Merve Ustun is working as a Research & Development Engineer in Zetamatrix, Inc. She graduated from Gebze Institute of Technology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in 2014. She received her Master of Science degree from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University (2017) where she investigated the role of a transcription factor related to axonal outgrowth on neural differentiation in Molecular Neurobiology Lab. She is currently a PhD student in Koc University, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Engineering.