Meryem Hatip is a research assistant at the National Nanotechnology Research Center at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. She received her MS in 2016 and BS in 2013 from Bilkent University. Her research interests include peptide chemistry, biomimetic materials, nanocatalysts, and nanomaterials. She has participated in research projects under the supervision of several professors at Bilkent University in fields related to nanomechanical characterization, biomimetic materials, polymer chemistry, and supramolecular chemistry. She has published one paper and has another in preparation. Her skills include techniques such as NMR, UV-Vis, IR spectroscopy, HPLC, LC-MS, CD spectroscopy, AFM, and solid