Education and Experiences
Education
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire
2023-2027
Bachelor of Arts: Neuroscience and Biological Chemistry Double Major, Music Minor
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Activities and societies: Yeh Lab at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, DIRECT Lab, Mutual Understanding Lab, Dartmouth Social Identity and Dialogue (SID) Lab, Dartmouth Contextual Dynamics Lab, Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship, Turkish Student Association, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity (Summer House Manager).
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Relevant Coursework: Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience/Psychology, Neuromarketing, Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Intro to
Neuroscience, Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Mechanics, Statistics, Calculus​
University of Oxford,
Oxford, England
2026
Study Abroad Programme - January to April, 2026.
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Courses: Neuropharmacology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Enzymes
Uskudar American Academy,
Istanbul, Turkey
2019-2023
International Baccalaureate: HL Biology, HL Chemistry, HL Mathematics, SL Turkey in the Twentieth Century, SL Turkish Literature, SL English Literature, 42/45; AP: Psychology, 5/5.
President of Music Club, Neuroscience Club, and Health and Medicine Club, head of UAA BioFest, lecturer of “Introduction to Neuroscience” in UAA Advanced.
Harvard College
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2021 Summer
BIOS S-26, Species-Spanning Medicine: The Nature of Illness in Humans and Other Animals (4-credit course)
Explored evolutionary biology, veterinary & human medicine, and carried out Tinbergean analysis on various mental/physical cases.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
2020 Summer
Neurobiology: Cellular & Behavioral, 360.160 (1-credit course)
Explored neuroscience and behavior, studied neuronal communication, neural systems, reward system, nociception, and epigenetics.
Experiences
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth - Yeh Lab - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hanover, NH, US
2025 - Ongoing
Conducting a biochemical investigation into how prenatal alcohol exposure alters presenilin 1 expression and γ-secretase function - key elements in amyloid precursor protein processing - using western blot analysis of wild-type and 3xTg-AD mouse brain tissue to identify molecular signatures linking early-life exposures to Alzheimer’s disease pathology.
Dartmouth, Climate Communications Strategy Collective (DIRECT) Lab - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hanover, NH, US
2025 - Ongoing
Designing and executing a 2×3×2 between‑subjects study comparing warm‑glow induction, cold-prickle induction, and placebo groups; capturing real‑time neural, attentional, and physiological responses (EEG, eye‑tracking, GSR, layered voice analysis, sentiment) to sustainability messages; and building a Hidden Markov Model integrating message framing, political ideology, and warm‑glow intensity to predict shifts toward high‑effort eco‑behaviors.
Novartis
Istanbul, Turkey
2025
Completed a short-term internship in clinical trial quality assurance (SOP and GCP review), pharmacovigilance (adverse event intake, data entry, medical evaluation, regulatory submission), and clinical research operations, supporting trial documentation workflows and basic safety signal tracking across ongoing studies.
Dartmouth, The Social Identity in Dialogue (SID) Lab - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hanover, NH, US
2024 - 2025
Processing, editing, and analyzing physiological (respiration, heart rate and so on) and visual/auditory data and for the research "The role of anxiety in race talk and interracial relationships."
Florence Nightingale Hospital Internship
Istanbul, Turkey
2024
Learned how to take medical history, conduct neurology based physical examination, examine CT, MRI, EEG, EMG, and X-RAY scans, and prescribe neuropharmacological drugs to patients with severe pain, neurodegenerative diseases, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological diseases.
Visited different patients that are post/pre-op and did neurological consultations.
Worked in the hospital's neurology deparmant with physicians such as Prof. Dr Yasef Özsafrati and Prof Dr. Barış Topçular.
Acibadem University Engineering-Based Neuroscience Internship
Istanbul, Turkey
2022
Covered topics in neuroscience such as decision-making and emotional processing in the brain.
Gained hands-on experience in analyzing and interpreting fNIRS and fMRI data.
Conducted cognitive tests such as the "n-back, stroop, go/no-go" and interpreted statistical significance in the data with ANOVA, t, and regression tests.
Acibadem Hospital Neurology Internship
Istanbul, Turkey
2021-2022
Gained experience in differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, post-patient examinations.
Worked on literature reviews papers on Alzheimer’s disease’s diagnosis.
Leadership & Service
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative (ALCSI)
Hanover, NH
2025 - Ongoing
Chapter President and founding leader of the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative (ALCSI) at Dartmouth College, directing campus efforts to expand community outreach, awareness, and access to lung cancer screening, partnering with Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Leading initiatives in advocacy and education in partnership with a national organization dedicated to early detection and lifesaving cancer prevention
programs
Honors, Awards & Certifications
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Harvard College: PH526x: Using Python for Research (2024)
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International British Biology Olympiad (BBO): Silver Medal (2022)
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Uskudar American Academy: George Ripley Tracey Academic Excellence Award (Biology, Chemistry, English) (2020-2021)
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Uskudar American Academy Youth Choir: Best Homogenous Choir Award (2019-2023)
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Harvard College Health Publishing Course: Improving Your Memory (2019)
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Chicago University: Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life (2019)