I am an Informatics Ph.D. student at Indiana University - Bloomington. My research focuses on establishing strategies for analyzing online behaviors in order to increase well-being and address public issues using internet data. Diffusion of dis- and misinformation on social media, uncovering behavioral embeddings of communities, science of science and polarization are among my subjects of interest.

I got a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Galatasaray University and received a master’s degree in Data Science from Sabancı University, and worked as a member of VRL Lab under the supervision of Dr. Onur Varol.

Research Interests

• Computational Social Science
• Spread of Disinformation & Misinformation Through Social Media
• Network Science
• Machine Learning
• Data Science
• Economics