Tayfun Özçelik#
| Membership Number: | 7515 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | TURKEY |
| Homepage(s): | https://mbg.bilkent.edu.tr/tayfun-ozcelik/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5937-1082 |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=caoEC44AAAAJ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 Chair, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University
- 2012 - 2025 Dean, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University
- 2004 Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University
- 1998 - 2000 Deputy Director, BilGen, Bilkent University
- 1995 - 2004 Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University
- 1992 - 1995 Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics (DETAM), İstanbul University
- 1992 - 1995 Assistant Professor; Vice-Director, DETAM, İstanbul University
- 1989 - 1992 Associate, HHMI, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA
- 1987 - 1989 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- 1986 - 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology Institute, Ludwig-Maximillian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Human genetics
- Disease-gene discovery (rare disorders)
- Immunogenetics and inborn errors of immunity
- Consanguinity-informed study designs
- Population genetics and variome resources
- Variant interpretation and effect prediction
- Genomic medicine / translational genomics
- Circadian genetics and sleep/behavioral phenotypes
- Computational genomics
- Cardiometabolic genetics
Honours and Awards
- 2023 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) – Thought Leader (recognition)
- 2015 GATA Science Award (Turkey)
- 2012 TÜBİTAK Science Award (Turkey)
- 2009 Elected Principal Member, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
- 2006 Bayındır Science Prize (Turkey)
- 1996 TÜBİTAK Science Young Investigator Award (Turkey)
