Birgül Akolpoğlu

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems | Robotics Institute Germany | Doctor of Sciences ETH Zürich

Stuttgart Region

About

Experience

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme (7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Coordinator, Robotics Institute Germany (RIG)
      Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Scientific Project Manager
      Feb 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Oct 2023 - Jun 2024 · 9 mos

  • Writer at Offspring Magazine - The Podcast
    2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

    The Offspring Magazine and Podcast group is a Working Group within the Max Planck PhDnet. As a team member, I wrote and edited articles for our yearly magazine with a team of doctoral researchers who are enthusiastic about science communication.

  • Research And Teaching Assistant at Koç University
    2016 - 2018 · 2 yrs

    Teaching Assistant for Heat Transfer, Chemistry Lab and Tissue Engineering classes

  • Team Member at Hidroist
    2014 - 2015 · 1 yr

    Hidroist designed and built a hydrogen-powered vehicle with a multidisciplinary team of engineering students from Istanbul University. We promoted fuel-cell and renewable energy technologies at various events. Hidroist won the 1st-place award in the Shell Eco-marathon Turkey, in Istanbul, and came in 5th place in Shell Eco-marathon Europe, in Rotterdam.

  • Laboratory Intern at Eczacıbaşı-Baxter Hastane Ürünleri
    2014 - 2014 · Less than a year

    Laboratory intern at the Quality Control department; analysis of IV solutions and pharmaceutical injectables.