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Metin Aytekin (born 18 May 1975) is a Turkish molecular biologist.

Life and career
Metin Aytekin was born in Cebeci, Ankara, on 18 May 1975. His father, Çetin Aytekin, was a self employed and hıs mother was a nurse. He has a sister, Şebnem Aytekin.

Aytekin graduated from Karşıyaka Lisesi (Karşıyaka High school) in 1992. He studied in Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir and graduated in 1997. The following year he completed his MSc at Clinical Biochemistry department of Celal Bayar University in Manisa/Turkey. He completed his "doctorate" (2000-2005) at Vienna University, Austria. After he got the PhD degree, he moved to United States and started to work on his post doctoral studies at Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Ohio. He was appointed as staff Scientist on May 10, 2010 in Cleveland Clinic. While he had an adjunct position at Cleveland Clinic, he moved to Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey as lecturer and just after 6 months he was given the title "Associate Professor" in 2013. He has been working to find out a cure for the disease called Pulmonary Hypertension.