Microbiology specialist Aykut Köroğlu was born in 1955 in Adapazarı. After completing high school education in the same city, graduated in 1978 as a biologist from Hacettepe University Faculty of Science, Biology Department. He worked at Health Ministry Health Laboratory (Trabzon) for a short time. He completed residency between 1980-1984 in İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Microbiology Departmant. Since 1987 he has been working at the American Hospital Clinical Laboratory.