Hello
I'm Çağrı Mert Bakırcı
PhD, Author, and Science Communicator
- Age 30
- Currently CEO @ Evrim Ağacı & Kreosus
- E-mail [email protected]
- PhD Texas Tech University
- BS Middle East Technical University
- evrimagaci.org
Hello! I’m Dr. Çağrı Mert Bakırcı-Taylor, founder and CEO of Tree of Evolution LLC, a social enterprise that encompasses the largest popular science organization in Turkey, Evrim Ağacı, as well as a multi-purpose crowdfunding platform for creators in Turkey and around the world, Kreosus. I am also a published author with best-seller books in science categories of various lists in Turkey. I am a science communicator and I try to incorporate all means of modern communication to be an interface between academicians and general public. You can find more about me and my work on this website.
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Important Milestones
February 2018
Evrim Ağacı as a Social Enterprise
Tree of Evolution LLC
My wife and I restructed Evrim Ağacı as a social enterprise, and we decided to continue our work in the realm of science education and popular science in order to increase public awareness about science.
9 September 2018
Married to my Best Friend
Ashlee Lane Bakırcı-Taylor
I have been lucky enough to get married to my best friend. Now, we work on Evrim Ağacı together to increase the science awareness among general audiences.
2013-2018
Philosophy of Science
Texas Tech University
During my PhD, I worked on a unified Theory of Algorithmic Evolution, studied the effects of fitness functions and a priori knowledge injection on algorithm performance, and built a novel test setup to explore the Reality Gap.
September-October 2011
Visiting Researcher Internship
Denmark Technical University
I worked on various approaches to biomimetics of self-organization and self-healing, analyzed the layer production of mussel shells and jewel beetles, and the behaviors of starling flocks to come up with novel self-healing and self-organizing methods. My work during this internship is acknowledged in a textbook publication.
August-September 2010
Visiting Researcher Internship
Carnegie Mellon University
I worked on a “Water Strider Robot” that can stay and move on the surface of water without sinking, by mimicking Gerridae family. Contributed to the structural optimization, body design, and microcircuitry.
5 November 2010
Founded Evrim Ağacı
Evrim Ağacı
Evrim Ağacı ("Tree of Evolution") was founded by me and a couple friends of mine in Biology Department at METU, under the Biology and Genetics Society of the university, to educate ourselves and others on evolutionary biology and general science.
2007-2013
Bachelor of Science
Middle East Technical University
I received my Bachelor of Science from the Mechanical Engineering Department. During my undergraduate, I also took as many as 10 classes from Biology Department and Geology Department to improve myself in evolutionary biology. I gained experience in various biology and engineering labs.
2004 - 2007
High School
Milli Piyango Anatolian High School
During my high school years, I got increasingly more interested in book writing, content creation, and science communication. My interest in biology grew and as a result, these years set my future career directions.
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Feel free to contact me!
- E-mail [email protected]
- Location Gainesville, TX, USA