B.S., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 1992.
M.S., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 1997.
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 2001.

Residency/Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio (postdoctoral research fellowship, cancer biology), 2001-2005; Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minn. (research fellowship), 2005-2006.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., research associate, Division of Experimental Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2006-2010; research associate, Division of Epidemiology, 2010-2013.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2013; laboratory director, Biospecimens Accessioning and Processing (BAP) Core Laboratory, Biorepository Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, 2013-2022; program director, Biorepository Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, 2022-present; Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2018-present.