Zeynep Madak Erdogan

Zeynep Madak Erdogan is a prominent academic and researcher currently serving as the Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer, Associate Dean of the Graduate College, and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since August 2014. Additionally, Zeynep holds the position of Associate Director of Cancer Research and Training Coordination at the Cancer Center at Illinois and is a Program Leader. Zeynep is actively involved in editorial roles, including serving as Editor In Chief of the Journal of Endocrine Society and as a Board of Reviewing Editors for Science Magazine. Previous roles include Health Innovation Professor at Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Co-editor in chief for Elsevier's Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Science. Zeynep earned a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bilkent University, with additional research experience at prestigious institutions such as UCSF and Caltech.