• Honorary Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences
• Professional Member of the American Academy of Neuropsychology
• Liaison Member of the American Psychological Association
• Member of the World Innovation Foundation
• Senior Scientist at Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
• Senior Scientist at Mevlana University, Konya, Turkey

Education

• 1945-1950: Primary School, Vezirkopru, Samsun, Turkey
• 1950-1954: Middle School and Lyceum, Osmancik and Corum, Turkey
• 1954-1956: High school, Izmir, Turkey
• 1956-1960: Egean University, Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
• 1960-1966: Goettingen University, Medical School, Germany
• 1960-1966: Ph.D. Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, Goettingen, Germany

Academic activities

• 1966-1967: Ass. Prof., Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, Goettingen, Germany
• 1967-1969: Ass. Prof. Institute of Physiology, Goettingen University, Germany
• 1969-1973: Lecturer, Institute of Physiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
• 1973-1977: Assoc. Professor for Physiology, Medical Schools of Hacettepe (Ankara) and Ataturk (Erzurum) Universities, Turkey
• 1977-1999: Professor of Physiology, Ataturk University, Medical School, Erzurum, Turkey
• 1973-1999: Head of the Department of Physiology, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
• 1999-2002: Head of the Department of Physiology, Medical School, BlackSea Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
• 2002-2004: Head of the Department of Neurophysiology Unit, Adana, Turkey
• 2016-2016: Medical School, Mevlana University, Konya, Turkey
• 2004-present: Senior scientist, Medical School, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey

Editorial Activities

• 2002-2009: Editor, International Journal of Neuroscience, USA
• 2002-2008: Editorial board, Perceptual and Motor Skills, USA
• 2002-present: Editor for Neurophysiology section in the Journal of Neuroquantology, Turkey
• 2008-present: Editorial Board in the Journal of Neuroquantology, Izmir, Turkey
• 2011: Editorial Board in “International Journal of Basic and Clinical Research”
• 1980-present: Reviewer for various international and national scientific periodicals

Awards

• 1973: Science Award for young scientists, Turkish Scientific and Technical Council
• 1986: Science Award, Turkish Scientific and Technical Council, Ankara, Turkey
• 1975: Eczacibasi Medical Award, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1980: Dorothea Morton First Prize for Neurological Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1988: Sedat Simavi Medical Award, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1985: Ph. D., Honoris Causa in education, USA
• 1986: Einstein Medals for science and peace, USA
• 1987: Medal of Honour, USA
• 1991: Nobel Medals for Science and Peace, Albert Einstein Foundation, USA
• 1992: Golden Academy Award for Lifelong Achievement, USA
• 1998: Gold Record for Brain Research, American Biographical Institute, USA

Professional societies

• Turkish Academy of Sciences
• American National Academy of Neuropsychology
• New York Academy of Sciences
• International Brain Research Organization
• European Neuroscience Association
• Society for Psychophysiological Research
• National Societies for EEG, EMG, and Neurology
• American Psychological Association
• World Innovation Foundation

Scientific studies

• Physiology and pharmacology of the spinal and cerebral motor systems
• Epilepsy
• Mechanisms of the effects of the antidepressant drugs
• Microelectrode studies of the pyramidal neurons in cats
• Asymmetric brain in mice, rats, cats, and humans
• Primitive reflexes in human neonates
• Sex differences in cerebral lateralization and cognition
• Hand preference and hand skill in relation to sex hormones
• Intelligence (sex differences, hormonal relations)
• Finger-length patterns and sex differences to sex hormones
• Uner Tan Syndrome (habitual quadrupedalism + impaired cognition + cerebellovermial hypoplasia)