Sevtap Arıkan Akdağlı

She graduated from TED Ankara College and the English-language Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her specialty training in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. She continued her work as a specialist in the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at the same university. She was awarded the title of associate professor in 1998 and professor in 2004.

In 1997-1998, she spent 9 months at the University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA, conducting research on the pharmacokinetic, clinical, and in vitro properties of antifungal drugs developed for the treatment of invasive mycoses, and on antifungal susceptibility testing. In 2000, she received the "Hacettepe University 1998-1999 Academic Year Science Incentive Award," and in 2005, the "TÜBİTAK Science Incentive Award."

Dr. Arıkan Akdağlı has served as Head of the Mycology Laboratory in the Department of Medical Microbiology at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine since 1996. Her primary areas of interest and work are the diagnosis of invasive mycoses, antifungal drugs, and antifungal susceptibility testing.