California Institute of Technology

2021

• Made 7 starts out of 13 appearances.

Research and STEM Activities
Summer 2022 Reseacher at the Cosmic Dawn Center in Copenhagen...Earned Student Pilot's License in spring 2022...Ph 11 Award Recipient of 2022...Undergraduate researcher with the Hutzler Lab...Worked with Shirasu-Hiza lab in spring 2020 to automate the quantification of Drosophila climbing assay experiments...Worked directly with Dr. Rebecca Delventhal, molecular biologist and neuroscientist, studying mechanisms that underlie neurodegeneration in an injury model in Drosophila...Wrote a complex executable python application that utilizes OpenCV to drastically reduce the quantification process of climbing assay experiments by 90 percent.

Prior to Caltech 
Four-time Homestead High School Women's Soccer Scholar Athlete...Northern California State Cup Champion (2017 - Santa Clara Sporting 03G Green)...College Board African American National Recognition Program...Homecoming court nominee...AP Physics C: Mechanics Award for Contributions and Curiosity about Science...William Shakespeare Award for Academic Excellence in English...AP Scholar with Honor...National Honor Society...Homestead High School Programming Club President...Girls Who Code Leader Founder...USA Computing Olympiad Silver Medalist.

Personal
Daughter of Erol Basturk and Beatrice Mukantabana...Has one older sister, Maylis...Enjoys flying with Caltech's Aero Association and is currently pursuing a private pilot's license...Has a wide array of skills and hobbies, including baking, assembling and photographing eccentric modern takes on classic french patisseries such as profiteroles, entremets and eclairs...Can play piano to her friends' favorite television and movie scores.