Biography

Irmak Baran was born in Ankara, Turkey. She attended TED Ankara College High School. After that she studied at Gazi Univercity Medical School. After graduating as MD, she trained as a Medical Microbiologist in Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital. She is currently working as an Associate Professor in the same hospital. She has published research articles in many SCI journals. Her research interests are antimicrobial resistance, MALDI-TOF and molecular bacteriology. She knows English, French and Turkish. She is a proud cat mom and avid choir soprano in her free time.