Bio
Dr. Gozde Durmus is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She conducted her postdoctoral research at Stanford; working with Prof. Ronald W. Davis and Prof. Lars Steinmetz at the Stanford Genome Technology Center. She received her Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University in May 2013, with a minor in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship. She is also an alumna of the Ignite Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Boston University and received her M.Eng. degree in Biomedical Engineering as a College of Engineering Fellow in 2009. She received her B.S. degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2007. She has been recently recognized among the "Top Innovators Under 35" (TR35) by the MIT Technology Review. She received the Career Award at Scientific Interface from Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF-CASI) in 2018. Recently, she has been named as a "Rising Star in Biomedicine" by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Dr. Durmus has authored papers in journals including Nature Materials, PNAS, Advanced Materials, Nature Scientific Reports and Small. Her work was highlighted in Science, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, American Institute of Physics (AIP) News, Tech Times. Her research achievements have been recognized with ITI Young Investigator Award from Stanford University, STAR Award Honorable Mention by the Society for Biomaterials, Graduate Student Recognition Award from Brown University, Entrepreneurial Fellowship from National Science Foundation (NSF) & Slater Technology Fund and Fulbright Scholarship. She was also a finalist for the national CIMIT Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare in 2012.
Academic Appointments
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Assistant Professor (Research), Radiology - Rad/Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
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Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Honors & Awards
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McCormick-Gabilan Faculty Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine (2019-2021)
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Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI), Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) (2018-2023)
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Rising Star in Biomedicine, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (2018)
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Fellow, World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2017)
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Presidential Alumni Achievement and Recognition Award, METU (2017)
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3rd Place, Bay Area Global Healthcare Challenge, UC Berkeley and Stanford University (2017)
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Finalist for Scientist of The Year, Avon-Elele Magazine Women Awards (2016)
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Innovators Under 35 (TR35), MIT Technology Review (2015)
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Young Investigator Award, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection (ITI), Stanford University School of Medicine (2015)
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Student Technology Prize in Primary Healthcare (finalist), CIMIT and MGH (2012)
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STAR Award, Society for Biomaterials (2012)
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International Affairs Travel Award, Brown University (2012)
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Graduate Student Recognition Award, Graduate School and Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University (2012)
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NSF Fellowship, 9th International Summer School on Biocomplexity from Gene to System (2010)
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NSF Entrepreneurial Fellowship, NSF RI-EPSCoR and Slater Technology Fund (2010)
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Fulbright Scholarship (ranked 1st in arts-sciences field in Turkey), Fulbright and US Department of State (2007-2009)
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Outstanding Fulbright Scholars in Europe, selected by McKinsey& Company (2008)
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College of Engineering Fellowship, Boston University (2007-2009)
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President’s High Honor Circle, METU (2003-2007)
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Ranked in the top 0.01% out of 2 million candidates, in the National University Exam (2003)
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3rd Place (in physics, chemistry and biology), National Science Olympics in Turkey (2001)