Her research is mainly in the field of market microstructure and market efficiency. Her work has been published in journals that include International Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, Economics Letters, BE Press Journal of Macroeconomics, and was presented at domestic and international conferences. She has been awarded the Nasdaq Dissertation Fellowship by the Nasdaq Stock Market, and received the Oscar Lasdon Award for best dissertation in the area of Finance from Baruch College, City University of New York. Her joint work with Robert A Schwartz and Robert A. Wood has received the Award for Excellence / Outstanding Paper award at the Global Conference on Business and Economics annual meeting in London, England. Dr. Ozenbas holds a PhD in Finance from Baruch College, City University of New York, and a BA from Bogazici University, Turkey.