Elif Kabakci obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Eskişehir Technical University in Materials Science and Engineering. Elif conducted her master’s thesis research on microstructure design and thermal-conductivity reduction of polyurethane foam, within an industry–thesis cooperation programme supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). She then started her PhD at Gebze Technical University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. During her PhD, she also worked on a TUBITAK-supported project investigating planar and microtubular solid oxide fuel cells with a double-layer electrolyte. In July 2021, she defended her PhD on the elimination of pyroplastic deformation in bone china ceramic bodies. She joined the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) in September 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher with a TUBITAK scholarship. Her activities at IREC focused on the 3D printing of monolithic ceramics in different geometries to increase their catalytic conversion efficiency.
