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Filiz Yesilkoy

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BME/CHEM/MEDPHYS 750
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
One of the best professors I have seen. She puts effort making files, her assignments are fair, and her presentations are very organized. Her expectations are fair, and she makes sure her explanation is clear. Her presence is one of the nicest things I have seen in UW Madison. I wish there were more people like her in academia.
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Classes with Filiz Yesilkoy

BME 399

Independent Study

1–3 credits

BME 399 offers directed study projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

Peter AdamczykAmit Nimunkar+68 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
BME 799

Advanced Independent Study

1–5 credits

BME 799 is an advanced independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Peter AdamczykAmit Nimunkar+78 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sample
BME/MEDPHYS/PHMCOL-M/PHYSICS/RADIOL 619

Microscopy of Life

3 credits

Survey of state-of-the-art microscopic, cellular, and molecular imaging techniques from subcellular to whole animal scales

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.85 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Filiz YesilkoyVaishakh Unnikrishnan

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026BME 399Independent Study
Fall 2026BME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2026BME 799Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026BME 890Pre-dissertation Research
Fall 2026BME 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2026BME/MEDPHYS/PHMCOL-M/PHYSICS/RADIOL 619Microscopy of Life
Fall 2026ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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