Prof. Fazilet Vardar

Prof. Fazilet Vardar is a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from University College London. She is the founding head of the Bioengineering Department at Ege University, where she served as Department Head until 2017. She has extensive experience in research management, technology transfer, innovation, and industry–academia collaboration, having served as Director of Ege University Technology Transfer Office and Coordinator of the Enterprise Europe Network for nearly 20 years. From 2017 to 2024, she was Director of SUNUM Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center.

She currently serves as Vice President of the Executive Committee of USIMP and Coordinator for Research Partnerships and Innovation at Izmir University of Economics. She is also active in international research and technology transfer networks, representing Türkiye on the ATTP Board and contributing to AUTM and ASTP committees.