Pınar Ongan

Who am I?

* An ecologist & A communist:

The climate is changing and this change is not on the benefit of humanity. In 2010 August, more than 1600 people have died and 17 million are suffering in Pakistan because of flood disaster, 1527 people have died in China because of floods and landslides, 132 people have died and 250 people have lost in India because of the excessive rainfalls, ? This terrible catastrophe is an immediate consequence of our ?pretty? industrialism, so a sustainable living is a must more than a wish, today. Since the concept of ?sustainable living? contradicts with the definition of capitalism, we should change the system instead of deceiving ourselves with several inane ideas such as ?it is possible to save the world by using this credit card?. It seems that the liberation of humanity can only be possible by ecosocialism.

* A pro-mathematician:

I?ve decided to study on Mathematics before high school, and now, I am trying to do my best in this area. In 2009, I graduated from the Department of Mathematics in Boğaziçi University and I started my master study at Sabancı University. There, I got close to the area of Algebra, and in 2011, I wrote a M.Sc. thesis related to the polynomials over finite fields under the supervision of Henning Stichtenoth. Now, I?m a PhD student in Cryptography at METU Institute of Applied Mathematics and here, I want to do a doctoral study on Coding Theory.