作者: Necdet Saglam

Necdet Saglam graduated from Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Between 1991-2010, he worked as an Associated Professor and Professor in Faculty of Education, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University. During the years between 2007 and 2011, he has become Rector of Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey. He has worked as a Professor for 10 years in Division of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He has joined a number of academic committees and duties such as chair, editor, referee; and was Vice Dean of Education Faculty, Hacettepe University form 1997 to 2006. He has supervised a number of graduate theses on science education and science fields. At present, he teaches Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, Biotechnology, Microbiology and Genetics and in these subject areas, he has joined several research project teams. He has published many articles and chapters inesteemed journals and books also presented papers at international conferences. Feza Korkusuz graduated from Medical Faculty, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey in 1986. He attended specification in Orthopedic Surgery in Traumatology at Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Medical Faculty, Gazi  University. Between 1989 and 1990, he studied at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan and he graduated from Osaka University with a postgraduate diploma. His clinical and research studies focused on Spine Surgery, Sports Medicine and Basic Research. He has worked at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey for 20 years as an orthopedic surgeon at the Medical Center as the Director and Head of Department of Physical Education and Sports. In 1994 and in 2001 he became an Associate Professor and Professor, respectively. In the year 2000, he received the Scientific and Technological Research Councilof Turkey Promotion Award in Medical Sciences. Between 1991 and 2016, he was a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society. In 2008, he became an active member of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and since 2006, he has been a member of the corresponding and deputy editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. Since 2017, he has became an active member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and has worked as a vice president in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interest includes applied & environmental microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than one hundred fifty publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles & book chapters and five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award & Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA; Outstanding Scientist Award in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; BRICPL Science Investigator Award and Research Excellence Award etc. He has been serving as editorial board members: Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Phyton- International Journal of Experimental Botany; Journal of Renewable Materials, Biocell; including Series editor of Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences, Springer Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Assistant Professor Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States and Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.