Journal Publications
Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D. (2026). Compositional signatures of CM, CO, CV, and CK chondrites: Insights from Micro‑FTIR spectroscopy and machine learning tools. Icarus 450, 117009.
Yesiltas, M., Dopilka, A., Kostecki, R., Glotch, T. D., Northrup, P. (2026). Nanoscale infrared spectroscopy reveals complex organic–mineral assemblages in asteroid Bennu. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(14), e2601891123.
Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D. (2025). Nanoscale infrared investigation and chemical associations of organic matter in Asuka 12236. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 60(11), 2735–2756.
Hansen, K., García‑Hernández, D. A., Campbell, E. E. B., Erbahar, D., Domaracka, A., Jäger, C., Ewels, C., Umek, P., Kwok, S., Peeters, E., Cami, J., Sloan, G. C., Ehrenfreund, P., Linnartz, H., Manchado, A., Cox, N. L. J., Bernard‑Salas, J., Campbell, E. K., Monreal‑Ibero, A., Foing, B. H., Smoker, J., Elyajouri, M., Ebenbichler, A., van Loon, J. Th., Bouwman, J., Farhang, A., Salama, F., Joblin, C., Mulas, G., Jacovella, U., Gómez‑Muñoz, M. A., Barzaga, R., Huertas‑Roldán, T., Mohan, H., Bartkowski, M., Giordani, S., Hou, G.‑L., Díaz‑Luis, J. J., Alcolea, J., Tafoya, D., Bujarrabal, V., Došlić, N., Došlić, T., Catalano, E., Yesiltas, M., Ferrari, P., Brünken, S., Berden, G., Bakker, J. M., Oomens, J., Redlich, B., Pitanti, A., Bertoni, B., Vicarelli, L., Lamberti, P., Cojocari, M., Fedorov, G., Svirko, Yu., Kuzhir, P., Hochlaf, M., Mogren Al Mogren, M., Potapov, A., Gezer, E., Zettergren, H., Schmidt, H. T., Stockett, M. H., Ashworth, E. K., Bull, J. N., Fárník, M., Wakabayashi, T., Ganner, L., Kappe, M., Gruber, E., Pardanaud, C., Dezalay, J., Noble, J. A., Tőkési, K., Li, Z., Zhou, X. H., Gong, J. M., Zeng, R. G., Ding, Z. J., Yang, C. S.‑C., Jin, F., Trivedi, S., Hommerich, U., Nemes, L., Samuels, A. C., Shmavonyan, G., Misakyan, L., Shmavonyan, A., Sciriha, I., Suriyaprasanth, S., Gupta, D., Kalchevski, D. A., Trifonov, D., Kolev, S., Milenov, T., Caro, M. A., Sadjadi, S., Parker, Q. A., Lombardi, A., McCoustra, M., Koch, F., Schubert, I., Trautmann, C., Toimil‑Molares, M. E., Kerkeni, B., Talbi, D., Hsu, C. P., Ouerfelli, G., Chuang, H. H., Chuang, K.‑J., Chen, Y.‑J., Villaver, E., & Manteiga, M. (2025). Roadmap on carbon molecular nanostructures in space. The European Physical Journal D 79(8), 94.
Legrain, E., Tollenaar, V., Goderis, S., Ardoin, L., Blard, P.‑H., Claeys, P., Cordero, R. R., Debaille, V., Fripiat, F., Huybrechts, P., Imae, N., Izeboud, M., Pattyn, F., Pourkhorsandi, H., Seguinot, J., Shirai, N., Van Cappellen, M., Van Ginneken, M., Wauthy, S., Yamaguchi, A., Yesiltas, M., & Zekollari, H. (2025). Absence of elevation‑dependent warming in Antarctica inferred from blue ice paleoclimate records. Geophysical Research Letters 52(9), e2024GL113165.
Ozbey, Z., Aysal, N., Caran, S., Tukel, F. S., Yagcioglu, K. D., Yesiltas, M., Yilmaz, I. (2024). Mineral chemistry and PT conditions of the winchite‑bearing metabasic rocks in the NE edge of the Menderes Massif (Western Turkiye). Geochemistry 84(4).
Northrup, P., Tappero, R., Glotch, T. D., Flynn, G. J., Yesiltas, M., Kebukawa, Y., et al. (2024). Chemistry in retrieved Ryugu asteroid samples revealed by non‑invasive X‑ray microanalyses. Geosciences 14(4), 111.
Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D., Kebukawa, Y., Sava, B., Durmaz, Y. C., Northrup, P. (2024). Nanoscale spectroscopic identification and characterization of minerals and organic matter in Ryugu particles. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129(4), e2023JE008090.
Yesiltas, M., Kebukawa, Y. (2024). Extraterrestrial organic matter: An introduction. Elements 20(1), 7–12.
Kebukawa, Y., Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D. (2024). Analytical techniques for identification and characterization of extraterrestrial organic matter. Elements 20(1), 38–44.
Aysal, N., Kurt, Y., Öztürk, H., Ildiz, G. O., Yesiltas, M., Laçin, D., Öngen, S., Nikitin, T., et al. (2023). Crystallization kinetics: Relationship between crystal morphology and cooling rate. Crystals 13(7), 1130.
Yesiltas, M., Kebukawa, Y., Glotch, T. D., Zolensky, M., Fries, M., Aysal, N., et al. (2022). Compositional and spectroscopic investigation of three ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57(9), 1665–1687.
Young, J. M., Glotch, T. D., Yesiltas, M., Hamilton, V. E., Breitenfeld, L. B., et al. (2022). Nano‑FTIR investigation of the CM chondrite Allan Hills 83100. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127(5), e2021JE007166.
Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D., Kaya, M. (2021). Nanoscale infrared characterization of dark clasts and fine‑grained rims in CM2 chondrites. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5(12), 3281–3296.
Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D., Sava, B. (2021). Nano‑FTIR spectroscopic identification of prebiotic carbonyl compounds in Dominion Range 08006 carbonaceous chondrite. Scientific Reports 11(1), 11656.
Aysal, N., Öngen, S., Hanilçi, N., Kasapçı, C., Laçin, D., Boroğlu, M. Ş., Yesiltas, M., et al. (2021). Late magmatic–hydrothermal tourmaline occurrences within leucogranites in NW Anatolia. Geochemistry 81(1), 125676.
Yesiltas, M., Young, J., Glotch, T. D. (2021). Thermal metamorphic history of Antarctic CV3 and CO3 chondrites. American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials 106(4), 506–517.
Goderis, S., Yesiltas, M., Pourkhorsandi, H., Shirai, N., Manu, et al. (2021). A detailed record of the BELARE 2019–2020 meteorite recovery expedition. Antarctic Record 65, 1–20.
Maksimova, A. A., Petrova, E. V., Chukin, A. V., Karabanalov, M. S., Nogueira, B. A., Fausto, R., Yesiltas, M., Felner, I., Oshtrakh, M. (2020). Characterization of Kemer L4 meteorite using Raman spectroscopy, X‑ray diffraction, magnetization measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 242, 118723.
Yesiltas, M., Kaya, M., Glotch, T. D., Brunetto, R., Maturilli, A., Helbert, J., Ozel, M. E. (2020). Biconical reflectance, micro‑Raman, and nano‑FTIR spectroscopy of the Didim (H3–5) meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55(11), 2404–2421.
Yesiltas, M., Glotch, T. D., Jaret, S., Verchovsky, A. B., Greenwood, R. C. (2019). Carbonaceous matter in the Sariçiçek meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54(7), 1495–1511.
Unsalan, O., Jenniskens, P., Yin, Q. Z., Kaygisiz, E., Albers, J., Clark, D. L., et al. (2019). The Sariçiçek howardite fall in Turkey. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54(5), 953–1008.
Yesiltas, M. (2018). Investigation of carbon in the Allan Hills A77278 meteorite via 2D and 3D Raman microspectroscopy. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 49(11), 1812–1821.
Glotch, T. D., Edwards, C. S., Yesiltas, M., Shirley, K. A., McDougall, D. S., Kling, A. M., et al. (2018). MGS‑TES spectra suggest a basaltic component in the regolith of Phobos. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123(10), 2467–2484.
Yesiltas, M., Jaret, S., Young, J., Wright, S. P., Glotch, T. D. (2018). Three‑dimensional Raman tomographic microspectroscopy: A novel imaging technique. Earth and Space Science 5(8), 380–392.
Yesiltas, M. (2018). Investigation of carbonates in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains with hyperspectral infrared imaging micro‑spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 194, 92–101.
Yesiltas, M. (2018). Synchrotron‑based FTIR micro‑spectroscopy of Martian meteorites. Politeknik Dergisi 21(4), 857–860.
Yesiltas, M., Sedlmair, J., Peale, R. E., Hirschmugl, C. J. (2017). Synchrotron‑based three‑dimensional Fourier‑transform infrared spectro‑microtomography of Murchison meteorite grain. Applied Spectroscopy 71(6), 1198–1208.
Yesiltas, M., Kebukawa, Y. (2016). Associations of organic matter with minerals in Tagish Lake meteorite via high spatial resolution synchrotron‑based FTIR microspectroscopy. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51(3), 584–595.
Yesiltas, M., Peale, R. E., Unger, M., Sedlmair, J., Hirschmugl, C. J. (2015). Organic and inorganic correlations for Northwest Africa 852 by synchrotron‑based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50(10), 1684–1696.
Yesiltas, M., Kebukawa, Y., Peale, R., Mattson, E., Hirschmugl, C., Jenniskens, P. (2014). Infrared imaging spectroscopy with micron resolution of Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains. Meteoritics and Planetary Science.