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submitted papers

  1. A. Abdali, M. Kahvazi Zadeh, I. Mokari Bolhassan, Y. Deng, M. Kuscu, “A Solution-Gated Graphene FET Receiver for Molecular Communications with Low-Frequency PSD- and Derivative-Based Detection,” 2026.
  2. C. Savas, M. Javed, M. Kuscu, “Hybrid Artificial-Living Cell Collectives for Wetware Computing,” 2026.
  3. B. Sevindik, E. Akyol, M. Kahvazi Zadeh, M. Kuscu, “Modeling Electric-Field Induced Modulation of Ligand-Receptor Binding Kinetics Towards Adaptive MC Receivers,” 2026.
  4. M. Kahvazi Zadeh, E. Akyol, A. Azmoudeh, M. Uzun, A. Abdali, M. Kuscu, “Graphene Hall Sensor-Based Receiver for Magnetic Droplet-Based Communications,” 2026.
  5. B. Maitra, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Information Theoretic Modeling of Interspecies Molecular Communication,” 2026.
  6. S. Yousuf, K. B. Ikız, M. Kuscu, “Task-Adaptive Physical Reservoir Computing via Tunable Molecular Communication Dynamics,” 2025.
  7. I. O. Yildirim, M. Kuscu, O. Ozcan, “ProtoFlakes: A Conceptual Modular and Plug-and-Play Prototyping Tool Kit for Smart Jewelry Design Exploration,” 2025.

journal publications

  1. M. Uzun, K. B. Ikiz, M. Kuscu, “Molecular Communication Channel as a Physical Reservoir Computer,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 2026.
  2. E. Ince, M. Kuscu, “Hijacking Living Cells with Surface Engineering for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal,  vol. 13, no. 10, May 2026.
  3. M. Kuscu, “Adaptive Molecular Communication Receivers with Tunable Ligand-Receptor Interactions,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 12, pp. 482-492, April 2026.
  4. A. Abdali, R. Jadsadaphongphaibool, D. Bi, M. Kuscu, Y. Deng, “High-Order CSK Realization for MC via Spatially Distributed Multicellular Consortia,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 12, pp. 354-365, January 2026.
  5. E. Akyol*, A. Azmoudeh*, I. Mokari Bolhassan, P. K. Isgor, M. Kuscu, “Microdroplet-based Communications with Frequency Shift Keying Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 513-517, December 2025.
  6. M. M. Albay*, E. Akyol*, F. Mirlou*, L. Beker, M. Kuscu, “Low-cost Microfluidic Testbed for Molecular Communications with Integrated Hydrodynamic Gating and Screen-printed Sensors,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 518-523, December 2025.
  7. A. Azmoudeh, S. Sari, M. Turk, S. Moral, O. Kaya, M. U. Kahveci, G. D. Doganay, M. Kuscu, N. Erkol, D Agaogullari, “Layer-by-Layer Assembled Hyaluronic Acid/Chitosan-Coated Fe3O4@ rGO Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Characterization for Doxorubicin Delivery in Breast Cancer Cells,” Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 101012, December 2025.
  8. A. Abdali, M. Kuscu, “Frequency-Domain Model of Microfluidic Molecular Communication Channels with Graphene BioFET-based Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 4564-4576, August 2024.
  9. M. Civas, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Frequency-Domain Detection for Molecular Communication with Cross-Reactive Receptors,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 4741-4755, August 2024.
  10. I. O. Yildirim, E. Keskin, Y. Kocaman, M. Kuscu, O. Ozcan, “From Concept to Implementation: Streamlining Sensor and Actuator Selection for Collaborative Design and Engineering of Interactive Systems,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 8, April 2024.
  11. P. Stano, M. Kuscu, M. T. Barros, M. Egan, Y. Kuruma, S. Balasubramaniam, J. Wang, T. Nakano, “Molecular Communication Approaches for Wetware Artificial Life: A Workshop Report,” Proceedings, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2024.
  12. I. Mokari Bolhassan, A. Abdali, M. Kuscu, “Microfluidic Molecular Communication Transmitter Based on Hydrodynamic Gating,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, March 2024.
  13. M. O. Araz*, A. R. Emirdagi*, M. S. Kopuzlu*, M. Kuscu, “Ratio Shift Keying Modulation for Time-Varying Molecular Communication Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 176-189, January 2024.
  14. O. B. Akan, E. Dinc, M. Kuscu, O. Cetinkaya, B. A. Bilgin, “Internet of Everything (IoE) – From Molecules to the Universe,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 122-128, October 2023.
  15. A. R. Emirdagi*, M. S. Kopuzlu*, M. O. Araz*, M. Kuscu, “Affinity-Division Multiplexing for Molecular Communications with Promiscuous Ligand Receptors,” IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 318-322, September 2023.
  16. M. Civas*, M. Kuscu*, O. Cetinkaya, B. E. Ortlek, O. B. Akan, “Graphene and Related Materials for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things,” APL Materials, vol. 11, no. 080901, August 2023.
  17. M. Kahvazi Zadeh, I. Mokari Bolhassan, M. Kuscu, “Microfluidic Pulse Shaping Methods for Molecular Communications,” Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 36, p. 100453, June 2023.
  18. M. Egan*, M. Kuscu*, M. T. Barros*, M. Booth, A. Llopis-Lorente, M. Magarini, D. P. Martins, M. Schäfer, P. Stano, “Towards Interdisciplinary Synergies in Molecular Communications: Perspectives from Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology, Communications Engineering and Philosophy of Science,” Life, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 208, January 2023.
  19. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Detection with Ligand Receptors under Molecular Interference in Molecular Communications,” Digital Signal Processing (Elsevier), vol. 124, no. 103186, May 2022.
  20. M. Kuscu, B. D. Unluturk, “Internet of Bio-Nano Things: A Review of Applications, Enabling Technologies and Key Challenges,”  ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2021.
  21. M. Kuscu, H. Ramezani, E. Dinc, S. Akhavan, O. B. Akan, “Fabrication and Microfluidic Analysis of Graphene-based Molecular Communication Receiver for Internet of Nano Things (IoNT),” Scientific Reports, vol. 11, p. 19600, October 2021.
  22. M. Civas, O. Cetinkaya, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Universal Transceivers: Opportunities and Future Directions for the Internet of Everything (IoE),” Frontiers in Communications and Networks, vol. 2, p. 50, September 2021.
  23. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Channel Sensing in Molecular Communications with Single Type of Ligand Receptors,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 6868-6884, October 2019.
  24. M. Kuscu, E. Dinc, B. A. Bilgin, H. Ramezani, O. B. Akan, “Transmitter and Receiver Architectures for Molecular Communications: A Survey on Physical Design with Modulation, Coding and Detection Techniques,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 107, no. 7, pp. 1302-1341, July 2019.
  25. M. Aktas, M. Kuscu, E. Dinc, O. B. Akan, “D-DSC: Decoding Delay-based Distributed Source Coding for Internet of Sensing Things,” PLOS One, vol. 13, no. 3, p. e0193154, March 2018.
  26. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Modeling Convection-Diffusion-Reaction Systems for Microfluidic Molecular Communications with Surface-based Receivers in Internet of Bio-Nano Things,” PLOS One, vol. 13, no. 2, p. e0192202, February 2018.
  27. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Maximum Likelihood Detection with Ligand Receptors for Diffusion-Based Molecular Communications in Internet of Bio-Nano Things,” IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 44-54, January 2018.
  28. O. B. Akan, H. Ramezani, T. Khan, N. A. Abbasi, M. Kuscu, “Fundamentals of Molecular Information and Communication Science,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 306-318, February 2017.
  29. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Modeling and Analysis of SiNW FET-Based Molecular Communication Receiver,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64, no. 9, pp. 3708-3721, September 2016.
  30. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “On the Physical Design of Molecular Communication Receiver Based on Nanoscale Biosensors,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 2228-2243, April 2016.
  31. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “The Internet of Molecular Things Based on FRET,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 4-17, February 2016.
  32. M. Kuscu, A. Kiraz, O. B. Akan, “Fluorescent Molecules as Transceiver Nanoantennas: The First Practical and High-Rate Information Transfer over a Nanoscale Communication Channel based on FRET,” Scientific Reports, vol. 5, no. 7831, January 2015.
  33. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “A Communication Theoretical Analysis of FRET-Based Mobile Ad Hoc Molecular Nanonetworks,” IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 255-266, September 2014.
  34. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “FRET-Based Nanoscale Point-to-Point and Broadcast Communications with Multi-Exciton Transmission and Channel Routing,” IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 315-326, September 2014.
  35. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Coverage and Throughput Analysis for FRET-Based Mobile Molecular Sensor/Actor Nanonetworks,” Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 45-53, March-June 2014.
  36. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Multi-Step FRET-Based Long-Range Nanoscale Communication Channel,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication (JSAC), vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 715-725, December 2013.
  37. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “A Physical Channel Model and Analysis for Nanoscale Molecular Communications with Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET),” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 200-207, January 2012.

book chapters

  1. E. Dinc, B. A. Bilgin, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Internet of Everything (IoE) – From Molecules to the Universe,” in Harnessing the Internet of Everything (IoE) for Accelerated Innovation Opportunities, Edited by P. J. S. Cardoso, J. Monteiro, J. Semiao, and J. M. F. Rodrigues, IGI Global, January 2019.
  2. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Nanoscale Communications Based on Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET),” in Modeling, Methodologies and Tools for Molecular and Nano-scale Communications, Edited by J. Suzuki, T. Nakano and M. J. Moore, Springer, March 2017.

conference papers

  1. A. Bilge, E. Akyol, M. Kuscu, “Reservoir Computing-Based Detection for Molecular Communications,” to appear in Proc. IEEE ICC 2026, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May 2026.
  2. I. O. Yildirim, C. C. Er, E. Keskin, M. Kuscu, O. Ozcan, “From Uncertainty to Innovation: Wearable Prototyping with ProtoBot,” in Companion Proc. the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY), Pittsburgh, USA, October 2025.
  3. M. Schäfer, S. Lotter, M. Egan, M. Kuscu, S. Angerbauer, A. Eckford, N. Tuccitto, “Entropy Production in Synthetic MC,” in Proc. 9th Workshop on Molecular Communications, Catania, Italy, April 2025.
  4. E. Akyol, A. B. Ozturk, I. Mokari Bolhassan, M. Kuscu, “Experimental Characterization of Hydrodynamic Gating-Based Molecular Communication Transmitter,” in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2024, Milan, Italy, October 2024.
  5. A. R. Emirdagi*, M. S. Kopuzlu*, M. O. Araz*, M. Kuscu, “Affinity-Division Multiplexing for Molecular Communications with Ligand Receptors,” in Proc. 7th Workshop on Molecular Communications, Erlangen, Germany, April 2023.
  6. M. Civas, A. Abdali, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Frequency-Domain Detection for Molecular Communications,” in Proc. IEEE ICC 2023, Rome, Italy, May 2023.
  7. M. S. Kopuzlu*, M. O. Araz*, A. R. Emirdagi*, M. Kuscu, “Capacity Analysis of Molecular Communications with Ratio Shift Keying Modulation,” in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2022, Barcelona, Spain, October 2022.
  8. G. Muzio, M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Selective Signal Detection with Ligand Receptors under Interference in Molecular Communications,” in Proc. IEEE SPAWC 2018, Kalamata, Greece, June 2018.
  9. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “On the Capacity of Diffusion-Based Molecular Communications with SiNW FET-Based Receiver,” in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, FL, USA, August 2016.
  10. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “Modeling and Analysis of SiNW BioFET as Molecular Antenna for Bio-Cyber Interfaces towards the Internet of Bio-NanoThings,” in Proc. IEEE WF-IoT 2015, Milan, Italy, December 2015.
  11. M. Kuscu, “An Information-Theoretic Model and Analysis of Graphene Plasmon-Assisted FRET-Based Nanocommunication Channel,” in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 2014.
  12. F. Soylemezgiller, M. Kuscu, D. Kilinc, “A Traffic Congestion Avoidance Algorithm with Dynamic Road Pricing for Smart Cities,” in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2013, London, UK, September 2013.
  13. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “FRET-Based Mobile Molecular Nanonetworks,” in Proc. IEEE Med-Hoc-Net 2013, Ajaccio, Corsica, June 2013.
  14. M. Kuscu, D. Malak, O. B. Akan, “An Information Theoretical Analysis of Broadcast Networks and Channel Routing for FRET-Based Nanoscale Communications,” in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2012 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.
  15. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “FRET-based Single-pair, Broadcast and Multi-step Nanocommunications with Multi-exciton Transmission,” 4th NaNoNetworking Summit (N3Summit 2012), Barcelona, Spain, June 2012.
  16. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, “A Nanoscale Communication Channel with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET),” in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2011 (in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2011), pp. 425-430, Shanghai, China, April 2011.
* denotes equal contributions