Sevilay Demirkesen earned, from the Istanbul Technical University, a BS in Civil Engineering (2010) and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the Bogazici University (2016). Upon graduation of Bogazici University, she worked as a post-doctoral scholar at University of California, Berkeley between years 2016 and 2018.  She is now an Associate Professor of Construction Management in Civil Engineering Department of Gebze Technical University. Her work in Construction Management has resulted in several publications. Her research interests include lean construction, construction health and safety, risk management, project management performance, disaster management and sustainability, and building information modeling.