Abdullah Atalar (born 11 April 1954)[1] is a Turkish scientist and academic.
Atalar was the Rector of İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University,[2] and a professor at Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
degree from Middle East Technical University, in 1974, M.S.
His thesis work was on reflection acoustic microscopy.
Atalar is a member of Turkish Academy of Sciences,[4] He was a member of Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK) science board (2004-2011),[5] and chairman of the board of directors of TUBITAK Space (2004-2007) and TUBITAK Ulakbim (2004-2012).