Sila Alemdar

B.S. Middle East Technical University (Chemical Engineering)

M.S. Koc University (Chemical Engineering)

Ph.D. Candidate

salemdar@wisc.edu

ABOUT ME

Sila is from Turkey. She received her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and her master’s degree from Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. She joined the Gebbie Lab in Fall 2023. In her free time, Sila enjoys attending music events, reading, and spending time by the water.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sila’s research focuses on understanding the fundamental structural and electrochemical properties of diamondoid-functionalized ionic liquid electrolytes and exploring how these properties can be leveraged for applications in next-generation batteries and ion-separation membranes.