Atilla Eriş Professor Department of Genetics and Bioengineering Istanbul Bilgi University Phone: +90 (212) 311-7103 Fax: +90 (212) 625-3086 E-mail: atilla.eris@bilgi.edu.tr Academic Background 1972, PhD., Horticultural Engineering, Ankara University 1967, BS., Agricultural Engineering, Ankara University Academic Appointments 1983, Full Professor, Uludağ University 1977, Associate Professor, Ankara University 1970, Research Assistant, Ankara University Awards and Scholarships 1975 1977 DAAD Research Fellowship, BFA für Rebenzüchtung, Geilweilerhof, Germany 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Volkswagen Foundation Research Fellowship, Bonn and Karlsruhe Universities, Germany 1993 DAAD Research Fellowship Bonn and Karlsruhe Universities, Germany 1993 Volkswagen Foundation Fellowship, Cornell University, NY/USA 1994 CIHEAM Fellowship Chania / Greece 1994 Volkswagen Foundation Fellowship, Kyoto / Japan 1995 British Council Fellowship Sparsholt College, Winchester, Hampshire / United Kingdom 1997, 1999 Fellowship of University of Horticulture and Food Industry, Budapest / Hungary 1998 Koerber Foundation Research Fellowship, Hamburg, Gutersloh, Bonn, Erfurt and Berlin Universities, Germany 2000-2001 Research Fellowship, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, U.S.A. 2002 DAAD Research Fellowship Siegen, Hannover, Köln, Bonn, Braunschweig, Mannheim Universities, Germany Honors Honor-Doctorate, Modern Knowledge Institute of Belarus, Minsk, Republic of Belarus. Medal, International Society for Horticultural Science, Belgium. 1
Professional Activities Vice Rector of Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, (2012-to date). Acting Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul Bilgi University, (2013). Member of the Higher Education Council of Turkey, Ankara, (2005 2012). Member of Executive Board of Higher Education Council of Turkey, Ankara (2008-2012). Chairman, Cherry Working Group of ISHS, Belgium, (2005-2009). Member of the Consultancy Commission (Agriculture & Forestry) of Interuniversity Council, Ankara, (2004 2009). Member of the Executive Committee of Uludag University, Bursa, (2004 2008). Member of Editorial Board Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, TÜBİTAK, (2004-2008). Professor in the Department of Horticulture, Uludag University, Faculty of Agriculture, Bursa, (1983 2008). Member of the Executive Committee of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Technologies of Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK), Ankara, (2001-2005). Visiting Scientist, West Virginia University, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, Morgantown, WV, USA (2000 2001). Member of the Editorial Advisory Panel and Country Coordinating Editor Journal of Applied Horticulture, Indiranagar, Lucknow, India, (2001-2010). Member of International Editorial Advisory Board and Reviewer International Journal of Horticulture Science, Budapest, Hungary, (1996-2000). Vice Rector of the Uludag University, Bursa, (1992-2000). Board Member, Reviewer Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, London, UK, (2000-2008). Member of the Senate and Executive Committee of Uludag University, Bursa, (1992 2000). Director, Department of Horticulture, Uludag University Bursa, Turkey, (1991-1992; 1997 2000). Board Member & Reviewer Small Fruits Review, Auburn, USA, (1994-2005). Acting President, Southeast Anatolian Project Regional Development Administration (GAP), the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey (1989-1991). Project Coordinator of GAP, State Planning Organization, The Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey (1989). Member of the Executive Committee of Agricultural Faculty, Bursa, (1984-1987). Vice Chairman of Department of Horticulture, Ankara, (1981-1983). Member of the Executive Committee of Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara, (1977-1980). Assoc. Prof. in Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, 2
Turkey (1977-1983). Visiting Scientist in Federal Research Institute for Grape Breeding, Geilweilerhof, West Germany (1975-1977). Reviewer, Abstractor of VITIS, Viticulture and Enology Abstracts, Geilweilerhof, Germany, (1975-2000). Research Assist. (Dr.) Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Turkey (1972-1975). Research Assist. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Turkey (1970-1972). Engineer, Research Institute of Plant Protection, and Ministry of Agriculture, Ankara, Turkey (1967, 1969). Military Service (Lieutenant) (1967-1969). Research Interests Physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology in plants (exogenous and endogenous factors effecting on growth and development; plant growth regulators; proteins; amino acids; enzymes, etc.) Thesis Supervised MSc: 10 PhD: 14 Projects Supported by national & international Institutions (Grants): TUBITAK-Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council -TOAG-157, 1972-1975 DAAD, Germany, 1975-1977 TUBITAK TOAG -507, 1983-1986 TUBITAK- TOAG -625, 1986-1988 Volkswagen Foundation, Germany, 1986-1989 TUBITAK- TOAG -715, 1989-1992 Uludag University Research Fund, Project No.94/9, 1994-1996 Uludag University Research Fund, Project No.95/5, 1995-1999 Uludag University Research Fund, Project No.95/13, 1995-1999 TUBITAK- TOAG -1664, 1996-1999 Koerber Foundation, Germany, 1998 TUBITAK-TOGTAG/Tarp-1901, 1998-2000 West Virginia University, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, U.S.A., 2000-2001 Uludag University Research Fund, Project No.2000/24, 2000-2002 Uludag University Research Fund, Project No.2000/25, 2000-2003 Uludag University Research Fund, Project No.2000/4, 2000-2003 Uludag University Research Fund, Project No.2000/8, 2000-2003 3
Uludag Üniversity Research Fund, Project No.2001/25, 2001-2005 State Planning Organization-SPO 2002/1, 2002-2006 Memberships International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Belgium (1980- to date) (Chairman, Cherry Working Group, 2005-2009) American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), USA (1996-2006) Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), UK (2006-2007) Turkish Society for Horticulture, Izmir, Turkey (1993-to date) Turkish-German Society for Nature and Agriculture Research Scientists, Ankara, Turkey-Germany (1983-to date) Chamber of Agriculture Engineers of Turkey, Bursa, Ankara, Turkey (1967-to date) Association of the Scholars of DAAD (Deutscher Akademischen Austauschdienst), Turkey, Germany (1998-2007) Society for Turkish-English Fellowships (British Council), Istanbul, Turkey (1995-2003) Society for Turkish-German Culture and Friendship (Chairman, 2004-2006) (2000-to date). SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FOR LAST TEN YEARS (Indexed) GULEN, H. and ERIS, A. 2003. Some physiological changes in strawberry (Fragaria X ananassa Camarosa ) plants under heat stress. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 78(6): 894-898. SİVRİTEPE, N., SİVRİTEPE H. Ö. and ERIS, A. 2003. The effects of NaCl priming on salt tolerance in melon seedlings grown under saline conditions. Scientia Horticulturae 97: 229-237. ERIS, A., TEZCAN, H., AKBUDAK, B. and KARABULUT, Ö. 2004. Effect of calcium and fungicide treatments on postharvest fungal disorders in the sweet cherries stored under normal and modified atmosphere conditions. Italian Journal of Food Science 3 (16): 293-306. AKBUDAK, B. and ERIS, A. 2004. Physical and chemical changes in peaches and nectarines during the modified atmosphere storage. Food Control 15: 307-313. GULEN, H. and ERIS, A. 2004. Effect of heat stress on peroxidase activity and total protein content in strawberry plants. Plant Science 166: 739-744. TURHAN, E. and ERIS, A. 2004. Effects of NaCl applications and different growth media on ionic composition in strawberry plant. Journal of Plant Nutrition Vol.27 (9): 1653 1665. GULEN, H., ERBIL, Y. and ERIS, A. 2004. Improved rooting of gisela-5 softwood cuttings following banding and application of IBA. Hort Science 39(6): 1403-1405. MARIAN, C. O., ERIS, A., KREBS, S. L. and ARORA, R. 2004. Environmental Regulation of a 25 kda Dehydrin in Relation to Rhododendron Cold Acclimation. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129 (3): 354-359. 4
TURHAN, E. and ERIS, A. 2005. Changes of micronutrients, dry weight and chlorophyll contents in strawberry plants under salt stress conditions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 36 (7-8): 1021-1028. AKBUDAK, B., ERIS, A. and KUCUKAHMETLER, O. 2005. Normal and modified atmosphere packaging storage of lisianthus (Lisianthus grandiflorum) grown in saline conditions. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, Vol. 33: 185-191. SİVRİTEPE, H. Ö., SİVRİTEPE, N., ERİŞ, A. and TURHAN, E. 2005. The effects of NaCL pre-treatments on salt tolerance of melons grown under long-term salinity. Scientia Horticulturae 106: 568-581. GULEN H., TURHAN, E. and ERIS, A. 2006. Changes in peroxidase activities and soluble proteins in strawberry varieties under salt-stress. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 28(2): 109-116. ERIS, A., GULEN, H., BARUT, E. and CANSEV, A. 2007. Annual patterns of total soluble sugars and proteins related to cold hardiness in olive (Olea europaea L. cv. Gemlik). Journal Of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 82(4): 597-604. TURHAN, E. and ERIS, A. 2007. Growth and stomatal behaviour of two strawberry cultivars under long-term salinity stress. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 31: 55-61. AKBUDAK, B., AKBUDAK, N., SENIZ, V. ve ERIS, A. 2007. Sequential Treatments of Hotwater and Modified Atmosphere Packaging in Cherry Tomatoes. Journal of Food Quality 30: 896 910. GÖKMEN, V., AKBUDAK, B., SERPEN, A., ACAR, J., TURAN, Z. M. and ERIS, A. 2007. Effects of Controlled Atmosphere Storage and Low-Dose Irradiation on Potato Tuber Components Affecting Acrylamide and Color Formation Upon Frying. European Food Research and Technology 224: 681-687. AKBUDAK, B., TEZCAN, H. and ERIS, A. 2008. Effect of low-dose gamma irradiation on the quality of sweet cherry during storage. Ital. J. Food. Sci. 3 (20): 383-392. TURHAN, E., GULEN, H. and ERIS, A. 2008. The Activity of Antioxidative Enzymes in Three Strawberry Cultivars Related to Salt-Stress Tolerance. Acta Physiol Plant. 30:201-208. TURHAN, E. and ERIS, A. 2009. Changes of Growth, Amino Acids, and Ionic Composition in Strawberry Plants under Salt Stress Conditions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 40: 3280 3294. AKBUDAK, B., TEZCAN, H. and ERIS, A. 2009. Evaluation of messenger plant activator as a preharvest and postharvest treatment of sweet cherry under a controlled atmosphere. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 60(5): 374-386. CANSEV, A., GULEN H. and ERIS A. 2009. Cold-hardiness of olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars in cold-acclimated and non-acclimated stages: Seasonal alteration of antioxidative enzymes and dehydrin-like proteins. J. Agr. Sci. 147: 51-61. GULEN, H., CANSEV, A. and ERIS, A. 2009. Cold-hardiness of olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars in cold-acclimated and non-acclimated stages: Seasonal alteration of soluble sugars and phospholipids. J. Agr. Sci. 147: 459-467. OZ, A.T. and ERIS, A. 2010. Influence of harvest time maturity and storage conditions on internal ethylene production rate of Hayward kiwifruits. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 8(3&4): 185-187. 5
OZ, A.T., GULEN, H. and ERIS, A. 2010. The effect of harvest maturity stage on ACC synthase activity and total proteins profile in kiwifruits during normal and controlled atmosphere storages. International Journal of Agriculture & Biology,12(6):828-832. GULEN, H., IPEK, A., ERGIN, S., AKCAY, M.E. and ERIS, A. 2010. Assesment of genetic relationships among 29 introduced and 49 local sweet cherry accessions in Turkey using AFLP and SSR markers. J. of Hortic. Sci. & Biotech. 85(5): 427-431. CANSEV, A., GULEN, H. and ERIS, A. 2011. The Activities of Catalase and Ascorbate Peroxidase in Olive (Olea europaea L. cv. Gemlik) under Low Temperature Stress. Hort. Environ. Biotechnol. 52(2): 113-120. KOKSAL, N., GULEN, H. and ERIS, A. 2011. Dormancy in tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.) bulbs and freesia (Freesia refracta Klatt.) corms: Changes in soluble proteins and APX activity. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment Vol.9 (2): 535-539. IPEK, A., GULEN, H., AKCAY, M.E., IPEK, M., ERGIN, S. AND ERIS, A. 2011. Determination of self-incompatibility groups of sweet cherry genotypes from Turkey. Genetics and Molecular Research 10 (1): 253-260. AKBUDAK, B., AKBUDAK, N., SENIZ, V. and ERIS, A. 2012. Effect of pre-harvest harpin and modified atmosphere packaging on quality of cherry tomato cultivars Alona and Cluster. British Food Journal, Vol.114 (2): 180-196. CANSEV, A.., GULEN, H., CELIK, G. and ERIS, A. 2012. Alterations in total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity in response to low temperatures in olive (Olea europaea l. Gemlik ). Plant Archives 12(1): 489-494. 6