Fatma Gizem AVCI

Fatma Gizem AVCI is an Assistant Professor at Uskudar University, Department of Bioengineering, Turkey. Her research focuses on antibiotic resistance, protein engineering, and metabolic engineering, aligning with industrial biotechnology and omic technologies. She has extensive international academic experience, including a FEMS Research Fellowship at CNRS, Lyon, and Erasmus Exchange Programme collaboration at Ghent University.

• B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Bioengineering, Ege University
• Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Marmara University (2018)

Her research explores:

• Antivirulence strategies targeting bacterial pathogenesis
• Industrial biotechnology for sustainable biomanufacturing
• Omic technologies to study microbial stress responses
• Protein engineering for antimicrobial solutions
• Metabolic engineering of microbial pathways

Scientific awards include the FEMS Research Fellowship. She has supervised graduate theses on antivirulence agents and serves on multiple administrative committees, including the Strategy Development Coordination Commission at Uskudar University.