Education and Professional Positions
| University of California, Irvine | UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow | 2018 – 2021 |
| Fermi National Laboratory | Postdoctoral Researcher | 2015 – 2017 |
| University of Oxford | Visiting Junior Research Fellow | Spring, 2015 |
| University of Washington | Ph.D. in Physics (Particle Theory) | 2010 – 2015 |
| Koc University | M.Sc. in Physics (Theoretical Physics) | 2008 – 2010 |
| Bilkent University | B.S. in Physics | 2004 – 2008 |
Awards & Fellowships
| University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2017 |
| Balzan Fellowship, New College, Oxford University | 2015 |
| Best Poster – Honorable Mention Award, HPNP 2015, University of Toyama | 2015 |
| Joseph H. Weis Memorial Prize for Enthusiasm and Dedication to Physics, University of Washington | 2014 |
Teaching & Outreach
| Bilim Kadınları co-manager (https://twitter.com/Bilimkadinlari) | 2018 – present |
| Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics | 2020 |
| Fermilab booth at the US Science and Engineering Festival, Washington D.C. | 2016 |
| Tour guide, Saturday Morning Physics, Fermilab | 2016 |
| Q&A for Particle Fever, The Grand Cinema, Tacoma | 2014 |
| ATLAS booth at the Pacific Science Center Science Fair (leader) | 2013 |
| QuarkNet masterclass for high school students, University of Washington | 2013 |
| ATLAS masterclass for The Art Institute of Seattle, University of Washington | 2013 |
| Teaching Assistant (classes include Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Mechanics) | 2010 – 2015 |
Professional Activities
| Women in Physics and Astronomy – postdoc representative | 2018 – 2019 |
| Inclusive Excellence committee – postdoc representative | 2018 – 2019 |
| Particle Theory Journal Club – organizer | 2015 – 2017 |
| Graduate Student Colloquium organizer | 2013 – 2015 |
| Faculty Search committee – grad student representative | 2013 – 2014 |
| Particle Theory Journal Club – co-organizer | 2012 – 2014 |
| Graduate and Professional Student Senate – Physics department senator | 2012 – 2014 |
| Physics Department Mentorship Program – grad student mentor | 2011 – 2014 |
Workshops organized by me
| Dark Matter Theory Confronts Reality, Mainz Institute For Theoretical Physics | September, 2021 |
| Summiting the Unknown, University of Washington | July, 2021 |
| Understanding the Origin of the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO | August, 2018 |
A PDF version of my CV can be found here.
Seyda Ipek 