_ Principal Investigator _

Comert Kural
Associate Professor
Department of Physics

Biophysics Graduate Program
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Program

B.Sc. Bilkent University, Physics, 2002.

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Biophysics and Computational Biology, 2007.

Postdoctoral Training: Harvard Medical School, Immune Disease Institute (2008-2012).
Curriculum Vitae

_ Postdoctoral Researchers _

Umida Djakbarova
Ph.D. Fatih University, Biotechnology, 2016
M.Sc. Fatih University, Genetics and Bioengineering, 2012
B.Sc. Bogazigi University, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 2008


Ata Akatay
Ph.D. Ohio State University, Biophysics, 2018
M.S. Koc University, Electronics, 2006
B.Sc. Sabanci University, Microelectronics, Physics Minor, 2004

Yasaman Madraki
Ph.D. Ohio University, Mechanical Engineering, 2020
M.S. Toosi University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2013
B.Sc. Toosi University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2011

_ Graduate Students _


Emily Chan
B.A. Macalester College, Chemistry, Physics minor, 2019
Tianyao Wu
B.Sc. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Physics, 2015


Cris Thompson
B.Sc. Bates College, Physics, 2019


_ Undergraduate Students _


Marlin Keller

Connor Luellen

_ Alumni _


Jama Hersi

Lauren Riede

Hoda Akl, M.Sc.

Nathan Willy, Ph.D.

Salih Silahli, Ph.D.

Scott Huber, Ph.D.

Joshua P. Ferguson, Ph.D.

Ali Adali, Ph.D.

Farah Hasan

Spencer P. Heidotting
Matthew Webber


Daniel Hoying



Esra Aygun

Sevde Goker

Tugba Atabey

Vannimul Hem