About

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. I completed my undergraduate education in Australia, earning a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Nanotechnology from Flinders University, South Australia. I then pursued a PhD in Materials Science and Nanotechnology at the University of South Australia, where I specialized in the development of novel nanomaterials on silicon for biomedical applications. During my PhD, I also completed an internship at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, Germany, where I advanced my expertise in nanofabrication techniques.

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Following my doctoral studies, I have held two postdoctoral fellowship positions. My first postdoctoral appointment was at Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication. During this period, I contributed to several industry projects, including the development of LDI-MS nanoengineered substrates to enhance the detection of illicit drugs in bodily fluids for the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA), and nanoengineered probe tips for MuPharma.

My second postdoctoral position, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under the Horizon 2020 initiative, brought me to Bilkent University. Here, I worked on the design of mechanically deformable microfluidic channels for cellular transfection and intracellular delivery. I also contributed to the development of a groundbreaking nanoelectromechanical resonator capable of measuring the mass of SARS-CoV-2 viruses, a critical achievement during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, I am engaged in an ERC Proof of Concept project, where we are developing high-frequency (microwave) resonance sensors to detect and identify microplastics in various media, including water and human blood.