Agric. Eng.

I am working as an Associate Professor of plant biotechnology at Mersin University, Türkiye. I received my Ph.D. with a dissertation on ‘Identification of Genomic Regions for Various Agronomic Traits in Turkish Common Bean Germplasm with Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)’ from the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu-Türkiye in 2019. I joined Sivas University of Science and Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2020 and received an Associate Professorship on 27/01/2023. I joined Mersin University in 2025. I am involved in various projects, such as ERA-NET SusCrop, COST-Action, 1001, 1003, and 1007. Moreover, I am also involved in various university-funded projects (BAPs). I have great skills and expertise in crop science, plant genomics, the use of next-generation sequencing, DNA molecular markers for germplasm characterization, identification of genomic regions for traits of agricultural interest, and development and validation of molecular markers for marker-assisted selection, particularly in cereals and legumes. I am supervising three PhD and one master's student. I have graduated three master's students and 1 co-supervised PhD student. I have more than 80 SCI/SCIE publications, more than 10 book chapters, and more than 3500 citations as per Google Scholar. I edited four books with Springer as well. I am serving as an Editorial board member of BMC Plant Biology, BMC Genomic Data, BMC Research Notes, Molecular Biology Reports, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, and Pakistan Journal of Botany. Similarly, I served as a guest editor of special issues in Plants-Basel, Agriculture-MDPI, and Molecular Biology Reports journal. For two consecutive years (2023 and 2024), I have been recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (California, USA) and Elsevier

Having completed my entire higher education (B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D.) in 100% English-taught programs, I have full professional and academic proficiency in the language. My scientific expertise is rooted in Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology.

My recent work has focused towards the scaling of commercial production and advanced agricultural technologies,  from landscape species to medicinal and aromatic plants. Utilizing plant tissue culture and innovative in vitro systems, I focus on the biotechnological improvement and industrial standardization of botanical resources.