2025-, Profesör, Tam Zamanlı, Kastamonu Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Coğrafya Bölümü, Türkiye

2025-, Profesör, Tam Zamanlı, Kastamonu Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Coğrafya Bölümü, Türkiye

Biographical notes: Arzu Aydın Uncumusaoğlu is an Associate Professor of Engineering Faculty at Giresun University, Giresun, Turkey. She received her BSc, MSc and PhD at Faculty of Fisheries at Ege University in 1999, 2002 and 2007, respectively. She has published many papers at various national and international journals and conferences. She is also a member of many journals and associations. Her current research focuses on water quality and pollution, sediment quality and pollution, hydrobiology, zooplankton, Hyperiidea, heavy metals, bioaccumulation, biomagnification, biological indices, statistical ecosystem evaluation, ecological ındices, biological ındices, statistical techniques and microplastics.

Dr. Fahd Rasul is an Associate Professor at the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF). With a Ph.D. in Agronomy, he specializes in a wide array of areas including climate-smart agriculture, sustainable farming systems, biochar and soil health management, and the production of hybrid rice and sugarcane. His research interests extend to crop science, crop physiology, and crop management under stressful environments, as well as managing crop nutrition and utilizing biofertilizers for enhanced productivity.
Dr. Rasul has held significant roles throughout his career. He has served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Washington State University, USA, working on the DSSAT program with AgWeatherNet. He also gained valuable experience as a Trainee Officer in Rice Research and Trials with Syngenta Pakistan and as a Rural Finance Officer with Bank Alfalah Limited. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Rasul has been an active consultant and has contributed to rural development through his advisory roles, including working as a member of the AGRIHUNT NGO.
As an expert in agricultural development, Dr. Rasul has organized numerous international workshops and seminars, particularly under the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), where he served as organizing secretary for four workshops and two international seminars.
Institutional Affiliations: Dr Rasul served as Adjunct Faculty at Washington State University, Prosser, WA, USA. He remained an important part of the Agweathernet program there. He served for Member of the award committee as a member of Agronomy society of America. He is life member of Pakistan society of Agronomy. He is an active member of the British Biochar foundation. Dr rasul is currently working as Team lead of field crop experiments with UKRI and MRC project in collaboration with Earlham Institute, Warwick University, Cranfield University, University college Dublin, Ireland, IDS (Sussex University), NUST-Pakistan. He remained an active member of the AgMIP-Pakistan team to serve as Outreach organizer in a project led by Columbia University Newyork and NASA Goddard Climate research Institute. He executed a British Council sponsored project on Sustainable use of Biochar in Pakistan and UK in collaboration with Climate change Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Key Specializations and Research Areas:
• Climate-smart agriculture and sustainable farming
• Biochar and soil health management
• Hybrid rice and sugarcane production
• Crop management in challenging environments
• Seed science and crop nutrition management
• Use of biofertilizers and oilseed crops
Dr. Rasul's broad expertise and practical experience make him a valuable contributor to both academic research and agricultural development efforts, particularly in improving farming systems under climate stress and advancing crop production technologies. He has more than 100 publications to his credit including peer reviewed high impact research publications in top ranked high impact factor journals, More than 16 Book chapters, One book and more than 20 popular articles. He is serving as editorial board member of two journals and reviewer for about 20 journals. Dr Rasul has H index -25 and more than 2500 citations. He has organized 12 International conferences and seminars.
His profile can be accessed from the following links.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-fahd-rasul/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EDDx_AgAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7813-2981
https://www.weather.wsu.edu/?p=92750 Fulbright Visiting Scientist Alumni
https://www.fao.org/fsnforum/member/fahd-rasul Global Forum on food security and Nutrition.
https://gfair.network/content/rasul-fahd The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

Prof. Dr. Telat Yanık, Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Zootekni Bölümünden 1988’de mezun oldu. Su ürünleri alanında yüksek lisans ve doktorasını 1996 yılında tamamladı. Doçent unvanını 1998'de aldı. Atatürk Üniversitesi, Su Ürünleri Fakültesinde profesör olarak 2004 yılından beri öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır. 

1973 yılında Ünye - Ordu'da doğdu. İlk, orta ve lise eğitimini Bursa'daki farklı kurumlarda tamamladı. 1996 yılında Necatibey Eğitim Fakültesi Coğrafya Eğitimi Bölümü'nü tamamlayarak lisans derecesini aldı. 1999 yılında Yüksek Lisans, 2003 yılında ise Doktora eğitimini İstanbul Üniversitesi'nde bitirdi.

2004 yılında Dr. Öğretim Üyesi olarak Balıkesir Üniversitesi, Fen - Edebiyat Fakültesi, Coğrafya Bölümü'nde çalışmaya başladı. 2005 - 2007 yılları arasında aynı fakültenin Dekan Yardımcılığı görevini yürüttü. 

2010 yılında Doçentlik payesini aldı. 2015 yılında ise Profesör kadrosuna atandı. 2019 - 2021 yılları arasında bölüm başkanlığı yaptı. 

Dr. Cürebal ulusal ve uluslararası 100'den fazla kitap, kitap bölümü, makale ve bildiri yayınladı. Araştırmacı jeomorfoloji, jeomorfolojik süreçler, ekoloji alanlarında çalışmalarına devam etmektedir. 

Cürebal evli olup, bir kız çocuk babasıdır.