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Prof. Dr. Saadet KARAKULAK, Head of the Fisheries Faculty-Department of Fisheries Technology. Aquaculture Engineer (Bachelor), Masters and PhD. degrees in Fisheries Biology. Main areas of research are; Fish Population Dynamic, Age and growth analysis, Reproduction, Stomach content, Fishing Gear Technology and High Migratory Species Fishery. Published over 100 papers and eight books. He has many projects on fisheries biology and population dynamic safety and also he has been working at Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences for 30 years and is working actively in EU project REPRODOTT (Q5RS-2002-01355) as subcontractor and a pilot study of the monitoring of the bluefin tuna in the eastern Mediterranean, Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Reg.1543/00 and Reg. 1639/01). She has been participating in the ICCAT scientific committee since 2003.

Lisans eğitimini Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Sürmene Deniz Bilimleri Fakültesi Balıkçılık Teknolojisi Mühendisliği Programı’nda, yüksek lisansını ise Balıkçılık Teknolojisi Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı’nda, Doktora eğitimini Ege Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Su Ürünleri Yetiştiriciliği Anabilim Dalı’nda tamamlamıştır. 1996 yılında Asistan, 2002 yılında Yardımcı Doçent, 2011 yılında Doçent ve 2016 yılında Profesör unvanlarını almıştır. Halen Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Su Ürünleri Yetiştiriciliği Bölümü, Yetiştiricilik ABD’da öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır. Uzmanlık alanları arasında su ürünleri yetiştiriciliği, balık besleme, yem teknolojisi, alternatif yem hammaddeleri, organik balık yetiştiriciliği ve su ürünleri ekonomisi gibi konular yer almaktadır.

I am an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Fishing Tecnology Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in TURKEY. I have extensive field and laboratory experience (more than 25 years) in feeding eco-physiology of fish and jellyfish (especially exotic species), fisheries biology . Particular expertise on macrozooplankton feeding physiology experiments and gastric emptying time and rate as well as feeding ecology in fishes. 

Dr. UĞURLU received MS and PhD degrees from Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye, in 2006 and 2011, respectively. He is an associate professor of the Faculty of Marine Science at Ordu University. He has completed the supervision of 14 MS and 2 PhD degrees in the areas of marine transportation engineering. He currently has two PhD students and five MS students under his supervision in the research areas of maritime safety, accident analyses, human factor, simulation modeling, and seafarers. His research findings have been published in more than 40 refereed papers in risk, safety, maritime transportation, and marine engineering, including more than 30 (SCI/SSCI-cited) journal and 30 conference papers (22 h-index, more than 1800 citations in Google Scholar).

Umut Yıldırım, PhD, Dr. Umut Yıldırım, a lecturer at Karadeniz Technical University, Sürmene Faculty of Marine Sciences, Department of Marine Transportation Management Engineering, graduated from the Deck Department in 2000. He worked as an officer and captain on merchant ships between 2000 and 2010. He completed his master's degree in the Department of Maritime Transportation Management Engineering at KTU Institute of Science in 2012 and his doctorate in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 2016. Working subjects; education and training in maritime, marine accidents.

He received BSc, MSc and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Karadeniz Technical University in 1999, 2004 and 2011, respectively. He worked in Trabzon Vocational School as a Lecturer from 2003 to 2011 and then joined Faculty of Marine Sciences as an Assistant Professor in Karadeniz Technical University. He got Associate Professor title in 2021.  His current research interests include internal combustion engines, fuels and combustion, and thermodynamic modeling. He is a member of chamber of mechanical engineers.