People on KutmanLab — Plant Biotechnology, Physiology and Nutrition Lab

Ayşenur Bayrak

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Ayşenur Bayrak completed her PhD in the lab in 2026. Her doctoral work on selenium biofortification and sulfur supply in leafy greens grown in an indoor vertical farm was published in Agronomy in 2026.

Ümit Barış Kutman

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Ümit Barış Kutman is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology, Gebze Technical University, where he leads the Plant Biotechnology, Physiology and Nutrition Lab and is Vice Director of the Institute. He studied Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at Sabancı University (BSc 2005, PhD 2010). His doctoral work on the interaction between nitrogen and zinc nutrition in wheat is widely cited in the biofortification literature. Before joining GTÜ he worked at Konya Food and Agriculture University and at the University of California, Davis.

Bahar Yıldız Kutman

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Bahar Yıldız Kutman is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology, Gebze Technical University, and co-leads the Plant Biotechnology, Physiology and Nutrition Lab. She studied Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at Sabancı University (BSc 2008, PhD 2013) and worked at Konya Food and Agriculture University and at the University of California, Davis before joining GTÜ.

Her research is on plant biology and biotechnology, soilless and vertical farming, biostimulants and plant nutrition products, seed treatments and sustainable agriculture. Much of it is aimed at turning laboratory findings into products and practices that growers can use.

Yağmur Arıkan Algül

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Yağmur Arıkan Algül carried out doctoral research in the lab on seaweed-based biostimulants from the brown alga Cystoseira barbata and on the medicinal plant Cistus creticus under salinity stress, and graduated in 2025. The seaweed work was presented at the Balkan Agricultural Congress, ISNFF and Biotech4Sus congresses between 2022 and 2025, and is published in Physiologia Plantarum (2024) and Agronomy (2025).

Ali Kaval

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Ali Kaval was the first doctoral student to graduate from the lab.

Zaeema Khan

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Dr. Zaeema Khan joined the Institute of Biotechnology at Gebze Technical University as a lecturer in July 2026. She completed her doctorate before joining the lab.

Aleyna Su Bostan

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Aleyna Su Bostan completed her graduation project in the lab and continues her studies in a double major programme. She holds a scholarship on the TÜBİTAK 1833 SAYEM project.

Ezgi Şengül

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Ezgi Şengül completed her MSc in the lab in 2026.

Hande Mutlu Durak

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Mudasir Ejaz

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Ömer Faruk Taştan

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Şükran Duman Öden

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Şükran Duman Öden is a lecturer at the Institute of Biotechnology. She runs the R&D greenhouse and the greenhouse laboratory of the institute and supports the experiments of the group.

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Yağmur Diler

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Yağmur Diler works in the lab as an undergraduate researcher and holds a scholarship on the TÜBİTAK 1833 SAYEM project.

Emir Taha Selman

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Emir Taha Selman completed his MSc in the lab in 2026.

Zehra Sena Behram

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Zehra Sena Behram completed her MSc in the lab in 2026.

Özgür Altundaş

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Özgür Altundaş joined the lab as a master’s student in September 2020 and defended his thesis in March 2023.

Taşkın Kerem Koçak

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Taşkın Kerem Koçak joined the lab as a master’s student in September 2020 and defended his thesis in August 2022.

Başak Ayyıldız

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Başak Ayyıldız completed her graduation project in the lab and graduated in 2025. In 2025 she represented Türkiye at the finals of the UrbanFarm competition in Stockholm, where her team Flourish won first place.

Burak Tunçbaş

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Elif Özlem Günçaldı

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Hammad Ahmad

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Elif Mutluay

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Elif Mutluay joined the lab in 2025 as a TÜBİTAK STAR undergraduate research scholar, completed a graduation project in the lab and graduated in 2026.

Mert Işık

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Mert Işık completed his graduation project in the lab and graduated in 2026.

Esra Porsuk

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Esra Porsuk completed a graduation project in the lab and graduated in 2025.

Nisanur Okuş

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Nisanur Okuş completed a graduation project in the lab and graduated in 2025.

Rümeysa Kaleli

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Rümeysa Kaleli joined the lab in 2025 as a TÜBİTAK STAR undergraduate research scholar, completed a graduation project in the lab and graduated the same year.

Simay Akpınar

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Simay Akpınar completed a graduation project in the lab and graduated in 2025. The work on the cold-press extract of the brown seaweed Cystoseira barbata as a biostimulant for lettuce was presented as a poster at the Biotech4Sus'25 congress in October 2025.

Beyza Gökcük

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Beyza Gökcük completed a graduation project in the lab and graduated in 2025. The work on zinc-enriched duckweed (Lemna minor) as a biofortification agent for lettuce was presented as a poster at the Biotech4Sus'25 congress in October 2025.

Berkay Bütün

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Berkay Bütün first came to the lab for his summer internship in 2023, from the Bioengineering programme, and stayed on as a TÜBİTAK STAR undergraduate research scholar. He is a co-author on the lab’s work on biochar and perlite mixtures as substrates for soilless systems, presented at Biotech4Sus'24.

Gülçin Akpınar

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Gülçin Akpınar worked in the lab in 2025 as a TÜBİTAK STAR undergraduate research scholar.

Kübra Tutkun Akdeniz

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Menahil Iqbal

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Nurselin Kılıç

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Nurselin Kılıç worked in the lab in 2024 as a TÜBİTAK STAR undergraduate research scholar on the TÜBİTAK 3501 project on biostimulant extracts of the brown seaweed Cystoseira barbata.

Rıfat Buğra Bildiri

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Betül Unur

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Betül Unur worked in the lab in 2024 as a TÜBİTAK STAR undergraduate research scholar on the TÜBİTAK 1003 project, run jointly with TAGEM, on arbuscular mycorrhiza and bacteria consortia as microbial fertilizers.

İlyas Zekeriya Dik

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İlyas Zekeriya Dik first came to the lab for his summer internship in 2021 and went on to complete his graduation project here. He is a co-author on the lab’s work on biochar from waste biomass gasification, presented in 2023 and 2024.

İlknur Çaça

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İlknur Çaça worked in the lab between 2021 and 2023 and completed her graduation project here.

Ezgi Aydöner

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Ezgi Aydöner came to the lab for a summer internship in 2019 and completed her graduation project here in 2020.

Büşra Elkatmış

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Büşra Elkatmış completed her graduation project in the lab in 2021.

Serra Akansel

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Serra Akansel came to the lab for a summer internship in 2022 and completed her graduation project here in 2023, from the Bioengineering programme.

Abdullah Duman

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Abdullah Duman came to the lab for a summer internship in 2021 and completed his graduation project here in 2024.

Ahmet Buğrahan Akbıyık

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