Election post
With my background in scientific communication, editorial collaboration, and biological research, I nominate myself for the Biology Editor position.
I realised raising science communicators from a young age is necessary to gradually reduce the gap between the scientific community and society. To work towards this goal, I co-founded @biliminucundalise, a popular science community for high schoolers. I hosted scientists renowned for their work of communicating science with the public such as Dr. Kamaci, with 700k+ followers, whose bestselling popular science book, Bilimin Ucunda, I co-edited.
I moderated international panels while serving as President of the Turkish High School Science Symposium, for which I created a research paper template and an evaluation rubric for student researchers to adhere to. These experiences improved my editorial judgment, collaboration, and communication skills. Through my cancer bioinformatics research, which was published in the Journal of Emerging Investigators, I experienced peer review and copy-editing processes, understanding the steps of scientific editing.
As a former author for a science magazine, I have written pieces engaging through humour and also formal biology papers that follow a certain formatting/style.
I hope to bring excitement to UCL Science Magazine, curating articles that reveal emerging discoveries. I will guide writers in refining their scientific voices while making sure of coherence, formatting and originality.