Dr. Çiçek received her medical degree from the Çukurova University School of Medicine in Adana/Turkey, 1991. She completed her Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry residency training in 2004 at the Gaziantep University in Gaziantep, Turkey. She was an Assistant Professor of Medical Biochemistry at Gaziantep University between 2007-2013. She became an Associated Professor on February 2013. She is currently a Professor at Department of Medical Biochemistry/Gaziantep University School of Medicine. She also conducts academic studies in various disciplines. She worked as a thesis supervisor at the master graduate and doctoral levels of many students. She is member of editorial or reviewer boards of international eminent journals. Her research interests are focused on clinical biochemistry, biochemichal technics, molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, vitamin D, cardiac biomarkers, urology, neurologic diseases, dermatological biomarkers, obstetric and gynecology and homocysteine. She is a member of Turkish Society of Biochemistry, Turkish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Society of Clinical Biochemistry Experts.