Burak Avcı is an assistant professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is a microbial ecologist interested in diversity and evolution of environmental microorganisms. His main research focuses on archaeal cell biology. He is using in situ hybridization and advanced microscopy techniques to reveal the architecture of archaeal cells and to understand the evolution of subcellular complexity.
Burak grew up in Turkey and studied Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics at Istanbul Technical University. He then moved to Germany and got his MSc. and PhD degrees at Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology. Afterwards, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar in Aarhus University in Denmark and Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
Burak is passionate about science communication and education. He writes articles in popular science magazines and gives public outreach talks to explain the beauty of science to younger generations.
Personal website: www.burakavci.net
Twitter: @burakawci
Bluesky: @bavci.bsky.social
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