PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Genetic Engineering, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey, 2015-2021

EDUCATION

Ph.D Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA, 2009-2014

M.Sc Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2006-2009

B.Sc Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2002-2006

AREA OF RESEARCH

My research focuses on the uptake, translocation, and signaling of micronutrients and biofortification of crop species. I also work on the development of stress-tolerant crops via molecular breeding and genetic engineering technologies. My research group applies novel genetic and molecular techniques to identify transcription factors, transporters, and gene networks related to stress tolerance in soybean, potato, wheat, quinoa, and Arabidopsis with national and international partners.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Demirel, U., Morris, W.L., Ducreux, L.J., Yavuz, C., Asim, A., Tindas, I., Campbell, R., Morris, J.A., Verrall, S.R., Hedley, P.E., Gokce, Z.N., Caliskan, S., Aksoy, E., Caliskan, M.E., Taylor, M.A., Hancok, R.D., 2020. Physiological, biochemical, and transcriptional responses to single and combined abiotic stress in stress-tolerant and stress-sensitive potato genotypes. Frontiers in plant science, 11, p.169. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00169

Naqqash, M.N., Gökçe, A., Aksoy, E. and Bakhsh, A., 2020. Downregulation of imidacloprid resistant genes alters the biological parameters in Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). Chemosphere, 240, p.124857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124857

Maqbool, A., Abrar, M., Bakhsh, A., Çalışkan, S., Khan, H.Z., Aslam, M. and Aksoy, E., 2020. Biofortification Under Climate Change: The Fight Between Quality and Quantity. In Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth (pp. 173-227). Springer, Cham.

Fukudome, A., Aksoy, E., Wu, X., Kumar, K., Jeong, I.S., May, K., Russell, W.K. and Koiwa, H., 2014. Arabidopsis CPL4 is an essential C‐terminal domain phosphatase that suppresses xenobiotic stress responses. The Plant Journal, 80(1), pp.27-39. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12612

Aksoy, E., Jeong, I.S. and Koiwa, H., 2013. Loss of function of Arabidopsis C-terminal domain phosphatase-like1 activates iron deficiency responses at the transcriptional level. Plant physiology, 161(1), pp.330-345. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.112.207043