My research interests are Econometrics, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

I am pursuing my master’s in biochemical engineering and my interests in bioinformatics and genomics made me choose the CSB group. In my thesis project, I am studying transposable elements (TEs), which exhibit an ambiguous nature: they are known as genetic novelties that can be used by their host for functional purposes but are also seen as potentially harmful parasites due to their deleterious insertion into the genome. In my thesis, I am studying the TE dynamics in the great tit and analyzing how they have evolved over time with the aim of identifying TE insertions that have been conserved and co-opted by the host for functional purposes. 

Interested in a wide variety of topics ranging from cell division to pathway signaling to  bioinformatics. Lab rat by nature.

After graduating from Boğaziçi University I started my master's degree in Chemical Engineering at the Yıldız Technical University. My master's thesis is about nanocomposite film production.

I came to Dortmund with the Erasmus Program and chose the CSB group because I am interested in biotechnology, bioinformatics, and green chemistry. I am really interested how the research of the CSB group combines biology and programming,  which is new to me and made me eager to try a project in a different field. 
 
For my project, I am learning some basic python programming. Then, I will use a new measure for genetic diversity, pseudoentropy, and apply it to publicly available data from experimental evolution studies.