Abdulhadi Baykal Editor

Huseyin Tombuloglu (PhD) is Associate Professor at Institute of Research and Medical Consultation (IRMC) of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He received his BSc. degree in 2007 (Molecular Biology and Genetics), and also he studied in University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He obtained MS degree (Biology) in 2010 and PhD degree (Biotechnology) in 2014. He became Assistant Professor in 2014, and Associate Professor in 2018. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Genomics, and Biotechnology, as well as Bioinformatics. His current research is focused on nanoparticle-plant interaction. He has published more than 60 internationally indexed articles. Among those, about 20 recent articles are related with nanoparticle and plant interactions at molecular and physiological levels. He is the co-editor of two international books published by Springer. (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319317014; https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030704193). Dr. Guzin Tombuloglu (PhD) received her MS degree (Biology) in 2008 and PhD degree (Biotechnology) in 2014. She has experience in transcriptome sequencing, genetics, molecular biology and genomics. During her PhD, she studied transcriptomics identification of boron tolerance mechanism in barley. She has experienced several projects on abiotic stress, plant stress responses, boron toxicity, transcriptomics, and nanoparticle-plant interaction on molecular level. She has given several courses on teaching Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology education for more than 15 years. She also worked as a Chairman in Pathology Laboratory Techniques Programme and Assistant Manager at Vocational School of Medical Sciences at the university level. She is the co-editor of two international books published by Springer. Prof Ebtesam specializes in the field of Physiology. She completed her PhD at Science College, IAU. She has held various positions at science college as Vice dean, Head of the Biology department, Chairman of Postgraduate studies committee, She teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to Physiology and Biology. She has published scientific research articles in reputed international scientific journals, contributed to writing books and organized/attended more than 25 scientific workshops/conferences. She is a Dean for Institute for Research and Medical Consultation (IRMC) since Nov 2015 to present, chairman of IRMC council, overseeing advanced scientific research and development of nine departments in interdisciplinary field of research ranging from basic medical science to nanotechnology. Different programs like Biobank, Liaison office, Summer research program, part-time research programs, Star Research Program, postgraduate Program, are initiated by her at IRMC. Abdulhadi Baykal (Ph.D)?is Professor and chairman of Nanomedicine Department at Institute of Research and Medical Consultation (IRMC) of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He received his BSc. degree in 1991 (Chemistry Education of Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey). He completed his MSc degree and Ph.D (both in Chemistry) in 1995 and in 1999 respectively. He became Assistant Professor in 2002, Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor in 2014 (Fatih University, Istanbul). He has more than 26 years of teaching and research experience in Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Analytical Chemistry, Magnetic Nanomaterials, Instrumental Analysis, Inorganic Chemistry, Nanomedicine, Cancer Therapy, etc. His major research is the synthesis, characterization, and application (plant uptake, microwave absorber, recyclable nano catalyst, cancer treatment) of magnetic nanomaterials. He has published more than 440 papers in science indexed journals. He supervised 33 master and 4 Ph.D theses. Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has more both teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He has more than 110 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals has extensive book publishing experience as well. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.