Research

Research Areas: 

Biomedical Nanomaterials, Nanobiomaterials, Targeted Drug Delivery Systems, Nanomedicine, Nanobiointeractions, Nanobiotechnology, Multimodal Nanocarriers, Hybrid Nanoparticles, Nanobiosensors, Nanotheranostics, Polymers, Colloids

Research Projects:

1. 2023-2028 / Funded by Max Planck Society, Partnership Project with Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Light-Driven Multimodal Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications (principal investigator)

2. 2025-2026 / L’Oréal-UNESCO Türkiye "For Women in Science" Award, Project title: A Novel Therapeutic Approach with Smart Nanomedicines for Aggressive Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (principal investigator)

3. 2025-2027 / YÖK ADEP, Development of Smart Biopolymer-Coated Gold Nanorods for Targeted Cancer Therapy (Project Nr. 50189, principal investigator)

4. 2022-2025 / Tubitak 2247-D National Outstanding/Early Stage Researchers Program, Development of Smart Nanocapsules for Combined and Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy (Project Nr. 121C205, principal investigator)

5. 2025-2027 / Funded by TUBITAK 2531 Bilateral Cooperation Programme with the DAAD German Academic Exchange Service, Development of Multimodal Polymersomes for Image-Guided Drug Delivery Applications (MULTIPOLE) (Project Nr. 124N100, principal investigator)

6. 2023-2027 / Funded by TUBITAK 1004 Center of Excellence Program for Neurotechnological Solutions Platform to Overcome Challenges that threaten Human Function, Subproject title: Development of High-Precision Preclinical Magnetic Particle Imaging System (MPI), BIND LAB's focus in this collaborative project: Development of Multimodal Nanocapsules for MPI and MRI Imaging Systems 

7. 2025-2027 / Boğaziçi University Research Fund, Development of Biopolymer-Lipid Hybrid Nanocarriers for Trageted Therapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (Project Nr. 20417, principal investigator)

8. 2024-2026 / Boğaziçi University Research Fund, Investigating the Impact of Protein Corona on Drug Delivery and Photothermal Therapy Applications of Multimodal Nanocarriers (Project Nr. 20030, principal investigator)

9. 2022-2023 / Tubitak 1002, Design and Synthesis of Biopolymer Shell-Solid Lipid Core Hybrid Nanoparticles for Drug Encapsulation (Project Nr. 122Z138, principal investigator)

10. 2021-2023 / Boğaziçi University Research Fund, Start-Up Project, Design and Fabrication of Polymeric Nanocapsules for Controlled Delivery of Lipophilic Anticancer Drugs (Project Nr. 18042, principal investigator)