Esra Baydar

Esra Baydar worked on a project related to the modification of polyelectrolytes to obtain polyampholytes using carbodiimide chemistry to earn her master’s degree in chemistry from Boğaziçi University. She also investigated the complexation between polyampholytes and enzymes from a physico-chemical perspective. Currently, her research focuses on designing light-responsive coacervates as artificial organelles to control biomolecule distribution and biochemical reactions within synthetic cells. Her work aims to regulate coacervate organization, enable switchable enzyme reactions, and integrate these systems into vesicles to mimic cellular compartmentalization and communication.