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Assistant Professor, Head of Biosystem Engineering Department, Head of Land and Water Resources Sub-Department in Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
Dr. Kızıldeniz graduated with a BSc degree from Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey in Plant Protection specialization in 2009, MSc degree in Plant Breeding from the joint international programme of the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) and Lleida University, Spain in 2013. She completed her PhD degree in Environmental Biology at Navarra University, Spain in 2017. She has been focusing on the effects of climate change on crops during her research and she delivered several practical courses in Navarra University from 2013-2016. She has worked as National Agronomist and acted as Gender and PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) Focal Points with United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under Programme and Operational Support to Syria Crisis (Cross-border Operations) in Gaziantep, Turkey from January 2017 to January 2019. During her work under FAO, she has delivered several training courses related to agriculture, including gender related food security, livelihoods and agriculture. She also completed her second master’s degree in Women Studies in Gaziantep University, Turkey. She has also worked under the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) as a Senior Prevention from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Assistant hosted by United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM). Currently, she is working as Assistant Professor Doctor, lecturer and acting both as Head of Biosystem Engineering Department and Head of Land and Water Resources Sub-Department in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, in Turkey. She is leading and contributing to national and international multidisciplinary projects related to agriculture, the effects of climate change on crops, gender-related food security, agriculture, livelihoods and climate change topics.
