Scientific Advisory Committee
In line with the Institute's mission and vision, our Scientific Advisory Committee consisting of leading national and international scholars and representatives from the leading companies in biotechnology sector are as follows since 2023:
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Can ATACIK Co-Founder of Alethina Impact Initiatives Research Interests: Spreading impact investment and developing new models |
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Prof. Dr. Dilek KAZAN Marmara University Bioengineering Department Lecturer, BacPolyZyme Bioengineering Ltd. Co-Founder of the Company Research Interests: Industrial Biotechnology, enzyme and fermentation technologies, biomaterials, biopolymer production, bioprocess design |
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Prof. Dr. Filiz KARAOSMANOĞLU Faculty Member of ITU Chemical Engineering Department, President of Sustainable Production and Consumption Association Research Interests: biorefinery technology (Biofuels; Biochemicals; Biopower Production), with the title of clean production technologies, lubricating oils, waste upcycle, life cycle evaluation and ecodesign, sustainable production-consumption-service; bioindustrial products; renewable energy applications; adding value to waste, sustainability management in industry, product carbon and water footprint reduction; green, circular and digital transformation; renewing the ecosystem; climate change |
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İbrahim OĞUZ Food Ethics (TARGET), Agricultural Journalists and Writers Association (TAGYAD) and Geographical Indications Association Founding Member, ZMO Member Research Interests: Food ethics, agricultural investments and irrigation systems, sustainability, climate change |
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Dr. İlke UĞUR MARION Meddenovo Pharmaceutical Research and Consultancy Inc. METU Technopolis Research Interests: Computational Biochemistry, QM, QM/MM, MD, molecular docking, drug discovery and repositioning |
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İrfan DONAT Bloomberg HT Agriculture and Food Editor/Server Newspaper Oxygen Writer Research Interests: Research and special interviews for the energy, agriculture and food sectors |
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Prof. Dr. İsmail ÇAKMAK Faculty Member at Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Research Interests: Mineral nutrition of plants, uptake, transport and accumulation of heavy metals in plants; the role of plant nutrients in resilience to stress conditions and the relationships between plant nutrition and human health. |
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Prof. Dr. İvet BAHAR Head of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine Laufer Research Center for Physical and Computational Biology Research Interests: Modeling of biomolecular structure and dynamics, evaluation of genetic data for personal therapy and drug design |
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Dr. Süreyya Mert SELİMOĞLU Cargill – Turkey Company Business Development Department, Process Development Coordinator Research Interests: production of products for different sectors with the use of mammalian cells, yeasts, bacteria and fungi |
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Murat ÇİÇEKLİ Founder of MRT Consultancy Research Interests: Plant nutrition and soilless agriculture (greenhouse), vertical agriculture, soilless agriculture, fertilizers and fertilization, production, management and investment consultancy in agricultural enterprises. |
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Doç. Dr. Mustafa TÜRKER Pakmaya Company R&D and Environment Manager, ITU Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Part-Time Lecturer Research Interests: Industrial biotechnology, yeast and bacterial fermentations, organic acids, drying and environmental biotechnology |
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Dr. Raif YUECEL Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Director of the Exeter Center for Cytomics Research Interests: cytometry, cellular signaling, biomarker discovery, preclinical research, microbiology and marine cytometry |
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Ecz. Selman ALİMOĞLU Orzaks Group of Companies Chairman of the Board, Nuvita İlaç A.Ş. Head of R&D, Chairman of Alimoğlu Health and Education Foundation Research Interests: Pharmaceutical chemistry |
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Prof. Dr. Sezai ELAGÖZ ASELSAN R&D Management Deputy General Manager Research Interests: Nanotechnology, nanophotonics application, condensed matter physics |
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Prof. Dr. Utkan Demirci Stanford University, Professor, Stanford Medical School Director of the Canary Center for Early Diagnosis of Cancer CV LinkedIn Standford University Research Interests: Bioengineering, developing innovative extracellular vesicle isolation tools, point-of-care technologies and creating microfluidic platforms for early cancer detection with broad applications to multiple diseases including infertility and HIV, academic entrepreneurship |
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