I have been an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Middle East Technical University since March 2021, and since October 2022 I also coordinate the Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies division at ODTÜ-GÜNAM, METU’s Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications.

Between 2014 and 2020 I was a faculty member at METU’s Northern Cyprus Campus, where I also served as Associate Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences from 2017 to 2020 — a chapter that shaped my interest in renewable-energy education and small-scale energy systems for off-grid communities.

I earned my Ph.D. in Thermal Fluids Systems from The University of Texas at Austin in 2014, where my doctoral work in the Solar Energy and Renewable Fuels Lab focused on the design, modeling and electrical characterization of non-thermal plasma reactors for solar fuel production. My undergraduate and master’s degrees are from METU; my master’s research analysed solar-assisted adsorption cooling systems.

Throughout my graduate years I served as administrative assistant and online administrator for the International Journal of Thermodynamics. I am a recipient of the NSF-ASME Heat Transfer Division Award and two Professional Development Awards from the UT Austin Graduate School.