Dilara Caygara

Background and Research Interests

Dilara Caygara is a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering at Boston University, working in the WISE Circuits Lab. She received dual B.S. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics from Middle East Technical University in 2022, both with high honors.
Her research focuses on the design of CMOS analog front ends for hybrid bioelectronic systems, with an emphasis on low-power, high-fidelity signal acquisition in resource-constrained environments. She is particularly interested in the co-design of electronics with biological systems to enable new forms of in situ chemical and electrical sensing for applications such as bioprocess monitoring and cellular-level diagnostics.

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