Research Assistants

Res. Assist. Dr. Alper Baran Sözmen

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Chemical Engineering  (2015)

B.Sc. (Double major): Ege University, Bioengineering (2016)

M.Sc.: Ege University, Chemical Engineering (2017)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2024)

Research Interests

  • Biosensor technologies
  • Diagnostic methods

Res. Assist. Alper Şahin

Education

B.Sc.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering  (2018)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2022)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Recombinant DNA technology
  • Protein characterization
  • Protein design and production for biomaterial applications

Res. Assist. Ayşe Ezgi Bayraktar

Education

B.Sc.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2022)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Biosensor technologies
  • Diagnostic tools

Res. Assist. Ece Özmen

Education

B.Sc.: Yıldız Technical University, Bioengineering (2017)

B.Sc. (Double major): Yıldız Technical University,  Chemical Engineering (2019)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Tissue engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Emulsion templating

Res. Assist. Ekin Kestevur Doğru

Education

B.Sc.: Cumhuriyet University, Molecular Biology and Genetics  (2012)

M.Sc.:  Gebze Institute of Technology, Molecular Biology and Genetics (2017)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2020)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Rational protein design
  • Structural biology

Res. Assist. Dr. Eyüp Bilgi

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2012)

M.Sc.:  Ege University, Biomedical Technologies (2015)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering (2023)

Research Interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Animal cell culture
  • Nanotoxicology
  • Industrial biotechnology

Res. Assist. Fatih Özefe

Education

B.Sc.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Molecular Biology and Genetics  (2018)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2021)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Microfluidics
  • 3D-cell culture
  • Bioanalysis

Res. Assist. Gamze Doğan

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2017)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Natural product chemistry
  • Nanobiotechnological guided medicines
  • Drug targeting strategies

Res. Assist. Göklem Üner

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2016)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Biotechnology  (2019)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Natural product chemistry
  • Semi-synthesis studies
  • Cell death
  • Cancer

Res. Assist. Göktürk Cinel

Education

B.Sc.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2022)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Computational Biochemistry

Res. Assist. Hatice Ahsen Özcan

Education

B.Sc.: İstanbul Medipol UniversityBiomedical Engineering  (2021)

B.Sc. (Double major): İstanbul Medipol UniversityElectrical and Electronic Engineering (2022)

M.Sc.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2024)

Research Interests

  • Microfluidics
  • Magnetic levitation
  • Cell dissociation

Res. Assist. Hilal Deniz Yılmaz Dağdeviren

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2017)

M.Sc.:  Çanakkale Onsekiz  Mart University, Bioengineering and Material Engineering (2021)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Tissue engineering
  • 3D cell culture models
  • Biopolymers
  • Decellularisation

Res. Assist. İlayda Özkan

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2016)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Tissue engineering
  • Magnetic manipulation of cells

Res. Assist. Meltem Güzelgülgen

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2017)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2020)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Stem cell applications
  • Tissue engineering and biomaterials
  • 3D tissue scaffolds

Res. Assist. Dr. Melis Küçüksolak

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2014)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2022)

Research Interests

  • Natural product chemistry
  • Microbial biotransformation
  • Fermentation
  • Scale-up studies

Res. Assist. Mustafa Ünver Kurt

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2017)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2019) 

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Phytochemistry
  • Optimisation and Method Development
  • Scale Magnification

Res. Assist. Dr. Nilgün Yakuboğulları Özefe

Education

B.Sc.: Ege University, Bioengineering (2015)

M.Sc.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2018)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2024)

Research Interests

  • Natural product chemistry
  • Semi-synthesis
  • Immunomodulatory agents
  • Adjuvants and vaccine formulations

Res. Assist. Özge Can

Education

B.Sc.: Konya Food and Agriculture University, Molecular Biology and Genetics (2021)

B.Sc. (Minor): Konya Food and Agriculture University, Food Engineering (2021)

M.Sc.:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (2024)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects
  • Secondary metabolites
  • Drug discovery studies
  • Drug design

Res. Assist. Özgür Ülker

Education

B.Sc.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Molecular Biology and Genetics (2021)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Biosensors

Res. Assist. Özüm Yıldırım Semerci

Education

B.Sc.: Yıldız Technical University, Bioengineering (2018)

Ph.D: İzmir Institute of Technology, Bioengineering (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Tissue engineering
  • 3D cell culture
  • Biomaterials