The three most innovative Turkish women of 2015

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Technology Review magazine has included three Turkish women in its "35 Innovators Under 35" list this year. The list includes 35 inspiring inventors, entrepreneurs, visionaries, humanitarians and pioneers from around the world. Meet Duygu Kayaman, Gözde Durmu? and Canan Da?deviren. Device to heal the brain by Canan Da?deviren

One of the nine names in the "inventors" section of the list is Canan Da?deviren, thanks to her ground-breaking work in medical technology. 

After her graduation from Sabanc? University in Istanbul in 2009, Da?deviren completed her PhD in materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with a Fulbright scholarship. Da?deviren is now a junior fellow at Harvard University's Society of Fellows (SoF) and a post-doctoral associate at MIT. 

Her innovations include a flexible sensor capable of measuring skin quality and a device that can replace cardiac pacemaker batteries.

Da?deviren's sensor is considered a big step in the early diagnosis of skin cancer. The device can be permanently implanted inside a person's body to harvest energy from the movements of organs and serve as a battery for cardiac pacemakers, which now need to be surgically replaced every five to eight years. 

"I'm very happy to be on this prestigious list and represent my beautiful country," she told daily Hürriyet in a recent interview. 

"It excited me to have the opportunity to meet young researchers working in different fields. It is a wonderful platform to meet people and collaborate on promising projects. It is good that success is being recognized and rewarded. I think such lists are vital to raise scientific awareness and...