About Me
I’m an astrophysics PhD candidate at Michigan Tech studying faster-than-light phenomenon and Cherenkov radiation. My research mainly focuses on theoretical and observational aspects of high-energy astrophysics and fundamental physics.
Alongside academic research, I work as a guest editor and outreach specialist for NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), one of the world’s most widely accessed astronomy platforms, reaching millions of readers daily in more than 20 languages.
I’m actively involved in science communication. I founded and managed the popular science platform Rasyonalist (Rationalist), where I wrote more than 300 articles and worked as Editor-in-Chief for over 1,000 before integrating it into Turkey’s largest science communication platform Evrim Ağacı (Tree of Evolution). In addition, I’ve written over 70 science video scripts for major YouTube channels such as Barış Özcan and Evrim Ağacı, with a collective reach of over 50 million views.
Beyond writing and research, I’m an award-winning astrophotographer whose work has been recognized on international platforms such as APOD, AstroBin, Astronomy Magazine, ScopeTrader, Sky & Telescope, and many others. Through research, visual astronomy, and media outreach, my work focuses on making complex scientific ideas accessible to broad audiences.
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Featured Works
Upper Penninsula Dark Sky Festival 2026
I'll be presenting Deep Sky Astrophotography at the upcoming UP Dark Sky Festival. Last year was amazing, so this year will be!
New Paper!
We developed a new technique to find extraterrestial life around pulsars. In this paper, we delve into my work of RID and show its possible implementations in the field.
Understanding the Northern Lights
On S5E12 at the Lake Superior Podcast, I sat down with hosts Walt Lindala and Frida Waara to delve into the science behind the Northern Lights.
Through the Quite Hours
Three of my astrophotos had been featured at the Rozsa Center.
New Class!
For Fall 2025 semester, I designed and proposed a new upper-level theoretical physics course: Introduction to Relativity where we investigated beyond-the-conventional aspects of special relativity and introduction to general relativity where we solved Schwarzschild black hole solution.
Astrophotography Seminar
We discussed deep sky astrophotography and its techniques with Women in Physics at MTU.
