Biochemistry & Metabolomics

Biography

Perihan Caglar received her B.S. and M.S. (combined degree ) in Chemical Engineering in 1973 from Chemical Engineering Department at Hacettepe University in Ankara-Turkey. She received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Chemistry Department at Hacettepe University in 1980. She is currently a professor of analytical chemistry in the same department. Dr.Caglar was awarded by “TUBITAK and British Council Fellowship” at University of Machester DIAS for 4 months in1987, “Fulbright Fellowship” at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry in Troy, NY for a year in 1990, and “Visiting Professorship” at University of Virginia,Department of Chemistry in Charlottesville, VA for a year in 2001-2002. She has completed various national and international research projects such as , “NATO “, “British Council Academic Link”, and “UNDP” Projects. She has organized the 3rd MBCAC in June-2000, in Antalya Turkey. Her current research interests are design, development and application of fiber-optic chemical sensors and biosensors, novel sensors based on capillary electrophoretic microchip systems using fiber optics.She has over 70 papers /scientific communications published in refereed journals.

Research Interest

Electrochemical Biosensors, Clinical and Design-Development, Atomic Spectroscopy Fiber-Optic Chemical Sensors