Last updated: Nov 14, 2025

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

• 2019 – 2025
  Ph.D. in Mathematics, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye
• 2016 – 2018
  M.Sc. in Mathematics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
• Spring 2017
  Special Student (M.Sc.), METU, Ankara, Türkiye

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
  University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  Research Scholar

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Applied Mathematics
• Partial Differential Equations
• Mathematical Biology

FUNDING & FELLOWSHIPS

• Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA) Grant (€1000 + accommodation expenses) (2025)
• TÜBİTAK 2214-A International Research Fellowship for Ph.D. Students ($21600 + travel expenses) (2022)

FUNDING FOR EVENTS

• Turkish Mathematical Society – MAD Fund for Mathematical Modeling Symposium (₺25000/$650) (2025)

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (2025 – present)
• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) (2025 – present)
• Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) (2020 – present)

TEACHING & MENTORING

Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye

• MATH 230 (Probability and Statistics for Engineers) (Fall 2025)
• MATH 106 (Introduction to Calculus II) (Summer 2025)
• MATH 106 (Introduction to Calculus II) (Spring 2025)
• MATH 105 (Introduction to Calculus I) (Fall 2024)

Directed Reading Program Turkiye

• Bartu Gencer, Bogazici University (Summer 2025 )
  Research Focus: Formulations of Waddington’s landscape via different decompositions.[Report]
• Beyza Nur Korkmaz, Bursa Technical University ( Summer 2024)
  Research Focus: Utilizing Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) data to predict the anisotropic pathways of cancer invasion.

INVITED TALKS

• 13 Nov 2025: Cayetano Heredia University, II Encuentro Multidisciplinario de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas: Rosalind Franklin, Online
  Talk: Evolution of Mathematical Models of Tumor Growth

TALKS

• 10 June 2025: University of Havana, CIMPA Research School, Havana, Cuba
  Talk: Reaction-Diffusion Formalism for Glioma Growth
• 7 Apr 2025: Bilkent University, Departmental Seminar, Ankara, Türkiye
  Talk: A Mathematical Model for Tracking Malignancy in the Human Brain
• 12 Sep 2024: Yasar University, İzmir Mathematics Days VI, İzmir, Türkiye
  Talk: DTI-Based Mathematical Modeling of Glioma Invasion
• 3 Sep 2024: Bilkent University, Departmental Seminar, Online
  Talk: Mathematical Modeling of Glioblastoma Growth
• 30 Jul 2024: DRP Türkiye 2024, Lightning Talks, Online
  Talk: On Mathematical Oncology
• 23 May 2024: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, 15th Ankara Mathematics Days, Ankara, Türkiye
  Talk: A Macroscopic-Scale Fractional Model for Glioblastoma Recurrence Monitoring
• 3 May 2024: İzmir University of Economics, 9th Workshop of Association for Turkish Women in Maths, İzmir, Türkiye
  Talk: A Fractional Mathematical Model for Macroscopic Dynamics of Glioblastoma Growth
• 23 Feb 2024: Hacettepe University, Department of Mathematics, Graduate Seminars III, Ankara, Türkiye
  Talk: Examining Glioblastoma Dynamics Through a Fractional Mathematical Modeling Perspective
• 3 Oct 2023: National Cancer Institute, Departmental Seminar, MD, USA
  Talk: Tracking Glioblastoma Recurrence: A Novel Prognostic Mathematical Model Approach
• 31 Mar 2023: University of Maryland, Monroe Martin Talks, MD, USA
  Talk: Time-Fractional Order Modeling of Brain Tumor Dynamics
• 27 Jun 2018: Yasar University, İzmir Mathematics Days I, İzmir, Türkiye
  Talk: Bäcklund Transformations of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

PAPERS

• Kar, N. (2025). A comparative study of hypofractionated and standard fractionated radiotherapy in glioblastoma with two different growth patterns. In preparation.
• Kar, N., Özalp, N. (2024). A fractional mathematical model approach on glioblastoma growth: tumor visibility timing and patient survival. Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications, 4(1), 66-85.
• Kar, N. (2023). Time-fractional quenching problem: Blow-up of $D_t^{\alpha} u$ at the quenching point. arXiv:2306.07508 [math.AP]

SERVICE & SCIENCE OUTREACH

• Mentor | Directed Reading Program Türkiye (2025)
• Organizer | Mathematical Modeling Symposium (2025)
• Coordinator | Young Mathematicians Research Symposia Platform (2024 – present)
• Founder | I initiated and led the founding of the Young Mathematicians Research Symposia Platform in Türkiye with the support of Prof. Aslı Pekcan Yıldız from Hacettepe University.
• Mentor | Directed Reading Program Türkiye (2024)

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