Behice Durgun was graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology in 1980, then she became research assistant at the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University. She received her MSc degree in 1985 and PhD degree in 1988 from the same department. In 1989, she was attended as assistant professor at Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University. She continued her postdoctorate study (the effects of mercaptoethanol-formaldehyde on tissue fixation and protein retention) as a visiting scientist and project manager in Department of Pathology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK, in 1991. She received his associate professor title in 1995. She has been working in the same department as a professor since 2001. For biomechanical studies, she visited German Sport University Cologne (Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln), in 2002. She has been teaching students in medicine, dentristy, pharmacy, physical education and in engineering. Her research interests include; plastination, the effects of rapid fixation on macroscopic and molecular structures, anatomy, neuroanatomy, sports sciences, anthropometric and biomechanical modeling, safety and health at work, ergonomics and the design of high automation system. automation systems. She has published more than 125 papers, most of them in peer-reviewed journals. Many of these journals are in SCI-Expanded publication list. She has five published books about anatomy, sports sciences and ergonomics, and many sections on 20 translated books. She is served as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer of several reputed journals. She is a member of Turkish Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy, Turkish Society of Sports Sciences, Turkish Society of Ergonomics, Turkish Association of Development of Medical Education, Turkish Brain Research Organization, International Brain Research Organization, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) and New York Academy of Sciences. She attended in many national and international congress and conferences relating anatomy, biomechanics, rheumatology, orthopedics, material sciences, human resource development, ergonomics and system engineering as honorary invited, plenary or key speaker. She has seven national and twelve international awards. She was also awarded  “2016 Biotechnology Award” by Global Pharma and Healthcare,  “Healthcare & Life Sciences Awards 2017”  by Corporate LiveWire, and “2018 Biotechnology Awards, Basic Medicine Professor of the Year” by AI Global Media and Global Pharma and Healthcare. She has a son.

Behice Durgun, BSc, MSc, PhD

Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine,

Çukurova University,01330, Adana, Turkey