Perihan Akbaş received her B.Sc. degree in Biology from Atatürk University in 2002. She obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biology from Kafkas University in 2004 and completed her Ph.D. in General Biology at Atatürk University in 2013. She worked as a faculty member at Kafkas University, Atatürk Health Services Vocational School, Department of Medical Services and Techniques between 2014 and 2022. In 2022, she joined Ondokuz Mayıs University, Health Services Vocational School, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Pathology Laboratory Techniques Program, where she currently serves as a faculty member. Her research interests mainly include microbiology, biotechnology, food microbiology, antimicrobial activity of plant extracts, bioactive compounds, and microbial applications in food safety.