CV

Research experience

2025-Present: Postdoctoral researcher
- Aquatic Ecology Research Group, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- Funder: Programa Atracción del Talento (Comunidad de Madrid: 2024-T1/ECO-31557)(5 year salary + project funding)
2022-2024: Postdoctoral researcher
- FEHM-Lab, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2019-2022: Postdoctoral researcher
- Biodiversity Research Chair, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
2016: Visiting Fellow
- Food Web Ecology and Fish Communities Research Group, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Biology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany
2015-2018: Predoctoral Fellow
- Aquatic Ecology Research Group, Universitat de Vic, Vic, Spain
2014: Visiting Research Student
- Lake Ecology Research Group, Aarhus University, Denmark
2013-2015: Research and Teaching Assistant
Limnology Laboratory, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Ph.D in Experimental Sciences and Technology, Universitat de Vic, Vic, Spain, 2018
- Supervisors: Sandra Brucet & Mireia Bartrons
Pedagogical Formation Training in Biology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 2015
Erasmus Exchange Student, Aarhus University, Denmark, Feb- Jul 2014
M.Sc. in Limnology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2015
- Supervisor: Meryem Beklioglu
B.Sc. in Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2012

2024: Short-Term Scientific Mission grant, EU DRYvER (400€), France
2023: Grant to attend AIL Intermeeting course (ca. 400€), AIL, Granada, Spain
2023: Grant to attend DRYvER Training School, EU DRYvER (ca. 400€), Pécs, Hungary
2023: Grant to attend SEFS 2023( ca. 500€), AIL, Newcastle, UK
2021: Grant to attend ASLO 2021 (ca. 250€), AIL, Virtual Meeting
2018: Grant to attend AIL 2018 (ca. 160€), AIL, Coimbra, Portugal
2018: 1st place in Spain, in the Global SIL Student Competition, “Best Paper in Limnology”
2017: Wetzel Travel Award (225$) to attend SIL 2017,SIL Turin, Italy
2016: IGB fellowship + UVic + BBVA, mobility grant (11,000€) for 7- month stay
2015-2018: PhD fellowship (Universitat de Vic, 3 year salary: 48,000€, 2015-2018)
2014: ERASMUS funding (ca. 2000€), Lake Ecology Group, Aarhus Uni, Denmark.

2025-2026: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- Spring 2026: Limnología, Grado en Recursos Hídricos - 8 hours
- Spring 2026: Recuperación de Ecosistemas Acuáticos Degradados, Grado en Recursos Hídricos - 20.8 hours
- Spring 2025: Biología, Grado en Recursos Hídricos - 4 hours
2013-2015: METU, Ankara, Turkey
- Spring 2015: Freshwater Ecology Lab, Graduate course - 240 hours
- Fall 2014: Cell Biology Lab, BSc course - 120 hours
- Fall 2013: Molecular Biology Lab, BSc course - 150 hours
- Spring 2013: Biochemistry Lab, BSc course - 120 hours

2016- Present: Member, International Society of Limnology
2016- Present: Member, Iberian Association of Limnology
2015-Present: Member, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Society of Turkey
2022-2025: VP Global Outreach, International Society of Limnology
2017-2022: ECR Representative, EFFS (European Federation for Freshwater Scientists)