Prior to completing her Ph.D in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she obtained a BS in Psychology from Middle East Technical University and an MA in Developmental Psychology from Koç University. Before coming to Bilkent University, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Heinrich Heine Universität in Dusseldorf, Germany. Her research interests lie in the intersection of memory, learning and metacognitive processes with a focus on healthy young adults and aging population.