“Dr. Sanden was born in Izmit, Turkiye and received her undergraduate degree in physics at Kocaeli University in 2003. She also earned two Master’s degrees in Nuclear Physics, one from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the other from Kocaeli University in Turkey. During her graduate study in Turkey, she was involved in a multi-national research project conducted in Nuclear Structure Lab of University of Notre Dame where she decided to continue her academic career in the United States. She earned her Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from University of South Florida in 2014. She started at Solano College in May 2017, teaching upper division courses in the BS program in biomanufacturing as well as serving as the Director of the Biomanufacturing program. Before starting at SCC, she worked in medical device industry where she served as Project Engineer and managed numerous design and manufacturing projects for Oscor Incorporated, a cardiac device design and manufacturing company. She danced latin dances semi-professionally in her mother land for 8 years and received the 5th place in National Latin Dance Championship competition in Istanbul in 2006. She enjoys spending time and learning together with her students.”