In a distinguished ceremony held at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Prof. Dr. Baris Kiskan was honored with The Lifetime Contribution Award for his extensive and impactful research in Polybenzoxazine. This prestigious award recognizes Prof. Kiskan's significant contributions to the field, which have influenced both academic research and industrial applications globally. His pioneering work has not only advanced the understanding of polybenzoxazine chemistries but also paved the way for new innovations in high-performance materials.

Barış Kışkan is a Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Chemistry Department. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Chemistry Department of Istanbul Technical University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Yagci. He studied in Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Golm, Germany). His research mainly focuses on thermosetting polymers, Self-Healable Polymers, Sustainable Materials Photopolymerization, Polymer Recycling and Upcycling and polymer synthesis. He is the co-author of more than 100 research papers, and a co-inventor on several patents Accordingly, his articles have received 8860 citations (h-index=51, i-10 index=91) on Google Scholar. He is the recipient of several national science awards.

•  A. Omrani, Z. Deliballi, K. Kaya, B. Kiskan, M. Akgun, Catalytic Role of Nanoconfinement inside MIL-125 (Ti) on the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Simple Benzoxazines, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 6(1) (2024) 253-264.

• S. Gulyuz, B. Kiskan, Combination of Polyethylenimine and Vanillin-Based Benzoxazine as a Straightforward Self-Healable System with Excellent Film-Forming Ability, Macromolecules 57(5) (2024) 2078-2089.

• S. Gulyuz, B. Kiskan, Combining Siloxane-Based polybenzoxazine with Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate/hydroxyl) for tougher, more Stable, and Self-Healable materials, Eur. Polym. J. 212 (2024) 113073.

• E. Gencosman, H.C. Kiliclar, P. Fiedor, G. Yilmaz, J. Ortyl, Y. Yagci, B. Kiskan, Exploiting Visible-Light Induced Radical to Cation Transformation Pathway for Reactivity Enhanced Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Polymerization of Heteroaromatics, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 45(3) (2024) 2300458.

• T. Tabak, K. Kaya, R. Isci, T. Ozturk, Y. Yagci, B. Kiskan, Combining Step-Growth and Chain-Growth Polymerizations in One Pot: Light-Induced Fabrication of Conductive Nanoporous PEDOT-PCL Scaffold, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 45(2)(2024) 2300455.

• Yagci, Y., Kiskan, B. and Ghosh, N.N. (2009), Recent advancement on polybenzoxazine—A newly developed high performance thermoset. J. Polymer. Science. A Polym. Chem., 47: 5565-5576.  

• Ghosh, N. N.; Kiskan, B.; Yagci, Y. Polybenzoxazines—New high performance thermosetting resins: Synthesis and properties Progress in Polymer Science 2007, 32, 1344–1391

• Kiskan, B., Yagci, Y., Sahmetlioglu, E. and Toppare, L. (2007), Preparation of conductive polybenzoxazines by oxidative polymerization. J. Polymer. Science. A Polym. Chem., 45: 999-1006. https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.21848

• Yagci, Y., Kiskan, B. and Ghosh, N.N. (2009), Recent advancement on polybenzoxazine—A newly developed high performance thermoset. J. Polymer. Science. A Polym. Chem., 47: 5565-5576.  

• Z.G. Coban, C. Esen, B. Kumru, A. Kocaarslan, Y. Yagci, B. Kiskan, Visible-Light-Induced Anionic Photopolymerization of Ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate with Graphitic Carbon Nitride, Macromolecules., 57(9) (2024) 4508-4515.