People Assoc. Prof. Dr. Beste BayramoğluPrinciple Investigator EDUCATION Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, September 2012.M.S., Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY, September 2007.B.S., Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY, June 2005. RESEARCH INTERESTS Molecular Modeling and Simulations of Polymeric, Biomolecular and Colloidal SystemsApplications of Nanotechnology in Food EngineeringElectrospinning and ElectrosprayingFood Hydrocolloids bestebayramoglu@iyte.edu.tr CV Alumni Zeynep Beste Gavcar(B.S.) EDUCATION B.S., Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Izmir, TURKEY, 2024. Elif Erez(MSc) EDUCATION M.S., Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Izmir, TURKEY, July 2022.B.S., Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY, June 2016. Dr. Esra Tunçer(PhD) Current position: Assist. Professor at Food Engineering Department, Trakya University EDUCATION Ph.D., Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Izmir, TURKEY, 2019.M.S., Food Engineering, Ege University, Izmir, TURKEY, 2012.B.S., Food Engineering, Ankara University, Ankara, TURKEY, 2010. Z. Yağmur Balabanli Buğday(MSc,co-advised) Current position: PhD candidate at The Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Eindhoven University of Technology EDUCATION M.S., Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY, 2022.B.S., Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY, 2019 Nazan Koca(MSc) Current position: PhD candidate at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the Roma Tre University of Technology EDUCATION M.Sc., Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Izmir, TURKEY, 2019.B.S., Food Engineering, İnönü University, 2014. Sinem Üney Çam(MSc) Current position: Research and Development Manager at K.F.C. Gıda A.Ş. EDUCATION M.Sc., Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Izmir, TURKEY, 2016.B.S., Biology, Celal Bayar University, 2012. S. Volkan Taş(B.S.) Current position: Product Manager at Döhler Group. EDUCATION B.S., Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Izmir, TURKEY, 2021.