She graduated from Ege University Department of Horticulture Faculty of Agriculture in 2000. She received her M.Sc. in 2002 and Ph.D. in 2011 from Ege University Department of Horticulture. She worked at Ege University Department of Horticulture Faculty of Agriculture as research assistant between the years 2006-2010. She has been working as a reseacher at Aegean Agricultural Research Institute since 2010. Her researches mainly on cultivation and conservation of mushroom genetic resources. Besides, she has been involved to research projects related to conservation of plant genetic resources material by using ex-situ conservation methods such as in vitro and cryopreservation.