Department of Biology,
Faculty of Science,
Firat University,
Elazig, Türkiye

ebagci@firat.edu.tr

Prof. Dr. Ilkay Erdogan Orhan holds a Pharmacist degree (1993) from Gazi University (Ankara, Türkiye), 1st M.Sc. degree from the Department of Pharmacognosy at the same Faculty (1996) with a young scientist scholarship provided by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK). Then, she was awarded her second M.Sc. degree in Marine Natural Product Chemistry in 1998 at the University of the Ryukyus in Japan, supported by a Monbusho scholarship. She earned a Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University (Ankara, Türkiye) in 2002. She was a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Winnipeg (Canada) in 2003 under the NATO-TUBITAK fellowship program. She was promoted to Assoc. Prof. position by the Higher Education Council (Türkiye) in 2004 and to full professor in 2009. Dr. Orhan was appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus (2011-2014) and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Gazi University in Ankara (2016-2024). Since July, 2024, Prof. Orhan is the Dean of of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Lokman Hekim University . She is Vice President of the International Scientific Evaluation Board of the Austrian Drug Screening Institute (ADSI).

Dr. Orhan received several awards such as Young Woman Scientist Award in Asia continent by OWSD (Organization of Women in Science in Developing Countries) & Elsevier, Science Award in Biology by COMSTECH (OIC Standing Committee on Science and Technological Cooperation) in 2010, Young Woman Scientist Award (in Life Sciences) by L’Oreal & Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2011, and Honor Award by Gazi University in 2011, Innovation Award for Women in Turkey in 2015, Science Award by Turkish Association of Pharmacists in 2016, Golden Mortar Science Award in Pharmacy in 2017, Silver Medal for Patent in International Invention Fair by Turkish Ministry of Science and Technology in 2017 as well as Best Academic Invention Medal by International Federation of Invention Associations (IFIA) in 2018. She also received the TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) Science Award in Chemistry and a Certificate of Outstanding Service and Achievement from the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Foundation (TÜSİAV) and Climate Ambassador Award by the Turkish Vegan and Healthy Life Tourism Association (TEVSAD) & Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Foundation (TÜSİAV) & Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in 2024. She is the principal member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) and was the Representative of Southeast Europe & Turkey Region for the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) for 2019-2023.

She is the author of more than 295 scientific papers listed by SCE, 47 articles in other scientific journals, 24 book chapters, 4 patents (Turkish, US, & EP), 6 patent applications, and 4 books. Her h index is 56 (Web of Science) and 60 (SCOPUS) with over 15000 citations. Her research interests are chemistry and bioactivities of natural products, natural cosmetics, phytotherapy, sports pharmacy, and aromatherapy. She is currently Associate Editor of Phytomedicine.

Ozan Emre EYUPOGLU is currently an Associate Professor at Istanbul Medipol University, School of Pharmacy. He is currently the Head of the Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Between 2022 and 2025, he served as Deputy Director of the Health Sciences Institute at Istanbul Medipol University. He received his Ph.D. from Karadeniz Technical University, Institute of Science, Chemistry (Biochemistry) in 2017. Areas of his interest include Health Sciences, Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biomolecules, Nanotechnology, Lipidomics, Proteomics and Biological Spectroscopy. He has published numerous research articles in well-known journals and given international conferences on chromatographic analyses and antioxidant activities of medicinal plants. He is closely related to topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and innovative techniques, and plans studies for processing biochemical data for disease diagnosis. He is an interdisciplinary scientist specializing in developing on-line chromatographic methods. There are 3 national patents, 1 international patent and 1 utility model related to a medical product and a herbal formulation. He advised 2 master's candidates who did thesis on the coagulation system and aromatherapy, and recently supervised 2 doctorates working on the toxicology of bee products and herbal extracts, oxidative, inflammatory and atherogenic biomarkers, and now has 2 doctorates studies on the nanotechnological lipidomic applications of plant extracts and hospital and pharmaceutical quality parameters. As an editor and referee in many national and international journals, Dr. EYUPOGLU is an Associate member of the European Materials Modelling Council and members of the European Society of Applied Biocatalysis (ESAB) and European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES) and expert member of International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDIRC) Working Group on Digital Biomarkers and observer member of European Network of Excellence for Paediatric Research (TEDDY) and received the 2020 International Young Scientist Award in Engineering, Science and Medicine from the International VDGOOD Technology Company and the 2022 International Best Researcher Award in INSO (International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine).
 

Dr. Jelena Popović-Đorđević is a Professor of Chemistry at University of Belgrade-Faculty of Agriculture (Department for Food Technology and Biochemistry), Belgrade, Serbia. She received B.A. degree in Chemistry (Applied), Ms and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry (Organic) at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia. Her main research is related to chemistry of natural products, food chemistry and safety, biological activity of natural and synthetic compounds, environmental chemistry and instrumental analytical methods. It resulted in over 190 publications including 85 papers in the leading international and national peer-review journals, 9 book chapters, and 100+ papers on the international and national conferences. She has given invited lectures at 8 international conferences. Dr. Popović-Đorđević is an associate editor in Phytochemistry Reviews (Springer Nature), eFood (Wiley) and Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (Codon), academic editor in Food Safety and Health (Wiley), and editorial board member in Food Chemistry International (Wiley), Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Tubitak). She is a regular reviewer in over 60 international scientific journals (SCI), and a member of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE), Serbian Chemical Society, and International Association of Dietetic Nutrition and Safety (IADNS). Popović-Đorđević is World's Top 2% Scientists in 2024 (Based on Stanford and Elsevier Data).

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