Team

Asst. Prof. of Bioengineering

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow’21

Amazon-Catalyst Fellow (2018)

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**Alp Deniz Öğüt**
**Graduate Student**
**Biotechnology**
Alp Deniz studies the predictive design of solid binding peptides using cutting-edge machine learning models.

**Nursevim Çelik**
**Graduate Student**
**Bioengineering**
Nursevim is focusing on the investigation of mineral binding peptides and their impact on morphology control.

**Gizem Çulha**
**Graduate Student**
**Materials Sci. & Engineering**
Gizem is investigating the evolution of mineralizing peptides, with a specific focus on achieving kinetic control.

Undergraduates

**Şevval Çığ**
**Undergraduate**
**Bioengineering**
Şevval’s work focusses on characterizing the influence of non-water solvents on the formation of calcium phosphate mineralization..

Sevil Rustamov
Undergraduate
Bioengineering
Sevil is exploring the early stage kinetics of peptide-guided hydroxyapatite formation.

**Yağmur Çeşmeci**
**Undergraduate**
**Bioengineering**
Yağmur is designing mini-proteins (tiny enzymes) that controls catalysis of biomineralization.

Alara Coşkun
Undergraduate
Bioengineering
Alara studies design of smart peptides with pH and temperature control.

**Orkun Yörükoğlu**
**Undergraduate**
**Bioengineering**
Ömer Faruk focusses on EM characterization of mineral morphology.

**Kerem Haznedar**
**Undergraduate**
**Materials Sci. & Engineering**
Kerem focusses on development of closed-looped data pipelines for streamlined design of solid binding peptides

**Bengisu Bağcı**
**Undergraduate**
**Bioengineering**
Bengisu studies the effect of pH over calcium phosphate mineralization.

Eda Yurdamil Cica
Undergraduate
Bioengineering
Eda is interested in developing protein derived peptides, functional domains of native proteins, using computational tools.

Eda Orhan
Undergraduate
Bioengineering
Eda is interested in developing HTP assays for mineralization kinetics characterization.

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