Ayşe Soysal

Ayşe Soysal (born June 24, 1948 ) is a Turkish mathematician. She was the president of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul during 2004 to 2008.

Life and career Born in 1948, she received her high school diploma in 1967 from the American College for Girls in Istanbul. She received her B.Sc. with high honors in Mathematics and Physics from Boğaziçi University (formerly Robert College) in 1971.

Soysal pursued further education in the United States, where she received a M.Sc. (1973) and Ph.D. (1976) in mathematics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Soysal was appointed as the president of Boğaziçi University in 2004, and was the first woman who occupied the office. She served as president until August 2008.