Ozlem has graduated from her Masters in Bioengineering from the University of Leuven in 2004. After her Masters, she continued to her PHD in the same Department. Her Masters and PhD thesis both dealt with predictive modelling and process control of bioresponses. During her PhD., she followed a second Masters in European Studies. After finalizing her PhD, in 2011, she worked for a consultancy company in managing EU R&D projects. Following that she worked for IMEC, a Research Institute in Nanoelectronics in Leuven, for about almost 8 years as a Funded Project Manager. Her specialisation was in smart nano-electronic components/systems and ICT. Subsequently she worked almost 2 years for European Commission’s Directorate General Research and Innovation as a Policy/Project Officer in nanotechnology. Currently she’s working as a Project Manager in the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) of the European Commission.