STEM Faculty

I am a project officer in the AstrobiologyOU group. My current project involves molecular and metagenomic analysis of low-biomass samples from within cleanrooms related to the space missions as well as other low-biomass environments. I also assist the PDRAs and PhD students with their research.

My PhD at the University of Leicester involved an investigation of the copy number variation of complement receptor 1 (CR1) gene and its relevance to disease such as Alzheimer's and malaria.

2018-Current Project Officer, School of Environment, School of Earth and Ecosystem Science - Open University

2013-2017 PhD in Genetics, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology - University of Leicester

2011-2012 MSc in Molecular Cell Biology, Department of Science and Technology - Nottingham Trent University
Project - Exaptation of Mammalian-Wide Interspersed Repeats

2007-2011 BSc in Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering - Yeditepe University

Project - Determination of Pea3 Binding Sites on NeuroD Promoter.

2006-2007 English Language School (Prep) - Yeditepe University