Alumni
Sedef Salel received her B.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2020. She completed her M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2022 with her thesis “Development of Polymer-Lipid Hybrid Nanoparticles for Anticancer Drug Delivery”. Her research interests are polymer-lipid nanoparticles and drug delivery systems.
Elif Özlem Topal received her first BSc. Degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics department, from Cumhuriyet University in 2011, Sivas, Turkey. She worked as an undergraduate researcher at Cumhuriyet University Medical Faculty Research Center for karyotyping Acanthamoeba , from 2010 to 2011. Additionally, she worked as an undergraduate researcher at İstanbul University Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine for genetic diagnosis of parkinson disease. She received her second BSc. in the Physics department, from Middle East Technical University, in 2019, Ankara, Turkey. She received her M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2023 with her thesis “Synthesis and Characterization of Bovine Serum Albumin Based Nanocontainers for Drug Delivery Applications”. Her research interests are nanotechnology, nanobiomaterials, and nanoparticles.
Gizem Uysal received her B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Yıldız Technical University in 2020. During her B.Sc., she done her internships in the field of smart functional nanomotors. She has been a Master student at Boğaziçi University's Institute of Biomedical Engineering since 2020. As part of her master's internship, she worked on magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications at Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research. Currently, she is working on encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticles into polymersome in the group of BiND Lab.
Emir Akgün is a Chemical Engineering 4th grade student in Boğaziçi University. During his bachelor’s degree, he did an internship in a pharmaceutical company in production and research and development departments. His academic interests are nanotechnology, drug formulation, drug production, and chemical process optimization and modeling. Now, he is working as a bachelor intern in the 2247-C TÜBİTAK STAR program.
Ayşe is a sophomore studying Chemical Engineering at Boğaziçi University. She spent a semester and the following summer working in the Microfluidics Laboratory at Boğaziçi University. Currently, she is an undergraduate student at the Neurotechnological Solutions Platform Against Challenges Threatening Human Function, supported by TÜBİTAK 1004.
Ekin Nehir is second-year Chemical Engineering student at Boğaziçi University. She involved in IEEE Boğaziçi Electrotechnology Club(BUEC) and took the role of EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) director. Currently, she is an intern at Development of Smart Nanocapsules for Combined and Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy.
Miray Çelik is a second-year Molecular Biology and Genetics student at Bogazici University. She joined in IEEE Boğaziçi Electrotechnology Club(BUEC) and took the role of SWES (Society of Women Engineers and Scientists) director. After her work at BUEC-IEEE, she worked as an undergraduate research student at Kayıtmazer Research Group for 7 months. She is currently a research intern at BiNDLab under the TÜBİTAK 2247-C STAR program, working on the project titled "Development of Multimodal Polymersomes for Image-Guided Drug Delivery Applications (MULTIPOLE)."
