About
Education
Ph.D., Agricultural Ecology, Milan University, Milan, Italy (2011 - 2014)
Thesis: Development and evaluation of a detailed, process-based crop model for giant reed
M.Sc., Land and Water Resources Management: Irrigated Agriculture, CIHEAM-IAMB - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Bari, Italy (2008-2010)
Thesis: Impacts of kaolin-based particle film technology on potato crop under different water regimes
B.Sc., Agricultural Engineering - Farm Structure and Irrigation, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Türkiye (2004 - 2008)
Work Experience
December 2023 - Current (Full time) Head of Biosystems Engineering at Necmettin Erbakan University, Türkiye
December 2023 - Current (Full time) Associate Professor at Necmettin Erbakan University, Türkiye
March 2021 - December 2023 (Full time) Associate Professor at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye
September 2022- December 2023 (Full time) Director of Application and Research Center for Advanced Agricultural Studies at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye
May 2023 - December 2023 (Full time) Coordinator of Digital Agriculture at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye
September 2023 - December 2023 (Full time) Head of Plant Production and Technologies at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye
May 2018 - March 2021 (Full time) Assistant Professor in Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye
September 2014 - September 2015 (Full time) Postdoctoral Researcher at Bonn University, Germany
January 2011 - January 2013 (Full time) Research Assistant at Milan University, Italy
Professional
Committees and Consultations
- "President of the Republic of Türkiye, Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Board", Member of "Digital Agriculture Technologies Technology Roadmap Working Group"
- Technical Committee of "Agricultural Information System Applications Country Model Feasibility Study Project" which is carried by Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (General Directorate of Information Technologies) and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye-TÜBİTAK (Turkish Management Sciences Institute-TÜSSİDE)
- Consultant of Smart Technologies Design Development and Prototyping Centre (STEDEC-AKİTEK), co-financed by the Republic of Türkiye and the European Union, is being implemented by the project beneficiary KTO Karatay University within the framework of the Competitive Sectors Programme which is carried out by the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology.
Conferences:
- International Steering Committee, International conference on Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Management, Novembe 15-17, 2023, Stockholm, Sweeden
- Scientific Committee Member of II. International Agricultural Structures and Irrigation Congress May 12-14, 2022, Diyarbakir, Türkiye
-Techical Committee Member of V. International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Environmental Management November 08-12 2021, Nicosia, TRNC
- Scientific Committee Member of V. International Eurasian Agriculture and Natural Sciences Congress October 22-23, 2021, Online
- Scientific Committee Member of IV. International Eurasian Agriculture and Natural Sciences Congress October 30-31, 2020, Online
- Congress Secretary and Scientific Committee Member of III. International Eurasian Agriculture and Natural Sciences Congress October 17-20, 2019, Antalya, Türkiye
- Congress Secretary and Scientific Committee Member of International Conference on Computer Technologies and Applications in Food and Agriculture July 11-12, 2019, Konya, Türkiye
- Congress Secretary of 10th International Soil Congress June 17-19, 2019, Ankara, Türkiye
Reviewer for International Peer-Reviewed Journal:
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (ISSN: 0168-1923, e-ISSN:1873-2240)
Agricultural Water Management (ISSN: 0378-3774, e-ISSN:1873-2283)
Potato Research (ISSN: 0014-3065)
Journal of Agricultural Sciences (e-ISSN: 2148-9297)
Artificial Intelligence Review (ISSN:1573-7462 ,e-ISSN: 1573-7462)
Agronomy (e-ISSN: 2073-4395)
Expert Systems With Applications (ISSN: 0957-4174, e-ISSN: 1873-6793)
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (ISSN: 2327-4662)
Memberships:
Turkish Chamber of Agricultural Engineers
Fellows
- September 2014 – November 2015, Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn / GERMANY – Postdoctoral scholarship from Robert Bosch Stiftung foundation.
- January 2011 – January 2014, University of Milan / ITALY - Ph.D. scholarship from Milan University
- November 2008 – November 2010, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-IAMB) / ITALY - M.Sc. from CIHEAM.
Opinion Articles and Interviews
'Crops of the Future: Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture' TEDx Talk, 05.11.2023.
"Dünya’daki Tatlı Su Kaynağını En Çok Kullanan Sektör: TARIM" (The Sector That Uses the Most Fresh Water Resources in the World: AGRICULTURE) Spektrum Tasarım Rehberleri, September-2023.
"Rusya ve Ukrayna arasında yaşanan gerginlik küresel tarım emtia piyasalarını nasıl etkiliyor?" (How conflict between Russia and Ukraine affect global agricultural commodity markets) HisseAnaliz/Insider Magazine, July-2022.
"Küresel iklim değişikliği kapsamında tarımsal kuraklıkla mücadele" (Combating agricultural drought within the scope of global climate change) İklim Magazine, July-2022.
"Will the Conflict in Ukraine Worsen Global Food Security?" Strait Talk, TRT WORLD channel, 08.03.2022.
"Prolonged Droughts Pose Threat to Turkey’s Agricultural Sector" Strait Talk, TRT WORLD channel, 15.07.2021.
"Tarımsal kuraklık kapıda mı?" (Is agricultural drought imminent?) Sıcak Nokta, TRT HABER channel, 18.12.2020.
"Sebzelerde sulamanın önemi" (The importance of irrigation in vegetables) Tarım Türk Magazine, June-2020.
"Is Turkey Reopening Too Soon? | Is the World's Food Supply Safe?" Strait Talk, TRT WORLD channel, 15.05.2020.
"Türkiye'nin kuruyan gölleri" (Türkiye's drying lakes) Sıcak Nokta, TRT HABER channel, 29.11.2019.