Fulya Akçimen, PhD,MSc
Area of Focus
- Neurogenetics
Biography
Fulya is a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging. She earned her undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Izmir Institute of Technology and completed her master’s in the same field at Bogazici University. She received her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from McGill University, working in the neurogenetics laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Guy Rouleau. Her current research focuses on the genetics of dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and related movement disorders.