Ph.D. [September 2003 – December 2008]
Middle East Technical University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
Dissertation title: Bioprocess development for therapeutical protein production
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Pınar Çalık & Prof. Dr. Stephen G. Oliver
M.Sc. [September 2001– September 2003]
Middle East Technical University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
Dissertation title: Bioprocess design parameters for beta-lactamase production by Bacillus species
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Pınar Çalık
B.Sc. [September 1996 – June 2001]
Middle East Technical University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
CGPA: 3.69/4.00 (Ranked second in graduating class)
Associate Professor [January 2020- present]
Department of Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
(Note: Degree earned on December 2018)
Assistant Professor [August 2013 - January 2020]
Department of Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Lecturer [November 2011 – August 2013]
Department of Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Visiting Scientist [June - September 2012; July - October 2013; June-July 2017]
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Postdoctoral Associate [July 2009 – October 2011]
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matthew P. DeLisa
Teaching Assistant [October 2001 – October 2008]
Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Assistant to the following courses:
Che203- Chemical Process Calculations
Che204- Thermodynamics I
Che305- Thermodynamics II
Che327- Heat and Mass Transfer Operations
Che420- Chemical Engineering Laboratory III
Che440- Industrial Organization and Management
Che490- Fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering
Visiting Research Scholar [March 2005 – March 2006]
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Summer Internship [July 2000 – September 2000]
Procter & Gamble, R&D Department, Brussels, Belgium
Summer Internship [July 1999 – August 1999]
ETI Aluminium Inc., Seydisehir, Turkey
UNESCO-L'Oréal National Fellowship for Young Women in Science, 2014.
Poster Award, 2nd place, Biotech2008 Conference, Switzerland, 2008.
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), National Ph.D.Scholarship, 2004-2008.
TUBITAK, NATO-A2 International Research Scholarship for Ph.D. studies, 2005-2006.
Middle East Technical University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hasan Orbey Research Award in Graduate Degree, 2003.
TUBITAK, National M.Sc. Scholarship, 2001 - 2003.
HONORS AND AWARDS