Dilara Caygara

Background and Research Interests

Dilara Caygara earned her B.S. degree with a double major in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics from Middle East Technical University. She started her Ph.D. studies in 2022 at Boston University, joining the Wireless Integrated and Extreme (WISE) Circuits Laboratory under the guidance of Professor Rabia Tugce Yazicigil. Additionally, she is co-advised by Professor Douglas Densmore. Her research focuses on developing fully integrated hardware solutions for highly efficient and scalable biosensing applications, particularly environmental monitoring and wastewater surveillance. She is also involved in automating the co-design of microfluidic-electronic integrated systems for these applications.

Awards & Scholarships:

• Student Travel Grant Award, International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2023
• Ph.D. Fellowship Award Boston University 2022
• Bulent Kerim Altay Award, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Middle East Technical University, 2022