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Koç school graduate awarded freshman first honor prize at Princeton
Koç school graduate Oguzhan Atay is awarded the freshman first honor prize at Princeton University in the United States
Koç school graduate Oguzhan Atay is awarded the freshman first honor prize at Princeton University
in the United States. This prize is awarded each year to a sophomore in
recognition of exceptional achievement during the freshman year.
Atay lives in Bafra/Samsun, Turkey. He graduated as valedictorian of
Koc Ozel Lisesi in Istanbul. Next month, he will receive the Shapiro
Prize for Academic Excellence for his freshman year.
Atay plans to pursue a concentration in molecular biology along with
certificates in quantitative and computational biology, biophysics and
applications of computing. He is conducting independent research in the
laboratory of Jacques Fresco, the Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the
Life Sciences.
This past summer, Atay was a member of the Istanbul team in the
International Genetically Engineered Machines synthetic biology
competition, in which participants use standard biological parts to
engineer biological systems. He lives in Wilson College.
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