Starting from my Middle School years at NODET (National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents) I have felt a great interest in Mathematics and Physics. It was always interesting for me to see how a set of simple mathematical equations can describe a wide range of phenomena in the physical universe. I remember that I was thrilled when I first encountered Newton's equations of motion because although the underlying mathematics is simple, it is successful to describe the motions in the classical physics range. In Parallel, I was always interested in how people are affected by others and media, and how simple individual interactions could lead to collective behaviors on a larger scale. Sadly, although I always thought about these profound questions the lack of exposure to social sciences in the education system made me believe that these are not scientific questions and they are not worth studying rather than that I tried to satisfy my passion for media by creating different discourses. I have directed two theaters in middle school, been the head of the school magazine in high school, and have written 6 fantasy novels. later I continued pursuing my passion for media with Popular Science Youtube Channels and Photography.

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Towards the end of high school, I decided to study Physics to be able to understand the universe from the scope of mathematics, to do so I chose to migrate to Ankara, Turkey to become a Physics student at the Middle East Technical University. Since I had an outstanding performance in my first year, In my second year,  I was able to try different branches of physics either by undergraduate research or taking some high-level courses (3rd year, 4th year,  and Graduate) to find my passion. I have tried Optics, Quantum Physics, Quantum Biology, and Quantum Computing but I came soon to realize that none of the subjects are interesting for me. Towards the end of my second year, I encountered Complexity Science and its applications on Social System and I was instantly amazed by its generality and Interdisciplinarity, Suddenly my interests in physics and mathematics weren't so segregated from my interests in Media, Sociology, and Psychology. Realizing This, I decided to devote my time and life to pursue a scientific carrier in Social Complexity Science, to do so  I shifted my coursework towards a more interdisciplinary version and far away from a standard physics student by taking courses like game theory and starting a minor in sociology. I also joined Prof. Serim Ilday's Research Group named Simply Complex Lab as an undergraduate research assistant to gain experience studying complex adaptive systems. There I am using my Computational Skills (Python and Matlab) To study a far-from Equilibrium Dissipative Colloidal System. I was lucky enough to be a member of an amazing and talented team and we have published an article on the Dynamical Evolution of hyperuniformity in our system.

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In the April of 2021, I started an internship with Prof. Tamas Vicsek (Well-Known for The Vicsek Model and The Vicsek Fractal) to improve my understanding of Collective Motion and Collective Behaviour. we started working on a Soft Active Matter model and tried to understand the effect of obstacles on the model. After two months Prof. Vicsek suggested that we could publish an article on the subject which we are currently working on it and aiming for "Communications Physics". (Click For More Details)

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Starting from August 2022 I am a Sociology Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Jason J. Jones at Stony Brook University, NY. I am also a beneficiary of the prestigious graduate fellowship of the Institute of Advanced Computational Sciences.  Being cross-affiliated between the sociology department and the research institute gives me the opportunity to excel at both sociological theory and computational methods which will help me to become the sociologist that I want to be.

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Going Through all of these diverse experiences, gave me a unique set of abilities and skills which I believe makes me distinctive from the majority of students:

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Firstly) I have a Strong Theoretical Background in a variety of subjects. A few Examples Worth Mentioning: Sociological Theories, Statistical Physics,  Game Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Statistics, Network Science, Calculus, Differential Equations,  Algebra, and so on. (Check the "Important Coursework" below for a detailed explanation.)

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Secondly) I am advanced in Coding using both Python and MATLAB and I am familiar with useful methods and libraries such as Monte Carlo Methods, Agent-Based Simulations, and CUDA Library. (Parallel/GPU Computing Library)

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Thirdly) I am experienced with cutting-edge research on different complex systems and I have learned how to tackle a research question by diving it into sections and solving them one by one. I am also very familiar with researching systems with large parts/Ag where it is important to derive order parameters, correlation functions, autocorrelation functions, statistical measures, and phase diagrams to study the system.

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Lastly) My Social and Outreach Activities gave me an amazing opportunity to grasp an intuition on how mass media works and how it shapes public opinion. I have also been able to see different patterns of collective behavior emerging in social media.

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A detailed Curriculum vitae and a list of Important Coursework is provided in the next Section

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