I was born in Sariz in September 1975. I completed my primary and secondary education in my town and high school in Rize Kalkandere. I graduated from Atatürk University, Department of Field Crops in 1999. I completed my master's degree (BsC) in 2005 and my doctorate (PhD) in 2009. I started my academic career as a Research Assistant at Atatürk University in 2000. I became an assistant professor at Erciyes University in 2011 and an associate professor in 2014. I am still working as an associate professor at Kayseri University. I am married and have one son. One of them is a book in the field of Organic Agriculture and 5 of them are book chapters; I have 66 publications (17 of which are SCI indexed). I have a good command of English.