Buket Baddal graduated with a BSc degree in Medical Microbiology from University of Surrey in United Kingdom in 2008. Later in 2009, she obtained her MSc degree in Clinical Microbiology from Queen Mary, University of London. Between 2009-2011, she worked as part of the core team in Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Unit at Public Health England. In 2011, Dr. Baddal was awarded the Marie Curie fellowship and started her PhD in Infectious Diseases, working on a collaborative project between University of Rome and Novartis Vaccines in Italy. Her PhD research focused on respiratory tract infections, transcriptomics and vaccine development. After completion of her PhD in 2015, she joined Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts for her post-doctoral studies, where she investigated molecular basis of streptococcal infections, mainly focusing on pore-forming toxins and their role in pathogenesis. In 2017, Dr. Baddal was awarded the ‘Young Investigator Award’ in United States for her work on streptococcal pathogenesis. In 2017-2018, she was appointed as the Project Lead at Emulate Inc., a Harvard University spin-off, where she worked on Organs-on-Chip technology for advancing drug discovery. Dr. Baddal is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine at Near East University.