina State University as a Visiting Scientist. In 2018, they joined Ottawa University as a Research Associate. In 2020, they began working at CyberNow Labs as a Cyber Security Analyst and also joined SonicWall as a Technical Support Engineer. Most recently, in 2021, they joined SOCRadar Cyber Intelligence Inc. as a Technical Account Manager.

Murat Yildirim's education history includes a B.Sc in Physics from Boğaziçi University from 1993 to 1999, an M.Sc in Physics from the University of Iowa from 2001 to 2004, and a Ph.D in Physics from the University of Iowa from 2001 to 2009. Additionally, Murat Yildirim has obtained several certifications, including Learning the OWASP Top 10 (2018) from LinkedIn in February 2022, CompTIA Network+ (N10-007) Cert Prep: 1 Understanding Networks from LinkedIn in November 2020, Learning VPN from LinkedIn in November 2020, Learning SQL Programming from LinkedIn in September 2020, Security Testing: Nmap Security Scanning from LinkedIn in September 2020, Splunk Core Certified User from Splunk in October 2020, and CompTIA Security+ ce Certification from CompTIA in August 2020.