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Name Dr. M. Efe Tiryaki
Position Assistant Professor
Email etiryaki@metu.edu.tr
Phone +90 539 687 61 86
Url mrs-me.metu.edu.tr
Summary Robotics researcher with 10+ years of experience committed to developing medical image-guided ro-botic platforms by exploring the physical principles of novel sensing mechanisms and robotic actua-tion and integrating control, perception, and intelligence for medical robotic autonomy.

Research Interests

Medical robotics
Magnetic Robotics
Soft & Continuum Robots
Medical Image Guidance

Education

Research Experience

  • 2025 -

    Ankara, Türkiye

    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering Department
    Middle East Technical University (METU)
    Director of Medical Robotic System Laboratory
    • Medical Robotics
    • Medical Image-guidance
  • 2023 -2025

    Stuttgart, Germany

    Postdoctoral researcher
    Physical Intelligence
    Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
    Research on MRI-guided robotic systems
  • 2018 -2023

    Stuttgart, Germany

    Doctoral researcher
    Physical Intelligence
    Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
    4.5 years of Ph.D. research on MRI-powered magnetic microrobotic systems
  • 2018

    Singapore

    Research Internship
    Singapore Centre for 3D Printing
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
    6 months research internship on concrete 3D printing with mobile robotic printers

Awards

  • 2024
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Seal of Excellence
    Received for MR-Strokebot project with evaluation score 93.8/100
  • 2023
    IEEE ICRA Best Paper Runner in Healthcare and Medical Robotics
    ME Tiryaki, F Doğangün, CB Dayan, P Wrede, M Sitti “MRI-powered magnetic miniature capsule robot with HIFU-controlled on-demand drug delivery,”

Grant & Scholarships

  • 2024-2025
    MPI-IS Grassroot Internal Funding Program
    ME Tiryaki, P Esmaeili-Dokht, K. Pruessmann, M Sitti, Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Positi-oning System for MRI-guided Stereotactic Neurosurgery Robot, Grant Amount: 20,000 euro
  • 2024-2025
    MAX!mize Start-up Incubation Program
    SO Demir, SF Baltaci, ME Tiryaki, I Bianchini, start-up incubation of Max Planck Inno-vation for science-based entrepreneurship, Grant Amount: 50,000 euro
  • 2023-2024
    MPI-IS Grassroot Internal Funding Program
    ME Tiryaki, P Esmaeili-Dokht, K. Pruessmann, M Sitti, NMR Magnetometer Array for Magnetic Microrobot Tracking and Control in MRI Scanner, Grant Amount: 22,000 euro
  • 2016
    TEV-DAAD-Master's Degree Scholarship
    Scholarship for master's students to study in Germany by the Turkish Education Founda-tion (TEV) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): declined to pursue other opportunities.
  • 2013-2016
    TUBITAK 2205- National Undergraduate Scholarship Program
    Scholarship for double-major students in areas of fundamental science by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK)