Ozer
Research Engineer
PhD Candidate
MSc

I design the printers, reactors, and software that turn living cells into structure. Bioprinting hardware, organ-model platforms, and the lab tools that hold it all together.

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Bioprinting·Microfluidics·Tissue Engineering·Spheroids·Organoids·Cancer-on-a-Chip·Nanoparticles·Biosensors·Bioreactors·

Engineering at the scale of cells.

From deposition toolpaths to ventilated lung models, the work lives where biology, machines, and code meet. Precise instruments that get out of the way.

The platform

Printers that build with living material.

Custom motion systems, browser-based control over Web Serial, and process design for simultaneous extrusion and photocrosslinking. Hardware and software designed as one instrument, tuned for the demands of soft, living matter.

4+Lab platforms
9Publications
About

I work at the intersection of biology, chemistry and engineering, building the printers, reactors, and tools that turn cells into structure.

Based at the Ozbolat Bioprinting Lab at Penn State, my research spans light-based, extrusion, and aspiration-assisted bioprinting, microfluidics, and the lab infrastructure that holds it all together. I build 3D in vitro models, from cancer-on-a-chip systems to ventilated lung platforms, integrating spheroids, organoids, and biomimetic scaffolds.

Much of the work is the connective tissue of a research lab: custom platforms, browser-based printer control over Web Serial, lung-sac bioreactors, and a quiet stack of web tools that keep the lab moving. I like clean interfaces and instruments that disappear into the task.

RoleResearch Engineer
LabOzbolat Bioprinting Lab
InstitutionPenn State University
PhDNanoscience, Istanbul Tech.
M.Sc.Biotech & Bioeng, U. Kent
Based inState College, PA
Capabilities

What I build with.

Biofabrication

BioprintingMicrofluidics 2D / 3D Cell CultureSpheroids · Organoids Hydrogels · GelMANanoparticles Tissue EngineeringBiosensors

Instruments & Hardware

3D BioprintersSLA Printing Confocal · SEMFusion 360 ArduinoLabVIEW ESP32 · Raspberry Pi

Software

PythonMATLAB JavaScriptWeb Serial API ImageJAdobe Illustrator Flask · Firebase
Selected work

Projects.

Pulled live from github.com/ozeeer
Research output

Publications.

9 papers
Google Scholar
Trajectory

Experience.

Dec 2022 · Present
Research Engineer
Ozbolat Bioprinting Lab · Penn State University
Light-based, extrusion, and aspiration-assisted bioprinting of heterogeneous, vascularized tissue constructs. Design and run 3D in vitro models for tumor progression, tissue development, and host-pathogen interactions, plus cancer-on-a-chip systems and a ventilated lung platform. Maintain instrumentation and build the lab's web tooling stack.
Jul 2022 · Oct 2022
Visiting Researcher
University of Twente · Netherlands
Developed SLA-printed microfluidic devices and investigated the biocompatibility of 3D-printed resins for biomedical use.
Feb 2019 · Jul 2022
Project Assistant
TÜBİTAK Research Center · Türkiye
Point-of-care diagnostic devices for infectious diseases, nanoparticle synthesis and characterization, and a custom electrochemical biosensor. Ran full-cycle project administration across two TÜBİTAK centers.
2015 · 2016
Research Assistant
University of Kent · United Kingdom
Membrane protein expression in E. coli and fluorescence-based characterization of vesicle formation within the School of Biosciences.
Education

Education.

2019 · Present
Ph.D., Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
Istanbul Technical University · Türkiye
Development of a 3D-printed millifluidic platform using biofunctionalized magnetic nanoparticles.
2015 · 2016
M.Sc., Biotechnology & Bioengineering
University of Kent · United Kingdom
Research on the export of proteins to the periplasm, with advanced molecular processing and analytical technologies for bioengineering.
2010 · 2014
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering
Marmara University · Türkiye
Foundations in process and chemical engineering, alongside a double major in Business Administration.
Contact

Let's build
something.

Open to collaboration on bioprinting hardware, lab automation, and biofabrication tooling. Reach out anytime.