Overview
Prof. Dr. Seda Kızılel received her B.S. and MSc. degrees from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul. She completed her PhD at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology in 2004 and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago between 2004-2007. Dr. Kızılel joined as a faculty of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Koç University, İstanbul in 2008. Prof. Kızılel has supervised over 22 MS and 15 PhD students and postdocs, and attracted a total grant budget of ~4 million Euros since 2008, carried out 23 projects, which received funding from Turkish Scientific & Research Council (TÜBİTAK), European Commission and industrial companies. Some of the awards Dr Kızılel received include; Best Entrepreneur Award in the Nationwide TEKNOFEST Competition in 2023, Outstanding Patent Application Award at Koç University in 2023, Outstanding Faculty Award at Koç University in 2018, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA, PI) Supported L’ORÉAL Young Women in Science Award in 2009, European Commission Marie Curie Fellowship FP7-PEOPLE-IRG (Reintegration Grant) (2008), Charles Huggins Annual Research Conference, Best Laboratory Research Award at the University of Chicago in 2006.
Research areas
Tissue Engineering , Biomedical Applications , Regenerative medicineEducation
PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology
MSc, Boğaziçi University
BS, Boğaziçi University
Awards
Best Entrepreneur Award in the Nationwide, TEKNOFEST
L’ORÉAL Young Women in Science Award
