Levent Toppare is a professor of chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology in Middle East Technical University with expertise in electrochemistry. He is also a member of Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GUNAM). His research interests include conducting polymers for over 25 years. His group has recently been involved in electrochromism, electrochromic devices, photovoltaic cells and organic light emitting diodes. Toppare obtained his PhD (1982) degree from METU. He has published over 390 scientific papers. He is the recipient of British Council, Fulbright and Alexander von Humboldt Scholarships.