Research support
Funding
American Heart Association
Innovative Project Award, 2026
Project Title: Wireless Magnetic Hydrogel Cuff to Modulate In Ovo Mechanical Forces During Early Embryonic Vascular Development
Budget: $100,000
European Innovation Council
EIC Transition, 2024
Project Title: Heartwise: Artificial Right-Heart without External Power from Bench-to-Bedside
Budget: €2.5 Million
European Research Council
ERC Proof of Concept, 2020
Project Title: BloodTurbine: Fully implantable patient-specific Artificial Hearts without External Power
European Research Council
ERC Proof of Concept, 2014
Project Title: KidsSurgicalPlan: An Internet Enterprise for Sketch-based Cardiovascular Pre-surgical Planning
European Molecular Biology Organization
EMBO Installation Grant, 2013
Project Name: Multi-scale cardiovascular biology aided computational biomechanics in embryonic development
European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant, 2010
Project Title: VASCULARGROWTH: Bioengineering prediction of three-dimensional vascular growth and remodeling in embryonic great-vessel development
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)
Project Title: Preoperative Computer-Aided Biomechanical Planning and Patch/Conduit Design for Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiovascular Surgery
American Heart Association
Project Title: Bioengineering Analysis of Embryonic Hypolastic Aortic Arch During the Period of Arterial Morphogenesis (with top score)
National Science Foundation
Project Title: Internal Biofluid Dynamics in Embryonic Cardiovascular Development, Morphomechanics and Comparative Ontogeny