Elvan received her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University, Turkey where she graduated with high honours. She completed a MSc. degree in Management Science from London School of Economics, then a PhD in Operations Research at the University of Warwick Business School. Her PhD thesis focused on decision-making problems under uncertainty in various healthcare settings.
Following her PhD she was a Post-doctoral Research Associate in ‘Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing’ programme. In University of Warwick, where she also taught in MSc. in Healthcare Operations Management. Between 2030-2024 she was a lecturer in Information, Decisions and Operations group in School of Management, University of Bath.