Mehmet Emin ÇALIŞKAN, professor and Dean at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University (NOHU), Turkey

Education:
 1987-1991: University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey: B.Sc. on Field Crops
 1991-1994: University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey: M.Sc. on Potato Agronomy
 1994-1997: University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey: Ph.D. on Potato Agronomy&Physiology

PhD Thesis: The effects of seed size, seed cutting and planting density on growth, yield and economic value of the crop in early potato production

Expertise and interest:
  - Plant breeding and genetics with special focus on potato
 - Seed production systems

Professional experience:
 2017-            : Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural  Sciences and Technologies, NOHU
 2013-            : Professor at Departments of Agricultural Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural 
Sciences and Technologies, NOHU (Head of Department between 2013-2019)
 2009-2013     : Professor at Field Crops Department, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey

2003-2009     : Associate Professor at Field Crops Department, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey

1998-2003     : Assistant Professor at Field Crops Department, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
 1993-1998     : Research Assistant at Field Crops Department, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey

Other responsibilities:
 - Turkey’s Country Representative at the European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), 2006-
 - Chairman of the Agrophysiology Section at the EAPR, 2008-2014
 - Editorial Board Member, Potato Research, 2017-

- Editorial Board Member, Turkish Journal of Field Crops, 2014-
 - Editorial Board Member, Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2014-
 - Editorial Board Member, Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 2011- 2017
 - Advisory Board Member of the Call Programme for Priority Areas in Field Crops by The Scientific and

  Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2012-2017

International Activities and Trainings:
  - International Consultant for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to establish the national disease free seed potato production project for Azerbaijan, 2015-
 - Expert Mission for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to give lectures and practical exercises in the field and laboratory for potato breeding, Tangier, Morocco, 26-30 January 2015
 -Visiting Scientist in University of Idaho, Parma, USA for potato production and breeding, 23 July-5 August 2015,
 - Visiting Scientist in International Potato Center, Lima, Peru for potato and sweetpotato breeding, 2-29 January 2012,
 - Participant of the 26th International Potato Course, Wageningen, The Netherlands, April-July 1997

Memberships:
 - Turkish Society of Field Crops, 1997-
 - The European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), 1997-
 - American Potato Association (PAA), 1998-
 - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA), 2017