Prof. Başkent’s past appointments and education
2014 – Pres. Full Professor, UMCG
2011 – 2014 Associate Professor/Tenure-track Professor (Adjunct Hoogleraar), UMCG
2009 – 2014 Rosalind Franklin Fellow, UMCG
2009 – 2011 Assistant Professor, UMCG
2004 – 2009 Research Scientist, Starkey Hearing Research Center (SHRC), Berkeley, CA
2003 – 2004 Postdoctoral Scientist, House Ear Institute (HEI), Los Angeles, CA
1998 – 2003 PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, CA
1996 – 1998 MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Turkey
1991 – 1996. BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bilkent University, Turkey
Selected professional activities
2024 – Pres. Associate Editor, Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research
2023 – Pres. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Computational Audiology Network
2021 – 2023 Member, Science Steering Committee,
Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
2020 – 2026 Member, Technical Committee, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics,
Acoustical Society of America
2020 – 2026 Member, Technical Committee Speech Perception,
Acoustical Society of America
2019 Co-chair, Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Lake Tahoe, CA
2017 – 2027 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Acoustics Research Institute (ARI), Austria
2016 – 2019 Member, Membership Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology
2014 – Pres. Associate Editor, Editorial Board, Trends in Hearing
2014 – 2016 Member, Minority and Diversity Committee
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
2014 – 2016 Member, Scientific Committee
AGIR POUR L’AUDITION (Action for Hearing-APA), France
2013 – 2025 Member, BCN Board
2013 – 2022 Associate Editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2012 – 2025 Chair, BCN Education Committee, University of Groningen
2012 – 2024 Member, GSMS Education Committee, University Medical Center Groningen
2012 – 2015 Chair, Avril McDonald Funds Board
2012 – Pres. Reviewer, VENI VIDI Grants, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
2010 – Pres. Member, Science Steering Committee, Otorhinolaryngology, UMCG
2010 – 2014 Member, Research Advisory Committee, Univ. Medical Center Groningen
2010 – 2015 Reviewer
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Future and Emerging Technologies FET-OPEN
CORDIS FP7, H2020, European Commission
2010 – 2013 Member, International Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology
2010 – 2012 Chair, BCN Newsletter, University of Groningen
2008 – 2009 Membership Chair, Golden Gate Section, Society of Women Engineers
2006 – 2009 Member, Graduate Student Travel Award Committee
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Society memberships
Acoustical Society of America (ASA; Fellow)
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS; Senior Member)
American Auditory Society (AAS)
American Speech-Hearing-Language Association (ASHA)
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
International Society of Audiology (ISA)
Dutch Society of Audiology (NVA)
Dutch Society of Phonetics (NVFW)
Dutch Society for Psychonomics (NVP)
Dutch Network of Women Professors (LNVH)
Dutch Neurofederation (Neuro Federatie)
Dutch ENT Society (KNO-vereniging)
De Vereniging Voor Vernieuwingsimpuls Onderzoekers (VVViO)
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
Ad-hoc review
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Ear and Hearing
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
International Journal of Audiology
Trends in Hearing
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Hearing Research
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
Brain Research
Applied Psycholinguistics
Audiology Neurotology
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Neurobiology of Aging
Frontiers in Neuroscience
PLOS ONE
IEEE EMBS Conference
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering
Research in Developmental Disabilities