Prof. Dr. Mehmet Dinçer Bilgin received his medical degree from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine and earned his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, USA), where he conducted research on photodynamic therapy, tissue optics, and photosensitization. He subsequently completed postdoctoral research in Cellular Biophysics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Biophysics and Head of the Division of Basic Medical Sciences at Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye.
His academic work focuses on bridging biophysics with evidence-based integrative medicine. His principal research interests include medical acupuncture, photobiomodulation (PBM), neural therapy, pharmacopuncture, and autonomic nervous system regulation assessed by heart rate variability (HRV). He investigates the biological mechanisms and clinical effectiveness of these interventions in chronic pain, peripheral neuropathy, neuroregeneration, inflammation, tissue repair, and functional recovery, with a particular emphasis on objective physiological biomarkers and personalized treatment strategies.
Prof. Bilgin also leads translational research on photodynamic, sonodynamic, and sonophotodynamic therapies, exploring the interactions of light, ultrasound, and electromagnetic fields with biological tissues for cancer treatment and regenerative medicine. His experimental research further includes PRP/CGF-based regenerative therapies and other scientifically grounded complementary medicine approaches.
He has published approximately 70 peer-reviewed international papers, presented more than 200 scientific communications, supervised numerous MSc and PhD theses, and participated in many nationally funded research projects. His current work is dedicated to strengthening the scientific foundations of acupuncture, neural therapy, and pharmacopuncture by integrating modern biophysics, HRV analysis, and translational research into clinical practice.