Education

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Post-doc-2: 2022-University of Padua, Prof. Dr. Andrea Battisti, Padua, Italy

Post-doc-1 : 2013-CBGP-INRA, Dr. Carole Kerdelhue, Montpellier, France

PhD: 2012-Hacettepe University, The Institute of Graduate Studies in Science, Ankara, Turkey

         & INRA UMR 1202 BIOGECO (INRA/Université de Bordeaux), Cestas Cedex, France

MSc: 2005-Hacettepe University, The Institute of Graduate Studies in Science, Ankara, Turkey

BSc: 2002-Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ankara, Turkey

 

Fellowships, Awards, Research Grants

 

2019-2023 Turkish General Directorate of Forestry "Determining and monitoring the biology, distribution and population size of the chestnut gall wasp in Marmara Region "

2019-2002 Turkish General Directorate of Forestry "Impact of Leptoglossus occidentalis on Pinus seed yield in Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey"

2019-2022 Turkish General Directorate of Forestry "Determining the distribution and biology of Leptoglossus occidentalis in Turkey"

2018-2019 Ahi Evran University Research Project Grant "Identification of secondary endosymbiont bacteria in Ips sexdentatus" Project No: MMF.A4.18.013

2018-2019 Ahi Evran University Research Project Grant "Identification of secondary endosymbiont bacteria in the pine processionary moth" Project No: ZRT.A4.18.009

2017-2019 Bartin University Research Project Grant "Examination of biological and ecological characteristics of egg batch of pine processionary moth species and morphologies of their abdomen scales" Project No: 2017-FEN-B-004

2015 - 2017 TüBiTAK Starting RD Projects Grant "Searching and identifying Cardinium in Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wied.) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Turkey" Project No: 114Z667

2015 - 2016 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Project Grant "Control of gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, in Turkey's chestnut forests" Project No: TCP/TUR/3501 Baby 3

2015 - 2017 Ahi Evran University Research Project Grant "Identification of endosymbiotic bacterial flora in Bemisia populations in the Eastern Balck Sea Region" Project No: PYO-FEN.4001.15.002

2015 - 2017 Ahi Evran University Research Project Grant "Identification of endosymbiotic bacterial flora in grane storage pests in Kirsehir" Project No: PYO-MÜH.4001.15.007

2014 - Turkish General Directorate of Forestry Short Scientific Visit Grant for 10 days to study on the management and ecology of the chestnut gall wasp with Dr. Andrea Battisti at the University of Padova, Italy

2013 - 2015 Ahi Evran University Research Proect Grant "Isolation and identification of Wolbachia in pine processionary moth species" Project No: PYO-FEN.4001.13.002

2012 - EFIMED (Mediterranean Regional Office of the European Forest Institute) Short Scientific Visit Grant for 1 month to study on microsatellite analyses with Dr. Carole Kerdelhue at CBGP (INRA) in Montpellier, France

2010 - Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) PhD Research Scholarship for 6 months with Dr. Carole Kerdelhue and Dr. Christian Burban at INRA in Aquitaine, France

2009 - 2010 TüBiTAK Research Project Grant "Identification and phylogeography of the pine processionary moth species in Turkey" Project No: 109O411

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Languages

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Turkish (mother tongue), English (advanced), French (intermediate), German (beginner)

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Scientific and Social Skills and Efficiencies

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• Invited Speaker at the 14. Annual Meeting: European PhD Network "Insect Science" (Florence, Italy, 2023)

• Participant at the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Workshop (Crete Technical Uni., Chania, Greece, 2019)

• Invited Speaker at the Workshop on Invasive Pests and Diseases Threatening Forestry and Agriculture in the Eastern Black Sea Coast Region (Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Rome, Italy, 2018)

• Participant at the 5th Course on Programming for Evolutionary Biology (Uni. of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 2016)

• Invited Speaker at the 5th Symposium of Evolution, Science, and Education (Istanbul, Turkey, 2015)

• Invited Speaker at the 9th Aykut Kence Evolution Conference (METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2015)

• Participant at the 5th Meeting of the Group for the Study of Chestnuts (Uludag Uni., Bursa, Turkey, 2014)

• Participant at the Workshop on Quantitative Evolutionary Biology (Mathematics Village, Sirince, Izmir, Turkey, 2014)

• Participant at the 25th Workshop on Molecular Evolution (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, 2012)

• Invited Spekaer at the 3rd Symposium of Evolution, Science, and Education (Istanbul, Turkey, 2011)

• Invited Speaker at the 2nd Symposium of Evolution, Science, and Education (Istanbul, Turkey, 2009)

• Invited Speaker at the Darwin Anniversary Symposium (Istanbul, Turkey, 2009)
  
  
  
   

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Organizational Skills and Efficiencies

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• Instructor at the Genome Science Winter School (Ege University, İzmir, Turkey, 2019)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries Working Party Meeting (Kusadasi, Turkey, 2018)

• National Expert for Plant Pests and Diseases in the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Project "Control of Gall Wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, in Turkey's Chestnut Forests (TCP/TUR/3501 Baby 3)" (Turkey, 2015-2016)

• Instructor at the Workshop on Mathematical Evolution (Mathematics Village, Sirince, Izmir, Turkey, 2015)

• Consultant of the Turkish Ministry of Forestry Department of Forest Pest Management (Ankara, Turkey, 2014-2015)

• Co-chair of the Organizing Committee of IUFRO Joint Meeting 7-03-14 “Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems” MEDINSECT / 703-06 “Integrated Management of Forest Defoliating Insects” (Antalya, Turkey, 2014)

• Ecology Instructor at the TÜBiTAK-BiDEP Project for Scientific Consulting and Training Biology Teachers (Ankara, Turkey, 2012)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 4th International Simuliidae Symposium (Antalya, 2010)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 1st National Evolution and Ecology Workshop (Istanbul, Turkey, 2009)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 5th International Society for Vector Ecology (SOVE) Congress (Antalya, Turkey, 2009)

• Instructor at the Biological Diversity and Wild Life in Ecology and Nature Education held by The Scientific Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) in Malatya and Elazig (July, 07-16) (Elazig, Turkey, 2009)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Evolution, Science, and Education Symposium (Istanbul, Turkey, 2009)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 1st National Evolution and Ecology Workshop (Istanbul, Turkey, 2009)

• Reporter at the Mediterranean Youth Forum (Naples, Italy, 2009)

• Private Consultant of the British Embassy in Ankara for the Environmental Impact Baseline Study (Ankara, Turkey, 2007)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the“3rd Cankaya Evolution Days” (by the Group for the Study of Evolution (GSE)) (Cankaya Municipality, Modern Arts Center (CM_MAC), Ankara, Turkey, 2007)

• Member of the Organizing Committee and Speaker of the “2nd Cankaya Evolution Days” (CM_MAC, Ankara, Turkey, 2007)

• Member of the Organizing Committee and Speaker of the 2nd GSE Evolution Symposium, (Hacettepe Uni. (HU) and Middle East Technical Uni. (METU), Ankara, Turkey, 2006)

• Member of the Organizing Committee and Speaker of Prof. Andrew Berry (Harvard Uni.) Conference (by the GSE) (METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2007)

• Member of the Organizing Committee and Speaker of the “Cankaya Evolution Days” (by the GSE) (CM_MAC, Ankara, Turkey, 2007)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Annual EDEN (Emerging Diseases in a Changing European Environment) GOCE-CT-2003-010284 (Antalya, Turkey, 2007)

• Instructor at the Biological Diversity and Wild Life in Ecology and Nature Education held by The Scientific Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) at Küre Mountains-Ilgaz Mountain National Park (July, 03-22) (Kastamonu, Turkey, 2006)

• Assistant Coordinator in Ankara Municipality Pest Control Project of BiOTEK Pest Control Company (Ankara, 2006)

• Member of the Organizing Committee of Prof. Douglas J. Futuyma (State Uni. of New York at Stony Brook) Conference (by the GSE) (METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2006)

• Member of the Organizing Committee and Speaker of the GSE Evolution Symposium, (HU and METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2006)

• Founder Member of the GSE (Group for the Study of Evolution) (Ankara, Turkey, 2006)

 

Art Skills and Efficiencies

• I am a member of the Classical Turkish Music Choir of Hacettepe University since 1999 and had participated at many concerts as a singer.