Dr. Akcalı has clinical experience in periodontology and implantology with a particular emphasis on soft tissue regeneration. Besides, she has solid experience in the field of biomedical research and host defense mechanism. She has been actively publishing her scientific work and presenting her research findings in scientific dental meetings where she also received numerous prizes- ‘Senior Robert Frank Award-Clinical Research’ at the CED-IADR/NOF meeting, in 2015, IADR CED Travel Stipend (2011, 2014), TUBITAK Travel Award (2012, 2022), IADR Visiting Scholar Stipend (2012), Osteology Education Grand (2015, 2016), CED-IADR Senior Robert Frank Award Clinical Research 1^st prize (2015), IADR Unilever Hatton Award 1^st prize (2016).

Current Position as:

Head of Periodontology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir
Head of Dental Biomaterials Department, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University
Hon. Lecturer, Centre for Oral Clinical Research, Queen Mary University of London
Dean of Faculty of Dentistry, Dokuz Eylul University, 35340, İzmir

Academic & Professional Appointments

2016 – Present   Honorary Lecturer, Centre for Oral Clinical Research, Queen Mary University London, London
2020                            Approbation als Zahnärztin (Arnsberg, Germany)
2017 – 2018           Senior Physician, University Witten/Herdecke gGmbH, Witten
2017                              Qualified as an Associate Professor in Periodontology, Türkiye
2014 – 2015           Research Fellow, ITI Scholar, Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, London
2013                              Postdoctoral Fellow, Oral Microbiology and Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich
2012                              Specialty in Periodontology, Ege University, İzmir
2012                              Doctorate in Periodontology (Ph.D.), Ege University, İzmir
2006                            Licentiate in Dentistry (DDS, Ege University, İzmir)