I held BA (2003), MS (2005), and Ph.D. (2011) from the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) and attained my Associate Professorship degree from the Turkish Interuniversity Council in 2020. My research career is inspired by the invasive and non-invasive characterization of cultural heritage objects and archaeological materials, a topic in which I have been specializing since I started working on my MA thesis in 2003. I started with the characterization of metal threads embroidered in textiles (16th-19th centuries) and continued with Ottoman tiles (15th-17th centuries) during my Ph.D. thesis. Thereafter, my post-graduate studies followed with the characterization of Böttger stoneware at Northwestern University and the Art Institute of Chicago. I continued my post-graduate studies at MONARIS laboratory (SU-CNRS UMR8233, France) focused on characterizing Chinese, Vietnamese, and Omani ceramics unearthed at Qalhat (Sultanate of Oman) excavations. Prior to joining KUYTAM (Koç University Surface Science and Technology Center) where I have been working as a doctoral researcher since June 2016, I worked in the Central and Regional Laboratory of Restoration and Conservation in Istanbul, as well as being a visiting lecturer in the department of Jewelry Engineering at Istanbul Commerce University and the program of Jewel Design at Altinbas University.