Masters research assistant

Berrak is from Istanbul, Turkey. She acquired her Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Operations Research in Engineering Management Systems and a Minor in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia University. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science Degree in Materials Science and Engineering in Columbia University. She has started doing research with Professor Billinge as a member of Billinge Group in the beginning of her second semester as a Master’s Degree student. Her extracurricular interests include playing the violin, volleyball and skiing.


Education & Employment


Columbia University

MS in Materials Science

New York, NY, 2019 - present

Columbia University

Research Scientist

New York, NY, 2021 - 2023

Columbia University

Masters Research Assistant

New York, NY, 2020 - 2021

Columbia University

BA in Operations Research

New York, NY, 2015 - 2019

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