İlke GUROL received her BSc at Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Faculty of Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. She is currently working as an associate professor at TUBİTAK Marmara Research Center in Turkey. Her researches are mainly based on synthesis and characterization of stable macrocyclic ligands (e.g. phthalocyanines, Schiff base’s, porphyrines), Metal Organic Framework (MOF), Coordination Polymers (COP), Nanomaterials the synthesis of their alkaline and transition metal complexes and the investigation of their liquid crystal, semiconductor, photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer and chemical sensors (SAW, IDT, QCM) and biosensors(immunoassay and peptits) applications. She is and has been involved in national and international several research projects. She has published 60 papers, four book chapter.