 | Prof. Korkmaz BELLİTÜRKTekirdağ Namık Kemal University, TurkeyKorkmaz Bellitürk is Full Professor and Head of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department of Agriculture Faculty at the Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, in Tekirdağ, Türkiye. He graduated from Trakya University, Faculty of Agriculture, and Department of Soil Science in 1996 as head of the department. At the same year, he both started to MSc. in institute of natural and applied sciences in Trakya University and started to work as research assistant in Trakya University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science. He assumed title "MSc Engineer" in 1998 and "PhD" in 2004. He is still working as Full Professor in Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. He attended many conferences, meetings, courses, seminary, panels, workshops, congress and festivals at home and abroad. He was assigned to lecture for one week each within the context of Erasmus teaching staff mobility at Trakia Democritus University-Greece in 2011, at University of Technology and Life Sciences-Poland in 2013 and at University of Bologna-Italy in 2024. He was assigned for 3 months between 11 July and 11 October at "the University of Vermont" in Vermont-USA to take a part in a project called "use of soil earthworms in agriculture". He invited to many international-national conferences as a key speaker about his expert areas. He conducts one of the bilateral cooperation projects signed between the Council of Higher Education-Turkey and Higher Education Commission-Pakistan. The universities involved in the project are Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University (TNKU)-Turkey and University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF)-Pakistan. He has one national patent on fertilizer machine. He served as project head and researcher in 33 projects supported by TÜBİTAK, Trakya University, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, TAGEM, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan) and Yozgat Bozok University Scientific Research Projects Units. He has 190 articles, 1 patent, 22 book editors, 44 book chapters and 3 books on soil science, soil ecology, plant nutrition, soil fertility, soil chemistry, soil-water pollution, ecologic agriculture and fertilization topics as research articles and papers presented in domestic and abroad scientific meetings. Also, 36 of them are the articles published in international periodicals cited by international science indexes (SCI-SCI-Exp.). He won 12 months research scholarship at "The University of Vermont" in Vermont-USA for the second term of 2013 in the context of TUBITAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship Program. He studies the subjects about soil earthworms, vermicompost production from different organic wastes, set up and control of modern vermicompost production plants which are popular subjects all around the world recently. He still continues his academic studies, trainings and projects in Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University. On the other hand, he provides professional consultancy services to private companies and universities which are related to his research fields. |
 | Prof. Zuliang WangXijing University, ChinaZuliang Wang has been a faculty member in Artificial Intelligence at Xijing University since 2015. He is a Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE), an Invited Reviewer for prestigious journals such as IEEE journals and Acta Electronica Sinica, an Editorial Board Member of Western China Quality Education, and a Member of the University Academic Committee. He has long been engaged in scientific research, technology development, and technology transfer in fields such as artificial intelligence and IoT RFID. He has led a total of 12 research projects, including key projects under the Key R&D Program of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology (vertical projects) and enterprise-commissioned horizontal projects. He has published over 50 academic papers, including 8 SCI-indexed papers, and authored 1 monograph. He has been granted 9 invention patents. He has received one second prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award and four provincial/ministerial-level science and technology awards. |
 | Prof. Ali MovahediNanjing Forestry University, ChinaAs a full professor at Nanjing Forestry University, I specialize in plant genetic engineering and molecular biology, focusing on using gene editing to improve plant resilience against abiotic stresses and enhance their genome functions. My work includes precision gene editing to modify plant genomes, enabling them to survive adverse conditions - a key to sustainable plants. My expertise is supported by numerous publications and grants. Additionally, I am dedicated to mentoring young scientists and guiding them to develop innovative solutions to plant challenges in the face of climate change. |