Ozlem Bozkurt-Girit is an assistant 
professor of biophysics at Aydın Ad-
nan Menderes University, Turkey. 
She studied biology at Middle East 
Technical University, Ankara, Tur-
key. During her Ph.D. studies, she 
has participated in a collaboration 
with Berlin Humboldt University, 
Germany and carried out research 
as a visiting researcher in Exercise 
Metabolism Research Laboratory of 
University of Birmingham, School 
of Sports and Exercise Sciences, UK 
and Mineralized Tissue Laborato-
ry of Hospital for Special Surgery, 
Caspary Research Building, New 
York, USA. She has been special-
ized in biophysics following her 
Ph.D. at the Department of Biolog-

ical Sciences in METU. Her scientific interests include electrophysiological 
and molecular characterization of metabolic and neurological diseases, photo-
dynamic and sonodynamic therapy and the use of spectroscopic and imaging 
techniques, including FT-IR spectroscopy and microspectroscopy.
“Being a reviewer for Urology Journal is an honor, as you are allowed to 
contribute to the scientific level of this journal. Careful and fair-minded eval-
uation of scientific articles is an important scholarly contribution and a grat-
ifying duty in academics. Peer review is a vital process for any journal and 
enables publication of innovative research that meets the highest standards of 
quality. Bozkurt-Girit was chosen as the best reviewer(s) of the issue by the 
editorial board of The Urology Journal for his valuable and timely review of 
manuscript”.

Best Reviewer of the July-August 2021 issue - Ozlem Bozkurt-Girit 
Ozlem Bozkurt-Girit 

August 2021