Modifica di Author:Kemal Sitki Türker (sezione)

== ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND AWARDS ==

* Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye, awarded in June 1973.
* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Institute of Physiology, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, awarded in November 1978.
* Research Associate, Research Officer, Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow and finally Associate Professor:  At various research positions I have worked continuously from 1983 to 2007 at the Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
* Doçent in Physiology (a formal qualification awarded to academics in the European University System after several years of teaching and research experience and further formal examinations and thesis presentation, equivalent to Associate Professor), awarded by the Turkish Universities Commission, April 1984.
* Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Honorary Academic appointment in recognition for the research support to the staff and students of the School of Physiotherapy, University of South Australia (1997-2002).
* Visiting Professor (four visits each lasting for about six weeks during 1998-2001) at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
* Visiting Professor (September – October 2002) Centre for Oral Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.  
* Visiting Professor (September – October 2004) National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) of France, Marseilles, France.
* Promotion to Associate Professor (Level D) by University of Adelaide (1 January 2006).
* Promotion to Professor (Marie Curie Chair of the European Union): Appointment to the Marie Curie Chair by the European Union Brain Gain initiative at the Centre for Brain Research at the Ege University, Izmir, Turkey (2007 to 2010).
* Visiting Professor (July – September 2008) Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
* Visiting Professor (June – July 2009) Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 
* Visiting Professor (July – August 2010; June – July 2014) Sensory Motor Integration (SMI) Lab, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
* Professor of Physiology: Koç University School of Medicine (from: 1 March 2011)
* Elected as a full member of the Science Academy (Turkey) (4 December 2012)
* Served at the executive board of the Science Academy (Turkey) (2014 - 2017)