Fazilet Vardar

Prof. Fazilet Vardar is the Coordinator for Research Partnerships and Innovation at Izmir University of Economics. She 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 and was the head of Department until 2017. She is the holder of 1989 Turkish Scientific and Technological Council Incentive award in Bioengineering. She was the Director of Ege University TTO and Coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network for nearly 20 years and the Director of SUNUM Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center between 2017-2024.

She has RTTP Certificate and EuKTS Grandfather Certificate and she is also the vice president of University-Industry Collaboration Centers Platform of Turkey and represents Turkey on ATTP Board, AUTM Strategic International Committee and ASTP National Associations Advisory Committee -NAAC.