# Turcan Cicek

> Software Engineer

Location: Queens, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/turcan

Software engineer with a background in medical isotope production and nuclear chemistry.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineering Manager @ Tuition.io
Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Tuition.io
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Software Engineer @ Tuition.io
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Software Engineer @ Ribbon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

### Software Applications Developer @ Taconic Biosciences
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ Open Source
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Technical Specialist @ Research Foundation of The City University of New York
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York, NY
Utilized NumPy to optimize supply ratio data for manufacturing process, establishing pipeline for quality control & analysis teams

Configured Samba to allow for file system events to be read by Linux-based analysis servers on Windows-based hardware by networking the two systems over the SMB protocol, & automating analytical processes 

Organized & facilitated the creation of product documentation for clients by documenting production methods, scheduling procedural iterations, & delegating any analytical work required by client

### Research and Development @ VCU Center for Molecular Imaging
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Richmond, Virginia
Implemented a pipeline to analyze manufacturing output by leveraging file system events to trigger analytical functions, & xargs to delimit megabytes of data, eliminating manual delimiting, allowing for the team to focus on iterating experiments

Utilized Matplotlib & Python to visualize production models & regression plots for use in published research

Designed preliminary experiments & contributed written procedures to grant proposals for medical isotope production that is now funded by the US Department of Energy

Composed deliverable requirements gathered from non-technical clients, translating to actionable tasks for the production team

### Technician @ VCU Center for Molecular Imaging
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Richmond, Virginia Area

### Scientist @ Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Upton, NY
Developed new methods of separation of 225Ac from irradiated Th at Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP), using Wells-Dawson polyoxometalates as well as HOPO in a cGMP environment

### Research Assistant @ Hunter College
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
Advisors: Professor Lynn C. Francesconi and Professor Benjamin P. Burton-Pye
•	Contributed to the determination of the crystal structure of an efficient bifunctional chelator for 89Zr for use in PET imaging
•	Contributed to studies on the effects of super acids on pertechnetate (99TcO4-) in ionic liquid medium


## Education
### PhD Candidate
The Graduate Center, City University of New York

### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Chemistry
Hunter College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/htcicek
- Portfolio: https://turcancicek.dev

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Last updated: 2026-03-29