Hülya Akgün
Professor
Yeditepe University
Turkey
Biography
Dr. Akgün obtained a doctorate (Ph.D) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara/Turkey. She visited Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, as post-doctoral researcher, and, Department of Chemistry in Faculty of Science and Art, University of Florida, as visiting professor, both in the USA. She worked at Hacettepe University, in Ankara. Since 2004 she has been a full time professor in Faculty of Pharmacy, Yeditepe University, Istanbul. Currently, Dr. Akgün is also an adjunct professor in Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, in Cyprus. She has published more than 68 scientific publications and conference proceedings. Dr. Akgün has been an editor of Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry,( CTMC) since 2001, published by Bentham Science Publishers.
Research Interest
Anticancer drugs, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry.