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Ma th e m at ic s
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Bi lk e nt
Un iv ers ity , Turk ey , her MA d e gr ee in
Ec on o m ic s
fr o m
S ab a nc i
U n iv er s i ty ,
Tur k ey , an d h er Ph D d egr e e i n Soc i a l
Sc ie nc es fr o m t h e C a li f or n i a I ns t i t ut e o f
Tec hn o l ogy , U S A . B ef or e jo i n in g ME T U A nk ar a , s he w or k e d as an i ns tr uc t or at
ME TU - Cy pr us .
S he
j oi n ed
t he
ME T U
De p art m en t of Ec on o m ic s i n J u ly , 2 0 14 .
Mü r ü v v et , f irs t of al l o n t h e be h a lf of m y
c o ll e ag u es I wo u l d lik e t o we lc om e yo u t o
our de p artm en t. W e th i nk that yo u wi l l b e a
n ic e ad d it i o n t o o ur d ep ar tm ent an d we are
v er y h a pp y t o h a ve yo u . Yo u c om pl et ed
yo ur Ph .D . i n ec on om ic s a t Ca l if or n i a
Ins t it ut e of T ec h no l og y ( C a l tec h ) , wh ic h is
am ong t he m os t pr es t i gi o us u n i v er s it i es i n
th e wor l d. Ho w di d yo u lik e it a nd wh a t was
yo ur t h es is a bo ut ?
T hank s f or t he war m we lc om e. I am ha p p y
to b e her e as we l l . Le t m e s t ar t wi t h ho w I
f el t a t C a lt ec h. I lo v ed b e in g at Ca l tec h .
Ca l tec h was a s m a l l s c ho o l, wh ic h h a d on l y
90 0 u n der gr a du at es , 11 0 0 gr ad u at es a n d
20 0 0 p os t d oc s . T hes e num ber s t e l l us t ha t
th e s c h o ol is m or e of a r es ear c h s c h o o l
th a n a t e ac h i n g s c h oo l . Res e ar c h a t th e
Ec on om ic s Pr ogr am at C a lt ec h was a ls o
v er y f oc us e d. W hil e th is is s e e n as
ad v a nt a ge o us f or s om e, i t is n o t f or ot h ers .
For i ns t anc e , we di d n o t h a v e a l ot of
Mac r o ec on om ic s
c o ur s es .
Of
c our s e ,
gr a d u at e s t ud e nts c ho os i ng th e pr o gr am
wer e a war e of th is s tr on g f oc us . S o , in t he
pr o gr am , t he re wer e o n l y s tu d en ts wh o
pr ef er t o l e ar n m or e a bo u t M ic r oec o n om ic s ,
P ol i t ic a l
Ec o nom i c s ,
Ex p er im ent a l
Ec on om ic s , or N eu r o e c on om ic s . T his was a
gr e a t t h in g f or m e bec a us e I c o u l d t a lk
ab o ut m y r es e arc h wi th n e ar