Research Experience

Research Assistant, Toronto, ON

University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, 2021-present

Cannabis use in youth: Perspectives of youth, parents/caregivers and service providers (PI: Prof. Toula Kourgiantakis)

Postdoctoral Scientist, Neuroscience Researcher, New York, US 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital, 2015-2020

Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy in Parkinson’s Disease (PI: Prof. Ana Maria Cuervo)

Roche Postdoctoral Fellow, New York, US                                                                                    

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital and Roche Innovation Centre, 2015-2017

Molecular interplay between autophagy and antisense therapy (PIs: Prof. Ana Maria Cuervo and Erich Koller PhD)

Cell Biologist and Graduate level Researcher, Istanbul, Turkey  

Sabanci University, 2010-2015

microRNA regulation of autophagy in health and disease conditions (PI: Prof. Devrim Gozuacik)

Visiting Researcher, Stockholm, Sweden

Karolinska University, 2009