Dr.Merve Kaya

Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Major: Biochemistry
Thesis: Structure and functionality of citrus pectin: impact of extraction conditions, structural variations, and characterization of pectin building blocks.
Achievement: European PhD Certificate Evaluation: "très bon" (very good).

Entrepreneurial Studies, Major: Agri-Food Research Based Entrepreneurship
Business Idea: OxyCo offers a flexible, sustainable fish feed production process using innovative technologies.
Program Partners: Aarhus University, Denmark and Universita Degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
Achievement: I-EIT Food Best Business Idea, II-BİGG- TÜBİTAK Invitation to Entrepreneurship Multi-phase Programme Jury.

Content: Business modeling (Forward Fooding, England), New business financial models (Nagima Business Consulting, Italy), Network effects and platform economy (Azti, Spain), Emerging technologies (Deusto Business School, Spain), Leadership in the COVID era (Fair Saturday Foundation, Spain), Public engagement (Wageningen University, The Netherlands).

Food and Agribusiness Management (Dual Degree)
Thesis: Analyzing the digital agriculture market in Brazil through expert interviews.
Achievement: 14/15 score.

Content: Agribusiness policy and strategies, Sustainability in agribusiness, Disruptive innovation, Poverty and hunger, Brazilian orange juice strategy, Vegetable distribution strategies, Supermarket traceability, Women in agribusiness marketing, Big corporations' positioning, Media in Brazil, Bioenergy and biofuels, Agribusiness marketing and sales, Leadership and management, Social media governance, Taxes in Brazilian agrisector, Meat supply chain and sustainability, Data analytics, Food marketing in Brazil.

Food and Agribusiness Management (Dual Degree)
Thesis: French wine marketing in the USA: developing a distribution strategy.
Achievement: Agreen Startup Contest Candidate, French Chambres of Agriculture, La Roche-sur-Yon, France.

Content: Marketing and food business, Operations management, Financial management, Human resources, Corporate social responsibility, Agribusiness strategy, Analytical tools, Value chain, Design and innovation, B2B and B2C.

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Major: Plant Nutrition
Thesis: Iodine biofortification of vegetable crops: examining the impact of various iodine forms and concentrations on vegetable growth and iodine uptake.

Tasks: Crop sorting and evaluation, Drying and grinding plant materials, Greenhouse trials, Alkaline fusion preparation, Iodine concentration analysis.

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Major: Plant Nutrition
Thesis: Observation of physiological cell wall changes in rice leaves, focusing on suberization and lignification after silicon (Si) amendment using microscopic and molecular techniques.

Content: Research theories and methods, Biostatistics, Molecular biology, Plant physiology, Genetics and breeding, Plant molecular and cell biology, Plant nutrition.

School of Biological Sciences, Major: Biology
Achievement: I-British Council Exclusive Professional Training Prize: Includes a UK trip for an alumni event and access to exclusive professional courses, II-Cambridge University Certificate in Work Experience (Organic Farming).

Content: Field ecology, Biological data analysis, Molecular genetics applications.

Agriculture Engineering, Major: Field Crops
Thesis: Current state of Biotechnology.

Content: Botany, Zoology, Technical drawing, Plant physiology, Microbiology, Food technology, Field crops, Farm machinery, Soil science, Agricultural insurance, Horticulture, Genetics, Agricultural economics, Landscape design, Farm management, Plant propagation, Cereals, Tissue culture, Industrial plants, Crop pests, Forage crops, Starch and sugar crops, Legumes, Irrigation and drainage, Meteorology.

Major: Science & Mathematics
Core Educational Programs taught in English.
Achievement: Anatolian High Schools admit students based on high nationwide TEOG scores.