Ayca Bal Ozturk is an Associate Professor at Istinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy. She also holds a faculty appointment at Istinye University Research and Application Center for Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering (ISUKOK). She received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul University. Awarded with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in 2016, she joined Harvard Medical School as a postdoctoral research fellow. Ayca Bal Ozturk received the Young Scientist Award (BAGEP 2023) from Turkish Science Academy in 2023. She is an expert in the field of biomaterials, nanomaterials, tissue engineering, and 3D-bioprinting. She is the co-founder of AdBioInk Biosystem Technology Corp., established in TUBITAK Marmara Technopark.