California Institute of Technology

Research and STEM Activities:

Led an observational research project in the Thompson Lab using Ice, Elevation, and Cloud Satellite-2 to understand sea ice mechanics from visualized collision induced ridges on the sea ice floes...Developed a sea-ice model coupled to an upper ocean model with Dr. Mukund Gupta and Professor Andrew Thompson...Published a paper in Geophysical Research Letters with Professor Thompson and Dr. Gupta entitled “Eddy-Induced Dispersion of Sea Ice Floes at the Marginal Ice Zone”...Invited to give a talk at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana, about the sea-ice-ocean model and the findings related to lateral heat exchange and marginal ice zone width.
Presented a poster at the RESPECT 2022 conference for CS Education... Studied cholesterol regulatory protein function at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).

Before Caltech:

International Baccalaureate... Lettered 4 years at Lincoln... Junior Olympian (2017, 2019)... Olympic Development Program Team member (2019)... Oregon All-State Second Team... All Conference MVP (West Metro).

Personal:

Daughter of Nathalie and Ahmet... Older sister to Denis... Played for Galatasaray SK's A team in Turkey, winning 2nd in the 1st League for Turkish Women's Water Polo in 2022 and 2023... Favorite part about Caltech is the Environmental Science department.