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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Get to know the leaders guiding our mission for a better Türkiye

Merve Sayılganoğlu

Merve Sayılganoğlu

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Merve Sayılganoğlu

Merve Sayılganoğlu

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Merve Sayılganoğlu

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Merve Sayılganoğlu

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HONORARY ADVISOR

Prof. Aziz Sancar

Aziz Sancar MD PhD, is the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He was born in Savur-Mardin, Türkiye, in 1946, where he completed his primary and secondary education. He received his medical degree in 1969 from the Istanbul University School of Medicine. After practicing medicine in Savur for two years, he attended the University of Texas at Dallas where he obtained a PhD in Molecular Biology in 1977 for his work on DNA repair. Dr. Sancar conducted postdoctoral work at Yale University on the molecular biology of DNA repair from 1977 to 1982. In 1982, he joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC-Chapel Hill where he continued his research in DNA Repair, Cell Cycle and cancer treatment, and the Biological Clock.

He has published 288 research articles and 33 book chapters. Dr. Sancar is a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences, a Member of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, and the recipient of the Vehbi Koç Award from the Koç Foundation of Türkiye in 2007, and a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015. Dr. Sancar is also the President of the Aziz & Gwen Sancar Foundation, which sponsors the Sancar Turkish Cultural and Community Center. Dr. Sancar lives in Chapel Hill with his wife Gwen.

Awards &

Recognitions

Executive

  • Emin Pamucak

  • Gonca Soysal

  • Bülent Ender

  • Jordan Scepenaski

Finance and Audit

  • Bülent Ender

  • Okan Dönmez

  • Mehmet Esen

Outbound Programs

  • Gonca Soysal

  • Nurgül DoÄŸan

  • Okan Dönmez

Community Engagement

  • Bülent Ender

  • Gonca Soysal

  • Nurgül DoÄŸan

  • Jordan Scepanski

Governance

  • Jordan Scepanski

  • Emin Pamucak

  • Gonca Soysal

  • Deniz Ertaş 

Nomination

  • Emin Pamucak

  • Bülent Ender

  • Gonca Soysal 

  • Ela Eskinazi

  • Jordan Scepanski

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