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

2021 - Current (Full time) Associate Professor at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye

2022- Current (Full time) Director of Application and Research Center for Advanced Agricultural Studies at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye

2023 - Current (Full time) Coordinator of Digital Agriculture at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye

2023 - Current (Full time) Head of Plant Production and Technologies at Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye

2023-Current (Part time) Project Specialist at InnoPark Konya Technology Development Zone, Türkiye

2018 - 2021 (Full time) Assistant Professor in Konya Food and Agriculture University, Türkiye

2021 - 2022 (Part time) Visiting Scientist at Necmettin Erbakan University, Türkiye

2014 - 2015 (Full time) Postdoctoral Researcher at Bonn University, Germany

2011 - 2013 (Full time) Research Assistant at Milan University, Italy

Professional

Committees and Consultations

- 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)

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

"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.