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Prof. Dr. Selami SELVİ, Çanakkale Onsekizmart Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümünden 2002 yılında  mezun olmuştur. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Biyoloji Bölümü Botanik ABD’de 2003-2005 yılları arasında yüksek lisansını, aynı enstitüde 2005-2011 yılları arasında doktorasını tamamlamıştır. Halen Balıkesir Üniversitesi Altınoluk Meslek Yüksekokulu Bitkisel ve Hayvansal Üretim Bölümünde Öğretim üyesi olarak akademik hayatına devam etmektedir. Bitki Morfolojisi ve Anatomisi, Bitki Sistematiği, Bitki Ekolojisi Etnobotanik, Etnofarmakoloji ve Bitki Biyokimyası üzerine çalışmalar yapmaktadır.

Prof. Dr. Soner Soylu received his PhD degree from Wye College, University of London, UK in 1998. He has been working as a lecturer and researcher at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection since 1998.

He has research experience in the field of Plant Pathology and has supervised many master's and doctoral theses and studies. In this field, he has been the coordinator of many projects funded by different domestic and foreign institutions.

He has published research articles, book chapters and conference papers in reputed journals on plant growth promoting endophytic and epiphytic bacterial isolates (PGPB) and characterization of molecular, biochemical and morphological interactions between plant pathogens and plant defense mechanisms, Molecular and morphological identification of bacterial and fungal plant pathogens, antimicrobial activity of natural antimicrobial substances such as essential oils and extracts, induced resistance to fungal and bacterial plant pathogens, beneficial antagonist fungal and bacterial pathogens and biological control of fungal and bacterial pathogens, .

In particular, he is an expert in the molecular identification of obligate disease agents such as soilborne fungal diseases, powdery mildew, mildew, rust in various crops and has published many first record plant disease agent reports for Turkey. For the first time in Turkey, he was involved in the establishment of the "Plant Health Clinic", which provides solution services directly to farmers for their problems related to diseases, pests and weeds.

His research articles published on various topics have been extensively cited worldwide and ranked among the "Top 10 Most Cited Articles" in the relevant journal category in the field of Agricultural Sciences. He serves as Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board Member and Referee in many reputable and prestigious journals in his field.