Ilayda Ates is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Bayer and has a background in bioengineering and applied sciences. Prior experiences include serving as a Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at Clemson University Bioengineering and Clemson University College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, respectively. Additionally, Ilayda held the position of Lead Product Developer at Diamega Biotechnology and completed a research internship at Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG).