Miray Çelikbilek Ersundu is a Professor at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Yildiz Technical University. She received her BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. degrees from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, in 2008, 2009, and 2013, respectively. In 2022, she was deemed worthy of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) Outstanding Young Scientist (GEBİP) award and became a member of the TÜBA Young Academy.