Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Denver. Born and raised in Adana, Turkey, the city famous for its kebabs. Ece obtained her M.D. in 2013 and subsequently a Ph.D. in Neurosciences in 2017 from Ankara University, Turkey, and spent one year at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas. Then two years at University of California San Diego for a postdoctoral fellowship, and then three years as a Project Scientist at University of California San Diego. Ece is committed to research, education and outreach to advance the field of neurodegenerative Parkinsonian diseases, to raise awareness and to support the community. Her current research is focused on sex, gender, ethnic and racial differences in neurodegenerative Parkinsonian diseases.