June 11, 2026 | By by Malavika Jagannathan, University Marketing & Communications
Photos credits: Mark Stone and provided by Gizem Gökçe-Alpkılıç
Equipped with her molecular engineering doctorate, recent grad Gizem Gökçe-Alpkılıç is using AI-powered tools to create proteins and solve global challenges, like drug-resistant infection.
As a young child, Gizem Gökçe-Alpkılıç asked her parents for a microscope to allow her to dissect the world around her. She’s still looking at life’s smallest parts today at the UW’s Institute for Protein Design (IPD) — just with a few more sophisticated tools at her disposal. Read More