Prof. Nihal Apaydin Ankara University, Turkey

Professor Nihal Apaydın is a clinical anatomist and neuroscientist with over two decades of experience in anatomy and neuroscience education. Her research focuses on neuroanatomy, peripheral nerve morphology, cognitive neuroscience, and fMRI-based human neuroimaging. She is the principal lead of the Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at the Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Center... read moreof Excellence (NÖROM), where she conducts interdisciplinary research integrating advanced neuroimaging techniques with clinical anatomy. She has held senior academic leadership and coordination roles, including Head of the Department of Neuroscience at Ankara University, Vice Director of the Ankara University Brain Research Center, member of the Executive Board of NÖROM, and English Medical Program Coordinator, overseeing curriculum delivery and academic coordination in English-taught medical education. She has been actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education since 2005 and has contributed to leading international anatomical reference works, including Gray’s Anatomy and the Latin edition of Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy. She is the Chief Editor of the journal Anatomy and actively contributes to national and international anatomical societies, and is currently serving as President of the European Association of Clinical Anatomy (EACA) for the 2025–2027 term.