Aylin Ak
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McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Summer Neuroscience Intern
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May 2023 - Present
Gainesville, Florida, United States Working under Dr. Matthew LaVoie to investigate the molecular events responsible for adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases, specifically focusing on familial Parkinson's disease linked to pathogenic mutations in the Parkin and LRRK2 genes.
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University of Oklahoma - Department of Psychology
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2023 - Present
Norman, Oklahoma, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Teaching Assistant for Lifespan Development (PSY 2603). Responsibilities include working with small groups of students to enhance the learning process, holding office hours to answer any questions the students may have to facilitate their learning, and grading assignments.
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Teaching Assistant
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Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Norman, Oklahoma, United States Teaching Assistant for Social Psychology (PSY 3703). Responsibilities include working with small groups of students to enhance the learning process, holding office hours to answer any questions the students may have to facilitate their learning, and grading weekly discussion posts and assignments.
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OU Research
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Coordinator at the OU Visual Neuroscience Laboratory
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Aug 2022 - Present
Norman, Oklahoma, United States My duties as the research coordinator of the OU Visual Neuroscience Laboratory include collecting electroencephalogram (EEG) data, training RAs to work with EEG nets, recording minutes and monitoring attendance at weekly lab meetings, documenting lab hours for all RAs, and facilitating communication between research assistants and graduate students.
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Research Assistant at the OU Visual Neuroscience Laboratory
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Jan 2021 - Present
Norman, Oklahoma, United States Undergraduate Research Assistant at the OU Visual Neuroscience Laboratory. Responsibilities and tasks include assessing the combined application of behavioral and electroencephalographic methods, and using the methods of computational neuroscience to link these variables. Also, testing the effects of brain iron deficiency on perception, memory, and cognition and analyzing how low levels of iron can disrupt signaling by the neurotransmitter dopamine.
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University of Oklahoma
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Peer Learning Assistant
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Aug 2021 - May 2022
Norman, Oklahoma, United States German tutor at the Service Action Learning Center at the University of Oklahoma. Responsibilities and tasks include the facilitation of German language acquisition of various genres appropriate for the age and development of each student to help them improve their language skills and offering individual and group German language tutoring sessions.
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Peer Teaching Assistant
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Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
Norman, Oklahoma, United States Peer Teaching Assistant at the University of Oklahoma. Duties and tasks included the assisting of first-year students in a successful transition to college. Modeling habits and skills to help students create success and serving as a peer mentor in and outside of the classroom.
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MEDICLIN
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Germany
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Hospitals and Health Care
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200 - 300 Employee
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Clinical Intern at the Department of Neurology
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Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Lower Saxony, Germany Clinical Internship at the Department of Neurology. Responsibilities included exploring brain regional vulnerabilities due to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson diseases using scans and patient examples. The contribution and coordination to the neurology and neurological rehabilitation center by helping the patients improve their neurological diseases and condition. And developing tasks and tests to improve memory recall of patients.
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Education
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University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Science - BS, PSYCHOLOGY -
University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General -
United World College Mostar
IB-Diploma -
University of Oklahoma
Undergraduate Certificate, Applied Statistics