Honors
2017.
Science and Technology Delegate of Academy of Achievement
2016.
Science and Sci Life Prize for Young Scientists, Translational Medicine Category Winner
2016.
Named as a Gifted Citizen by Ciudad de las Ideas of Puebla, Mexico
2016.
Spotlight Health Scholar of the Aspen Institute
2016.
Named ‘The Best Young Scientist’ by Turkish Medical Students Association (TurkMISC)
2016.
Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) by Junior Chamber International (JCI),
Medical Innovation Category
2015.
MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35
2015.
Named as ‘StarTurk’ by Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA)
2015.
Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science: Young Scientists Who Are Changing the World
2014.
Fellow at Harvard University selected with the highest number of votes*
*First Turkish Junior Fellow in the history
2014.
MRS (Material Research Society) 2014 Fall Meeting Grad Student Award
2014.
MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35) in Turkey 2014*
*First generation innovators of Turkey, and candidate for MIT TR35 Global 2015
2014.
Named as the Innovator of the Year among the first generation of MIT TR35 Turkey
2014.
Named as a ‘Rising Star’ in EECS: An Academic Career Workshop for 40 World-wide Selected Female Scientists
2014.
$20K Illinois Innovation Prize
2014.
MRS (Material Research Society) 2014 Spring Meeting Grad Student Award
2014.
Turkish American Scientists & Scholars Association (TASSA) Young Scholar Award
2014.
Racheff-Intel Award for Outstanding Materials Research
2014.
Representative of UIUC at 2014 Global Young Scientists Summit, Singapore
2014.
The Grand Poster Award of 4th Postdoctoral Symposium of Beckman Institute
2014.
MatSE Grad Student Travel Award for MRS 2014 Spring Meeting
2012-2014.
Outstanding Laboratory Citizen, Materials Research Laboratory, UIUC
2011.
$10K Maria Pia Gratton International Award for graduate study excellence
2009.
SU Engineering Commencement Graduate Student Speaker
2009.
SU Engineering Commencement Graduate Student Speaker
2009.
Dr.Gursel Sonmez Memorial Research Award
2009-2011.
Fulbright Doctorate Student Scholarship
2008.
ICAM-I2CAM Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter Award
2008.
Travel Award from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
2008.
Travel Award from Sabanci University awarded for attending The 3rd
International Conference “Smart Materials, Structures and Systems”
2008.
Registration Award from The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process
Engineering, (SAMPE) for attending SAMPE Fall Technical Conference
2007-2009.
SU Full Scholarship throughout M.Sc. Studies
2007-2009.
M.Sc. Scholarship from TUBITAK
2007.
HU Highest Honor Graduated Plaque
2007.
HU Success Plaque and Certificate awarded for IV. Engineering Project Exhibition
2006.
Success and Representative Plaque from HU awarded for Representative of DEP at UFOK
(National Physics Student Organization Committee)
2006.
Travel Award from Hacettepe Association awarded for attending The International Association of Physics Students
2006 (IAPS) Conference at Bucharest, Romania
2003-2007.
The President of the Republic of Turkey Scholarship awarded for B.Sc. studies
2003-2007.
Turkey Idea and Culture Association Scholarship awarded for B.Sc. studies