ÇİĞDEM BİLİCİ

Çiğdem

Bilici received her B.Sc. (2010), M.Sc. (2013), and Ph.D. (2019) degrees

in Chemistry from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). During

her doctoral studies, she focused on shape-memory and smart

hydrogels. Between 2020 and 2023, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher

at Sabancı University, focusing on 3D bioprinting applications of biopolymers

and hydrogels. From September 2024 to September 2025, she served as a Visiting

Scholar at the Terasaki Institute in Los Angeles, USA, where she conducted research

on hydrogels and biomaterials for bioengineering and biomedical applications.

Since September 2023, she has been working as an Assistant Professor at Istinye

University. Her research interests include hydrogels, smart and functional

biomaterials, biopolymers, and 3D bioprinting technologies.