Nilufer Onder received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees both in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. After getting her B.Sc. she worked at the Computer Center of METU as a Systems Programmer. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999. At the same year she began her current position as Assistant Professor of Computer Science. She lives in Laurium with her husband and two children.