Assoc. Prof. Ayşegül Sümer, MD, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of Medical Biochemistry at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye. Her research focuses on obesity, metabolic regulation, adipokine signaling, nutritional biochemistry, oxidative stress, and experimental disease models. Her publication record includes studies on white tea and metabolic health, topiramate and anti-obesity mechanisms, apelin-related endocrine regulation, and carbonic anhydrase-associated biochemical pathways. She has authored more than 40 scientific articles, most of which have been published in SCI-Expanded and Scopus-indexed journals.