Ph.D. Applied Mathematical & Computational Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2025
M.S. Computer Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2023
M.S. Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2021
M.A. Economics, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2018
M.A. Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
B.S. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012
Alva Health, Inc., Dallas, TX | May 2023 - Aug 2023
Performed the time-series classification of fallers and non-fallers by analyzing the data of their gait dynamics
Achieved over 90% test accuracy using deep learning models (CNN, LSTM, autoencoders)
Worked with biomedical time-series data; used Python, Keras, Tensorflow
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa | Aug 2019 - May 2025
Won Outstanding TA Award
Led discussion sections for graduate courses: Measure Theory, Complex Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Methods I & II
Taught standalone courses College Algebra and Introduction to Linear Algebra
Held weekly office hours (3 hours/week), evaluated assignments, and provided lecture notes in Jupyter notebook (with Julia)
Department of Economics, Rice University | Aug 2015 - Dec 2018
Led discussion sections for Computational Economics and Mathematical Economics
Nominated twice by faculty for Graduate Teaching Award for course support
Held weekly office hours, evaluated assignments, and taught MATLAB, R, and STAN
Department of Economics, Istanbul Technical University | Jan 2014 - July 2015
Taught standalone course on MATLAB
Led problem sections for Mathematical Economics
Organized and graded exams for the mass course Principles of Economics taken by 800+ students
For Dr. Rodica Curtu | University of Iowa | May 2022 - Aug 2022
Automatized TA assignments for the Department of Mathematics
Built a mixed integer programming model coded in Python and Julia
Improved the matching based on time & course preferences by the TAs
For Dr. Xun Tang, Dr. Jeremy Fox, Dr. Hulya Eraslan | Rice University | Aug 2016 - Oct 2017
Worked on identification and estimation of large network games with private link information
Performed set identification and inference in an auction with identity dependent externalities
Wrote Julia scripts for data generation, Monte Carlo simulations, and Maximum Simulated Likelihood estimation
For Dr. Deniz Selman, Dr. Burak Saltoglu, Dr. Gokhan Ozertan | Bogazici University | Oct 2012 - Aug 2014
Worked in the project on political knowledge and voting behaviour in Turkey
Used R and Stata extensively in the estimation of voting behavior
Collected data for the project on impact of commodity prices and exchange rates on CPI and inflation in emerging countries
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