Erin Zeynep Basol

Erin Zeynep Başol is a researcher with both academic and clinical experience in psychology. After graduating at the top of her class from Bilkent University’s Department of Psychology, she completed her master’s degree in Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at University College London and Yale University. At Yale, she worked in research teams focusing on trauma, depression, personality disorders, and ketamine treatment. During this time, she studied the social and cognitive effects of trauma, collecting data through brain imaging (fMRI) and behavioral measures. Throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies, she conducted play-based research with children, taught in the field of special education, and gained experience in clinical settings such as psychiatric hospitals. Her research centers on trauma, personality disorders, childhood experiences, and the effects of psychopathology on social functioning. She has presented at numerous scientific conferences both in Turkey and abroad, and her work has been published in prestigious journals such as Biological Psychiatry. Committed to making psychological knowledge accessible to a wider audience, Zeynep continues to create and share her work.