Education

Academic degrees and international research experiences.

Former F.R.S-FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow (until 03/2024), Host institute: University of Mons, Belgium
Former Postdoctoral Fellow (until 09/2023), Ghent University-Special Research Fund (BOF), Ghent University, Belgium
Former Researcher (until 09/2020), Teagasc Food Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (05/2020), Ghent University, Belgium
Master's Degree (04/2016) in Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
Erasmus+ Exchange Master Student (until 03/2016), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria
Erasmus+ Intern Researcher (until 12/2014), IfADo Institute, Dortmund, Germany
Bachelor's Degree (07/2011) in Veterinary Medical Sciences, Assiut University, Egypt

Scientific Awards

Recognition for research achievements and presentations.

(2022) Best Oral Presentation from Toxins journal at the international conference Power of Fungi and Mycotoxins in Climate Change Symposium, Croatia.
(2019) The Young Scientist Award during the EURACHEM 2019 meeting held in Tartu, Estonia.
(2018) Best Poster Award from Toxins journal at the 2nd African Symposium on Mycotoxicology, Kenya.

Research fellowships supporting international collaborations.

(12/2024) TÜBİTAK 2221-Fellowships for Visiting Scientists (short term), Istanbul University, Türkiye.
(2023-2026) Postdoctoral Fellowship, F.R.S-FNRS mandate, Belgium, University of Mons.
(2020-2023) Postdoctoral Fellowship-Special Research Fund Ghent University, Belgium.
(2020) Marie Curie Research Leaders 2025 - Fellowship Programme, Austria/Ireland.
(2016-2020) PhD Research Fellowship, Mycokey project, Ghent University, Belgium.
(2015-2016) Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Studies, BOKU, Austria.
(2014) Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Placement, IfADo Institute, Dortmund, Germany.
(2013-2016) Turkish Government Scholarship, Türkiye.

Support to attend international workshops and conferences.

(2023) National Demonstration Base for Talent Introduction Grant (17,000 RMB), Beijing, China.
(2023) Conference Travel Award (€500), 44th Mycotoxin-Workshop, Celle, Germany.
(2022) Workshop Travel Award, Applied In Vitro Toxicology Course, Luxembourg.
(2022) Conference Travel Award (€500), ICT 2022, Maastricht, Netherlands.
(2018) Conference Travel Award (€1,000), 2nd International MycoKey Conference, Wuhan, China.
(2017) Conference Travel Award (€750), 3rd International Mass Spectrometry School, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Professional memberships and roles in international organizations.

(Since 2025) Post-doctoral Representative, SOT’s Food Safety Specialty Section (FS3).
(Since 2024) Board member, European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV).
(Since 2023) Member, ILSI Europe’s Natural Toxins’ Expert Group.
(Since 2023) Full member, Society for Mycotoxin Research.
(Since 2021) Full member, European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV).
(Since 2021) Full member, Belgian society of Toxicology (BelTox).
(Since 2020) Ordinary member, International Society of Mycotoxicology (ISM).

Active collaborations based on projects and research papers.

Europe

Asia

Institute of Food Science and Technology, Beijing, PR China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
Institute for Agri-Food Standards and Testing Technology, Shanghai, PR China
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye