EDUCATION
2009 Sep PhD,
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, USA,
2004 June MSc,
Computer Science, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2002 June BSc,
Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
CURRENT POSITION
2021 Dec – Marie-Sklodowska Curie Action Fellow
Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
2019 Nov – Co-Lead Research Scientist
Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2016 –2019 Junior Group leader,
Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2012 – 2015 Research Associate,
Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Supervisor: Prof. Fritjof Helmchen
2009 – 2012 Research Associate
Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK
Supervisor: Prof. Matteo Carandini
FELLOWSHIPS & FUNDING
2021—2023 Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (personal fellowship) 178,000 €
2022 VIB Techwatch Grant (main applicant) 18,000 €
2021 VIB Techwatch Grant (co-applicant) 40,000 €
2016 – 2019 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Ambizione Fellowship (as PI) 612,000 CHF “Sensorimotor integration in head-restrained mice during exploratory locomotion”
2012 – 2015 SNF, Marie-Heim Vögtlin Fellowship (personal post-doc fellowship) 248,000 CHF
“Two-photon imaging of state-dependent processing in mouse neocortex in a virtual tactile environment.”
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
2021- Supervision of Bachelor projects (since 2020)
2020- Co-supervision of 3 PhD students and 7 MSc students at NERF.
2013-2019 Supervision of 1 PhD student and 3 MSc students at Univ. of Zurich.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2022-2023 Guest Lecturer, Computational Biology (B-KUL-G0R52A), KU Leuven,
2022 - Supervisory committee of 2 PhD students, KU Leuven
ASLI AYAZ
2020 - MSc thesis committees, KU Leuven
2013, Organization and Teaching Assistant at EMBO course: Two-Photon Imaging of Brain
Circuit Function, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich.
2013-2018 Guest Lecturer for Electrophysiological Recording Techniques course, Univ. of Zurich.
2013, Guest Lecturer for Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology course, University of Zurich.
2013, Organization and Teaching Assistant at EMBO course: Two-Photon Imaging of Brain
Circuit Function, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich.
2005-2008 Undergraduate Neurobiology lab course. UC Irvine, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior.
2002-2004 Teaching assistant, Introduction to programming and algorithms, Bilkent University.
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2018, 2019 Reviewer, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) Meetings
2019 Scientific evaluation of research grants, University of Padova, Italy
2014 Scientific evaluation of research grants, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Belgium
Manuscript reviews for Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2006 – Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
2012 – Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
2012 – 2019 Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN)
RECENT INVITED TALKS
2022 June Brain Research Institute 60th year Jubilee, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2021 Nov Barrel Meeting Online, USA
2021 Oct Institute for Neuroscience and Cognition, University of Paris, Paris, France.
2020 Jan Univ. of Amsterdam, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Dec University of Helsinki, HiLife Institute (academic position declined )
2019 Oct RTWH Aachen University. RTG Symposium “Cortical Sensations” Aachen, Germany
2019 July FENS Regional Meeting Symposium “Dissecting neural circuits of behaviour”, Serbia
2018 July FENS Forum Symposium, Berlin, Germany
2018 June Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
2018 May Barrels and Beyond 2018 Meeting, Gottingen, Germany
2018 May Bilkent University, Molecular Biology and Genetics Dept., Ankara, Turkey
2018 April Koç University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (academic position declined)
2018 Jan Swisskers Meeting, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
2017 Sep University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2016 Jan Institut D’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) Barcelona, Spain
2015 June Bernstein Sparks Workshop, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Munich, Germany
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2019 July FENS Regional Meeting Symposium titled “Dissecting neural circuits of behaviour” Belgrade, Serbia. Co-organizer and speaker.
2018 July FENS Symposium titled “Context-dependent modulations of neural coding in primary sensory cortices” Berlin, Germany. Co-organizer and speaker.
2013 June Brain Research Institute-Institute of Neuroinformatics Joint Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland. Co-organizer.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
2016 Mar Brain Fair, Center for Neuroscience Zurich (ZNZ)
2012 Dec Tag der offenen Tür/Open House, Brain Research Institute Open Days, University of Zurich
CAREER BREAKS
Sep 2011 – Feb 2012 Maternity leave 1st child
Nov 2014 – March 2015 Medical leave – high-risk pregnancy
March 2015 – Sep 2015 Maternity leave 2nd child
July 2019 – Oct 2019 Relocation to Belgium due to spouse’s academic position
