BAHADIR DÖNMEZ

Bahadır Dönmez is a master’s student at ETH Zürich in Switzerland where he is pursuing a degree in Quantum Engineering.

Born in Erzincan, an eastern province of Türkiye, Bahadır Dönmez began to show an interest in building things at age 4. As a kid he was attracted to Lego bricks, magnets and toy train engines. His childhood curiosity has evolved into a passion for engineering and science as he started to learn physics and math in school.

In 2014 he graduated from Istanbul Erkek Lisesi, which is a German International School and one of the oldest high schools of Türkiye. After acquiring his Abitur Diploma, he was admitted to the Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Later, he extended his studies for an additional year to get a second bachelor’s degree in Physics.

The combination of his strong desire to advance technology to help humanity and insatiable hunger for understanding how the universe works led him to choose a field of study that incorporates both engineering and physics. After leaving Istanbul, he headed to ETH Zurich in Switzerland to pursue a master’s degree in Quantum Engineering.