EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• 2022-Present: Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at Martin Luther University at Fricke Lab, Halle, Germany

• 2021-2022: Senior Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Zayed Lab, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

• 2019-2021: Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Civetta Lab, University of Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

EDUCATION

• 2014-2019: Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology, Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, Germany, Supervisor: Dr. Steven A. Ramm

• 2011-2013: M.Sc. in Evolutionary Biology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Turkey, Supervisor: Prof. Ergi D. Özsoy

• 2006-2011: B.Sc. in Biology, Hacettepe University, Department of Biology, Turkey

 

LEADERSHIP, PEER REVIEW

• Associate Editor: Journal of Evolutionary Biology (JEB)

• Academic Editor: Ethology - Special Issue: Wildlife in Urban Spaces

• Handling Editor: Frontiers in Zoology (Springer Nature)

• Section Speaker: Evolutionary Biology, German Zoological Society (DZG), since 2023

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TEACHING

• Master module – Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Population & Quantitative Genetics

• Bachelor modules – Animal Ecology research design, analysis & presentation, using morphometrical tools, using vector-based softwares

• Supervising: Bachelor's and Master's

 

SOCIETY & CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIPS

• German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

• European Studies of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB)

• Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)

• The Genetics Society, UK

• German Zoological Society - Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG)

• European Drosophila Consortium (DrosEU)

• Social Transfer Network (STN)

• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Turkey (EEBST)

 

INVITED TALKS (SELECTED)

• Jovan Hadži Institute of Biology, Ljubljana (2026)

• University of Rennes, Ecobio (2026)

• Social Transfer Network (2026)

• University of Göttingen, GönomiX (2026)

• University of Bielefeld, Behaviour & Evolution Seminar (2025)

• University of Freiburg, Biology Institute (2025)

• University of Bayreuth, BEER Colloquium (2024)

• University of Dresden, Applied Zoology (2023)

• Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, York University (2023)

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