Prof. Bahar Güntekin
İstanbul Medipol University
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 21st, 12:30 pm
Zoom Meeting ID: 982 9900 6671 (Passcode: 896970)
https://zoom.us/j/98299006671?pwd=YkNDMk5BUm1SK2RWVHJpN1Roc01ydz09
About the Speaker: Prof. Bahar Güntekin completed her Ph.D. degree in Biophysics at Dokuz Eylül University in 2006. She worked as the vice director of Istanbul Kültür University Brain Dynamics Research Center between 2006 and 2016. She was appointed Professor of Biophysics in 2016 at the Istanbul Medipol University School of Medicine. Her research area mainly focuses on analyzing cognitive functions using EEG-Event Related Brain Oscillations in healthy controls and patients with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. She serves as the vice chair of ISTAART Electrophysiology Professional Interest Area of Alzheimer’s Association and is elected chair for 2023-2025. She served as the advisory board member of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Health Sciences Research Group between 2019 and 2022. She is an Editorial Board member of Scientific journals like Scientific Reports, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Aging Brain, and others. She was awarded Outstanding Young Scientist by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) in 2015 and Research Incentive Award by METU Parlar Foundation in 2016.