Bilkent faculty members have received the Distinguished Young Scientist (BAGEP) awards for 2024. The awards are given by the Science Academy Association (Bilim Akademisi), established in 2011 “to promote, practice and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom and integrity.” The objective of the BAGEP program is to recognize highly promising young scientists and assist them in furthering their investigations.
The Bilkent awardees are: Asst. Prof. Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy (Faculty of Law), Asst. Prof. Ayşegül Dündar Boral (Department of Computer Engineering), Asst. Prof. Seçil Gönültaş (Department of Psychology), Asst. Prof. Jonathan Payton (Department of Philosophy), Asst. Prof. Cüneyt Şahin (UNAM) and Assoc. Prof. Firdevs Ulus (Department of Industrial Engineering).
The BAGEP 2024 Awards Ceremony was held on Saturday, April 27.