I was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Edouard Hannezo at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. My main focus was merging theory with experimental data analysis to explore collective cell migration and tissue morphogenesis.
During a research visit at the University of Nottingham, I had the opportunity to work with John W. Barrett on "spin-foam models", which are candidates for a quantized space-time structure.
During my studies, I also enjoyed playing cello in the joint student symphony orchestra Collegium Musicum from TU and FU Berlin.
I studied physics at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin). During my undergrad I was interested in quantum optics, and for Master's thesis, I focused on quantum gravity.
I was born and grew up in Istanbul. My high school Istanbul Lisesiwas located on the European side, whereas I lived on the Asian side, so switching between continents became kind of hard-wired in my brain early on.