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About

I am a PhD student and research assistant at Middle East Technical University, Department of Mathematics Education. I took my BS and MS degrees from Boğaziçi University, Department of Mathematics and Science Education. My research interests are mathematical cognition, algebraic thinking, and statistics education.

Experience

• Research And Teaching Assistant at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
  Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

  Assisted Courses: - MSE 322: Teaching and Learning Secondary School Mathematics II (Algebra) - MSE 452: Teaching and Learning Secondary School Mathematics IV (Statistics, Probability and Calculus) - MSE 410: Practice Teaching II

• Graduate Research Project Assistant at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Çocuk Öğrenme Laboratuvarı
  Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  I have been working as a graduate research assistant at Bogazici Children's Learning Lab (Çocuk Öğrenme Laboratuvarı) under the supervision of Dr. Serkan Ozel

• Research Assistant at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi
  Nov 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Middle School Mathematics Teacher at Kunduz
  Aug 2024 - Nov 2024 · 4 mos

  Teaching engaging online mathematics lessons for 7th and 8th grade students.

• Kanguru Matematik TR (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Math Content Developer
    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr

    I developed mathematics activities and problems for 4th grade students. I prepared Kanguru LMS mathematics lesson videos and content for 5th and 6th grade students.

  • Translator
    Mar 2022 - Apr 2022 · 2 mos

    A team member translated Kangaroo math competition problems from English to Turkish.