Education
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire
2023-2027
Bachelor of Science: Neuroscience and Biological Chemistry.
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Member of the Turkish Student Association (TSA).
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.
Internship & Experiences
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, neutral control, 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.
Dartmouth, Contextual Dynamics Lab - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hanover, NH, US
2024 - Ongoing
Working on the project on forgetting where working on processing of fMRI data and trying to get these data processable and conduct research on the processed data through the topics "Directed forgetting · Context · Episodic memory · fMRI"
Dartmouth, The Social Identity in Dialogue (SID) Lab - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hanover, NH, US
2024 - Ongoing
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" and interpreted statistical significance in the data.
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.
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)