Nilüfer Polat

Nilüfer Polat is a seasoned data scientist currently working at Meta since September 2025, following a managerial role in data science and analytics at Thirty Madison from February 2023 to September 2025. Prior experience includes significant data science positions at BuzzFeed between January 2020 and January 2023, and at FanDuel from September 2017 to December 2019. Nilüfer also contributed to academia as a visiting academic at the NYU Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science from February 2016 to August 2017. Early career roles include data scientist positions at Metis and Capsys Corp., and engineering roles at Alphapointe and New York University. Nilüfer holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from New York University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Geomatics Engineering from Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi.