Gulgun Cakmak Arslan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Duzce University, Turkey. She completed her Master's and PhD studies in the Molecular Biophysics Laboratory at the Middle East technical University. She published more than 20 papers, receiving more than 750 citations, related the use of various spectroscopic techniques including FTIR spectroscopy in the biological and medical materials. In recent years, she studies on the investigations of the effects of ionizing radiation and different toxic/antioxidant substances on biological tissues and membranes, oxidative stability of edible oils under storage and cooking conditions, protein structure, function and stability.