Gizem Özkaya

Led scientific studies, translating insights for elite athlete product optimization. Collaborated with designers, developers, and product managers in the Lightning team. Designed and conducted biomechanical, physiological, and perception testing protocols. Delivered detailed reports, facilitating data-driven decisions for product refinement. Actively contribute to continuous improvement, refining products and ideating innovative solutions.

Founding member of HPL and building the lab from construction site to functional state both equipment and software aspects, initiation and development of main processes such as research protocols, data acquisition, and analysis Developed biomechanical models, pipelines, and analysis methods according to the needs of specific research projects Programs for efficient data analysis procedures and reporting Data analysis and visualizations to provide easy-to-understand conclusions from complicated datasets

Led industry-funded projects and mentored graduate students

Biomechanics and Sports Engineering Lab Worked as a researcher in the lab to work on a broad range of projects as a Ph.D. candidate