Academic interests
Neuroscience, molecular neurobiology, neurodevelopment, pharmacology, developmental neurotoxicology, neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders
Research experience
2020-2022 Postdoctoral researcher in Sabanci University, SUNUM Nanotechnology Research and Application Center & Koc University Hospital, KUTTAM Research Center for Translational Medicine, Istanbul/TURKEY, with an international Euronanomed Project ''Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase Nanoparticles Targeted to the Brain for Neuroprotection in Ischemic Stroke''
2015-2019 Researcher & PhD student in Georg-August-Universitat Göttingen, The Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB) Molecular Physiology of the Brain program & Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Göttingen/GERMANY, with the thesis ‘’Functional analysis of E3 ubiquitin ligases in developing neurons''
2012-2014 MSc student in Bogazici University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul/TURKEY, with the thesis ''Functional analysis of a splice site mutation in GABRG2 gene and its effect on GABAA receptor''
2007-2012 BSc student in Istanbul Technical University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul/TURKEY, with the thesis ''PKC regulations on the expression of cell cycle related proteins in hippocampal neurons''