Defne C.

Defne C. is a data analytics undergraduate at The Ohio State University, currently engaged as a Research Intern at Nationwide Children's Hospital, analyzing tumor methylation quantitative trait loci in pediatric cancer patients. Defne also serves as a Computational Biology Summer Program Intern at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, focusing on predicting RNA-binding protein localization. Defne's experience includes participation in the Buckeye Leadership Fellows Program, where leadership skills are honed through real-world challenges. Previous internships involved work on various research projects, including histone modification quantitative trait loci and the classification of pathogenic copy number variants, demonstrating a commitment to advancing knowledge in the field of computational biology and data science.