(Eskişehir, Türkiye)
ElifULUBEK
A young person who asks questions in the lab, listens in the clinic, teaches in the classroom and writes poems in her notebook — a researcher.
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Science, art& kindness
About
I'm a high school student in Eskişehir, working as a remote research assistant at ITU, Brown University, and MACC Lab, and completing clinical internships at Acıbadem Hospital. Through Words Beyond Boundaries, which I founded, I teach English to refugee children, and in my free time I write poetry and comics.
My curiosity for biology, neuroscience and clinical research carried me to laboratory doors, hospital corridors and international conference halls at a very young age. Turning every concept I learn in class into a real question has always been the most exciting part for me.
My full story→
↑ a moment from a WBB workshop
4.00
GPA
5
Research Projects
Bronze
Youth Award
500+
Volunteers
and counting!
my
Work Areas
One curiosity growing in four different soils. Each work area has its own lab, its own people and its own questions.
See All Areas№ 01
Academic Research
Research assistantships on cancer, memory, and traumatic brain injury at ITU, MACC Lab, and Brown University — the latter accepted to NeurIPS.
№ 02
Clinical Experience
Internships and volunteer patient care at Acıbadem Hospital's Oncology and Nuclear Medicine units, and Odunpazarı Alzheimer Center.
№ 03
Social Entrepreneurship
Founder of Words Beyond Boundaries, teaching English to refugee and rural children through a program reaching 500+ volunteers.
№ 04
Leadership & Creativity
Delegate and chair at Model UN conferences; co-founder of a ~600-reader comic magazine and a published poet.
Catch the journey
Milestones
The last two years
2024
→ 2026
2024(01)
UAV Commercial Pilot Certificate
TRONİK
2025(02)
Kadir Has Winter School
Neuroscience & Math
2025(03)
Veritas AI Bootcamp
AI Scholars
2025(04)
Bronze Award
International Youth Award
2026(05)
IYRC & NeurIPS
The Neuro-Sync Patch
Psst! Thinking about a research, art or volunteering collaboration?
Write to MeRefugee · Rural · Children
Words have
no borders.
Words Beyond Boundaries, which I founded in 2025, teaches English to children from low-income areas or who have experienced trauma. We visit NGO centers and combine technology and play in ways that go beyond the typical classroom.
500+
Volunteers
4
Cities
2025
Founded
Istanbul · Kütahya · Ankara · Hatay
Words Beyond Boundaries
Peer-to-peer English
designed
with love!
from the workshop
Digital Scrapbook
Words Beyond Boundaries is a youth-led social initiative dedicated to empowering children and teenagers to reach their full potential. We promote educational equity, language learning and mental health awareness through creative, inclusive and peer-led programs.
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Our Projects
№ 01
Peer-to-peer English
English lessons at NGO centers, enriched with technology and play.
№ 02
Art workshop
Creative expression workshops where words meet drawings.
№ 03
Mental health & well-being
Workshops that build confidence and resilience in young people.
№ 04
Hospital fundraising
Fundraising campaigns for local hospitals.
Turkish Red Crescent · Eskişehir · 2021 – 2023
as a volunteer
Kindnessin the field
Reaching people matters to me as much as science does. My journey began in 2021 as a student volunteer leader at the Turkish Red Crescent Eskişehir Branch — from donation drives and awareness events to field duty after the February 6 earthquakes.
06–25.02
2023 earthquake field duty
11
Provinces affected
2021–23
Student volunteer leader
2
Official duty letters
Volunteer Logbook
2021
First step
Joined the Turkish Red Crescent Eskişehir Branch as a student volunteer leader, taking part in community outreach and humanitarian aid programmes.
2021 – 2023
Donations & awareness
Helped organize local donation drives and awareness campaigns.
06.02.2023
Kahramanmaraş earthquakes
After the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that affected 11 provinces, she took on active field duties between 06.02.2023 and 25.02.2023 and fulfilled them successfully.
Ongoing
Social responsibility projects
Created social responsibility projects and took an active role in them.
15.02.2024
Official recognition
The Turkish Red Crescent Eskişehir Branch documented her earthquake duty and social responsibility work in two separate official letters.
official
letter
click to enlarge the letters
Personal ID details have been hidden for privacy.
Elif's Archive
Documented achievement
The Archive of Curiosity
From Kadir Has to Polygence, from the Conrad Challenge to the International Youth Award — every certificate is a pressed specimen in this herbarium.
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Science taught me to ask, art taught me to see. Combining the two is where real ideas come from.
Elif Ulubek