--- title: Canan Dağdeviren slug: canan-dagdeviren-0b291 url: /detay/canan-dagdeviren-0b291 type: biography language: English entity: primary: Canan Dağdeviren type: biography categories: - name: Physics slug: fizik url: /kategori/fizik - name: Materials Science, Metallurgy And Ores slug: malzeme-bilimi-metalurji-ve-maden url: /kategori/malzeme-bilimi-metalurji-ve-maden tags: - Pride of Türkiye - Inventor who revolutionized the world - Pacemaker - Scientist - Canan Dağdeviren author: Ayşe Feyza Çelik created_at: 2025-12-01T13:23:42.406083+03:00 updated_at: 2025-12-01T13:23:42.406098+03:00 image: https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/02/23/5bE5VGvxmc9DK9liSYBGNThrry3IQeK8.jpeg --- # Canan Dağdeviren > Professor, MIT ## KURE Information Cards ### KURE Information Card: Canan Dağdeviren ![1000040913.jpg](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/02/23/KgXRPstLrs4oaaLjgMF4afmYqNs693Ey.jpeg) | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Doğum tarihi | 1985-05-04 | | Eş | Murat Mercan | | Babası | Cavit Dağdeviren | | Annesi | Mine Dağdeviren | ## Article Content [Canan](/en/detay/canan-3/llms.txt) Dağdeviren was born on 4 [May](/en/detay/mayis-748394/llms.txt) 1985 in Istanbul as the first daughter of Mine and Cavit Dağdeviren. Originally from Sivas, Dağdeviren moved to Kocaeli due to her family’s work and completed her primary and middle school education there. **Educational and Academic Career** In 2007, Dağdeviren graduated from the [Hacettepe University](/en/detay/hacettepe-universitesi-2/llms.txt) Department of Physics Engineering. In the same year, she began her master’s studies in Materials Science and Engineering at Sabancı University and graduated in 2009. After completing her master’s, she won the Fulbright scholarship, one of the most prestigious scholarship programs in the world, and moved to the United States of America. Dağdeviren began her doctoral studies in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois [at](/en/detay/at-3/llms.txt) Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), one of the [research](/en/detay/arastirma-751311/llms.txt)-focused universities of [USA](/en/detay/abd/llms.txt). During her doctoral studies, she conducted research on flexible and wearable electronic devices piezoelectric materials and energy harvesting [on](/en/detay/uzerine/llms.txt). She completed her PhD in 2014. Dağdeviren continued her postdoctoral academic career at Harvard University where she served as a Junior Fellow and became the first [Turkish](/en/detay/turk/llms.txt) [science](/en/detay/bilim-2/llms.txt) to be selected as a Junior Fellow at Harvard University. In 2017, she moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ([MIT](/en/detay/mit/llms.txt)) where she was appointed as the LG [Career](/en/detay/kariyer-748193/llms.txt) Development Professor in the field of Arts and Sciences. She currently leads her own research group, Conformable Decoders, at the MIT Media Lab. **Scientific Research and Inventions** Canan Dağdeviren’s research has been guided by health challenges experienced in [close](/en/detay/yakin-750943/llms.txt). Inspired by her grandfather who died due to [heart](/en/detay/kalp-749133/llms.txt) failure she developed a battery-free wearable heart chip. She has also worked on a device capable of detecting skin cancer. In recent years, she developed a bra-shaped wearable ultrasound device for the early detection of breast cancer, facilitating earlier diagnosis by enabling regular screening. Additionally, she has developed projects including mini neurologic systems that deliver local drug delivery within the [brain](/en/detay/beyin-3/llms.txt) and flexible piezoelectric devices capable of monitoring digestive system motility. **Awards and Achievements** Canan Dağdeviren has received numerous national and international awards for her work. - In 2014 she became the first Turk to be included in Forbes Magazine’s “30 Under 30 Scientists” list. - In 2015 she was named in MIT Technology Review’s “35 Under 35 Innovators” list. - In 2021 she was awarded the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). - In 2023 she was selected by the BBC as one of the “100 Women”. - She has won the Science & SciLifeLab Prize, known as the “Nobel for Young People”, in the field of medicine. To date she has published 25 [article](/en/detay/makale/llms.txt) holds four patents and has won more than 30 national and international awards. ## Academic Sources and References 8. 1. "Canan Dağdeviren Forbes'un listesinde." Sabancı Üniversitesi. https://fens.sabanciuniv.edu/tr 9. 2. "Canan Dağdeviren kimdir? Türk bilim insanı Canan Dağdeviren kaç yaşında, ne iş yapıyor?" NTV. https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/canan-dagdeviren-kimdir-turk-bilim-insani-canan-dagdeviren 10. 3. "Harvard Listesindeki Tek Türk Bilim İnsanı Dr. Canan Dağdeviren ERÜ'de." Erciyes Üniversitesi. https://www.erciyes.edu.tr/tr/detay/harvard-listesindeki-tek-turk-bilim-insani-dr-canan-dagdeviren-erude-konferans-verecek 11. 4. "Dünyada Çığır Açan Genç Mucit: Dr. Canan Dağdeviren." Business Diplomacy. https://businessdiplomacy.net/tr 12. 5. "Canan Dağdeviren'in Başarısı." Gazete Hacettepe. https://gazete.hacettepe.edu.tr/tr/haber/canan\_dagdevirenin\_basarisi-179 13. 6. "Canan Dağdeviren Hayatı ve Biyografisi." Haberler.com. https://www.haberler.com/canan-dagdeviren/biyografisi 14. 7. "Canan Dağdeviren kimdir? 2024 TÜSEB Aziz Sancar Bilim Ödülü Canan Dağdeviren'in oldu." CNN Türk.https://www.cnnturk.com/saglik/canan-dagdeviren-kimdir-2024-tuseb-aziz-sancar-bilim-odulu-canan-dagdevirenin-oldu