EDUCATION

Ph.D Department of Genetics, University of Leeds, U.K., 1992

M.Sc Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1988

B.Sc Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1986

AREA OF RESEARCH

1. Plant Molecular Genetics
2. Plant Biotechnology
3. Plant Tissue Culture
4. Plant Physiology
5. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
6. Bioethics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Kandemir, G., Kaya, Z., Temel, F. and Önde S. Genetic Variation in Cold Hardiness in Turkish Red Pine (Pinus brutia Ten.): Implications for Potential Climate Change Silvae Genetica 59(2):49-57, 2010.

Zeybek, E, Önde S. and Kaya, Z. Improved in vitro micropropagation method with adventitious corms and roots for endangered saffron. Cent. Eur. J. Biol. 7(1) : 138-145, 2012.

Özgen, M, Özdilek A, Birsin M.A, Önde, S, Şahin D, Açıkgöz, S and Kaya Z. Ancient DNA Analysis from in vitro grown tissues of 1600 Years-Old seeds revealed the species as Anagyris foetida. Seed Science Res. 22 : 279-286, 2012.

Dizkirici A., Kansu C., Onde S., Birsin M., Ozgen M., Kaya Z. Phylogenetic relationships among Triticum L. and Aegilops L. species as genome progenitors of bread wheat based on sequence diversity in trnT-F region of chloroplast DNA. Genet Resour Crop Evol. 60:2227–2240 2013. DOI 10.1007/s10722-013-9988-x.

Demir P, Önde, S., Severcan F. Phylogeny of cultivated and wild wheat species using ATR–FTIR spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 135: 757-763 2015.