I’m a PhD student in Psychology at Bilkent University and a member of the Bil-Cognition Lab. I study memory and future thinking at both the individual and collective levels, focusing on the mechanisms that support these processes. In particular, I examine differences in affective valence within these processes. I hold a BA in Psychology from İstanbul Şehir University and an MA in Cognitive Neuropsychology from Bahçeşehir University.

Fidan Abdullayeva, Undergraduate student at Bilkent University. Main research interests are cognitive and clinical psychology, with a focus on how cognitive processes are affected by psychopathology.   

Ayşin is a senior Psychology student pursuing a minor in Communication and Design. She is currently conducting her senior thesis on autobiographical memory and emotions, and  previously completed an internship at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, where she worked on a project examining Working Memory Efficiency. Alongside her academic research, she engages in science communication as the host of the psychology radio program "Çift Kişilik" at Radio Bilkent. 

Sezin is a senior Psychology student at Bilkent University, also pursuing a minor in International Relations. She is particularly interested in projects that bridge these two fields, especially in areas such as political psychology, collective memory in international relations, and the psychology of peace and migration. Within psychology, her main focus areas are neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, memory, and community psychology. She is interested in exploring how cognitive biases, collective trauma, and memory processes shape decision-making, group identity, and international dynamics, both in academic research and practice.