About me

I'm an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.

Before this position I was a Post-Doc in the ConLog-ERC Advanced Grant Project of Prof. Dr. Heinrich Wansing: Contradictory Logics - A Radical Challenge to Logical Orthodoxy at the Ruhr University Bochum from May 2023 until December 2025.

I did my PhD on "Meaning and identity of proofs in (bilateralist) proof-theoretic semantics" under the supervision of Heinrich Wansing and Greg Restall, which I successfully defended in 2023.

My Erdös number is 4.

My pronouns are "she/her".

I am member of the  Logicians' Liberation League (inducted as "The Refutor").

I am member and co-founder of the Proof-Theoretic Semantics Network.

Some of my research interests in logic and philosophy:
proof-theoretic semantics, identity and synonymy of proofs, non-classical and contra-classical logics, (logical) paradoxes and feminist logic. If you are wondering what the latter might be about, have a look here.

For vacation I go to Metal festivals. I'm into all kinds of sports related to fitness or dance, especially ballet and Brazilian Zouk. To relax, I like baking Baklava for my family and colleagues or carving wood, which usually results in tiny spoons. 

My name (and family background) is Turkish, the pronunciation is /ˈsɑːrə/ (not /ˈsɛrə/) /ˈaɪ.hɑːn/ (think of pronouncing 'eye-hun' in English).
Here's how I'm writing it in Japanese (Katakana) characters: サラ アイハン
Fun fact: my first name means "epilepsy" and my last name "moon king".

Email: sara.ayhan [at] rub.de or
sara.ayhan.c7 [at] tohoku.ac.jp

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