Research Assistant Nergis Aşar completed her bachelor's degree in landscape architecture at ITU. While she was continuing her higher education in the field with a master's degree, she started her design practice through taking part in design competitions.
Since 2020, she has been a Research Assistant in the Department of Landscape Architecture at ITU assisting design studios, conducting research, being part national and international events such as workshops. Alongside her academic career, she has been continuing her design practice through competitions at different scales. Accordingly, Nergis, along with the design teams she was a part of, won numerous awards for the designs they developed for national and international design competitions. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture at ITU. Her doctoral research explores the intersection of human-computer interaction and landscape architecture, focusing on public space’s potential for informal learning.