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I am a senior researcher employed by TUBITAK UZAY which is the Space Technologies Research Institute of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). In addition, I am a PhD candidate at the Aerospace Engineering Department of the Middle East Technical University, where I also received my B.Sc. degree in 2008. Currently, I also hold the National Point of Contact position for Turkey under the Space Generation Advisory Council.

After my bachelor's degree, I participated in the Joint European Master Program in Space Science and Technology: SpaceMaster and received two M.Sc. degrees from the Lulea University of Technology, Sweden and Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany in 2011. During my M.Sc. education, I also had the chance to become a research student conducting master thesis study in the Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the University of Tokyo between February and August 2010.

So far, I have been involved in the design, development, testing and operations of several space systems for more than 8 years. These include the first micro satellite designed and built in Turkey, RASAT (launched in August, 2011) and a high resolution Earth Observation satellite GOKTURK-2 (launched in December 2012) which are both successful and currently operational in space.

Currently, I focus on the design, analysis and development of the TURKSAT 6A GEO Communications Satellite, IMECE Earth Observation Satellite and APSCO Student Small Satellite missions. In these projects, I involve specifically in the mission analysis and systems engineering activities.

My expertise and practical experience mainly include

• • Design, Analysis, Development and Operations of Space Systems

  • Orbital Mechanics

  • Space Systems Engineering

  • Modeling, Estimation and Control of Space Systems