Prof. Dr. Saadet KARAKULAK, Head of the Fisheries Faculty-Department of Fisheries Technology. Aquaculture Engineer (Bachelor), Masters and PhD. degrees in Fisheries Biology. Main areas of research are; Fish Population Dynamic, Age and growth analysis, Reproduction, Stomach content, Fishing Gear Technology and High Migratory Species Fishery. Published over 100 papers and eight books. He has many projects on fisheries biology and population dynamic safety and also he has been working at Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences for 30 years and is working actively in EU project REPRODOTT (Q5RS-2002-01355) as subcontractor and a pilot study of the monitoring of the bluefin tuna in the eastern Mediterranean, Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Reg.1543/00 and Reg. 1639/01). She has been participating in the ICCAT scientific committee since 2003.
Umut Yıldırım, PhD, Dr. Umut Yıldırım, a lecturer at Karadeniz Technical University, Sürmene Faculty of Marine Sciences, Department of Marine Transportation Management Engineering, graduated from the Deck Department in 2000. He worked as an officer and captain on merchant ships between 2000 and 2010. He completed his master's degree in the Department of Maritime Transportation Management Engineering at KTU Institute of Science in 2012 and his doctorate in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 2016. Working subjects; education and training in maritime, marine accidents.
He received BSc, MSc and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Karadeniz Technical University in 1999, 2004 and 2011, respectively. He worked in Trabzon Vocational School as a Lecturer from 2003 to 2011 and then joined Faculty of Marine Sciences as an Assistant Professor in Karadeniz Technical University. He got Associate Professor title in 2021. His current research interests include internal combustion engines, fuels and combustion, and thermodynamic modeling. He is a member of chamber of mechanical engineers.