Fatma Altunkilic

• Lead a content creation team producing educational and integration resources for incoming Turkish students at TUM; coordinate across Instagram, blog, website, and event platforms • Manage team recruitment, onboarding, and scheduling for a volunteer organisation of ~50+ members

• Engineered cell-membrane-derived Extracellular Vesicles via a microknifed microfluidic system• Western Blotting (protein expression) and Flow Cytometry/FACS (surface marker detection) to characterise and validate engineered carriers• Optimised bioconjugation workflows using acoustothermal PEGylation• UniProt, ChimeraX, HDOCK to model U87 adhesion proteins and quantify interaction scores• Maintained complex cell cultures (Jurkat, U87); conducted LDH assays to evaluate cytotoxicity and metabolic activity

• Led editorial strategy; grew readership by 2,000 followers through targeted social media and scientific content campaigns • Reviewed submissions for scientific accuracy and coached junior writers on structured communication

• Designed and led a multi-phase characterisation study on Manuka, Anzer, and Chestnut honey, analysing Total Phenolic Content (TPC), Total Flavonoid Content (TFC), and Antioxidant Activity • Evaluated antibacterial efficacy against Gram-positive and Gram-negative skin pathogens (disk diffusion assays) • Performed In Vitro Scratch Assays to quantify cell migration and wound closure; analysed with ImageJ and MS Excel • Authored and published findings in a peer-reviewed international journal