Board
Prof. Bayram ÖZTÜRK, PhD.
He was born in 1960, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. After he got Ph.D. on Marine Biology from the Institute of Marine Sciences, Istanbul University, in 1990, he has been studying on fishery science, marine conservation and biological oceanography in various seas and oceans in the world. He is Founder and Director of Turkish Marine Research Foundation, and currently Editor for the Journal of Black Sea and Mediterranean Environment. He has published four books and over 100 papers on fisheries, marine biology and ecology.
Assoc. Prof. Arda M. TONAY, PhD.
He was born in 1976 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University (İ.Ü.) in 1999 with a degree in fisheries engineering and completed his MSc and PhD in marine biology programme at the Institute of Science, İ.Ü., in 2010. Arda worked as a research assistant at the Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, at İ.Ü. between 2001 and 2015 and an assistant professor between 2015 December-2018 April. He works an associate professor at the same department since 2018 May. He is mostly focused on marine mammals and he is national contact person of European Cetacean Society (ECS) and the…
Assoc. Prof. Onur GÖNÜLAL, PhD.
He was born in 1977 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University in 1998. He completed his MSc and PhD in marine biology programme at the Institute of Science. He worked as a facility manager at a seafood product company between 1999 and 2006. He works an associate professor at the same department at İÜ since 2018 October. He is mostly focused on deep sea ecosystem.
Adnan HEPGÜL
Born in 1958 in Beykoz, Istanbul. He attended primary and secondary school in Beykoz. He is one of the first graduates of Maritime Fisheries Vocational High School Deck department. As a profession, he was interested in trade, auto, marine equipment and fish sales, and for a while he was also interested in land and sea tourism. He practiced swimming and athletics. He became Türkiye Champion and competed in the national team. He took various positions in TUDAV, of which he was one of the founders.
Prof. Ülgen AYTAN, PhD.
She was born in 1978 in Izmir. She graduated from KTU in 1999 with a degree in fisheries engineering and completed his MSc and PhD in marine biology programme at the Institute of Science, KTÜ., in 2012. Ülgen worked as a research assistant at the Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, at RTEÜ. between 2008 and 2013, and as Assistant Professor between 2015-2018, and as Associated Professor between 2018-2024 January. She works as a professor at the same department since 2024 February. She is a plankton ecologist and her reseach focus on distribution, effects and control methods of marine…