Ertan Yıldırım Lab · Türkiye

Saad Zafar

Doktora Araştırmacısı — researching plant biotechnology and crop improvement within the lab’s horticulture and stress-biology programmes.

Plant BiotechnologyMolecular GeneticsCrop Improvement

Biyografi

Saad Zafar is a Doktora Araştırmacısı in the Ertan Yıldırım Lab within the Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü and Tarımsal Biyoteknoloji at Atatürk Üniversitesi. His doctoral research explores plant molecular genetics, functional genomics, and antioxidant defense cascades in horticultural crops subjected to environmental stress conditions.

Research Interests

Plant molecular genetics and recombinant DNA screening
Abiotic stress physiology: cellular mechanisms of salinity and drought tolerance
Functional genomics, RNA-seq transcriptomics, and differential expression analysis
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and biostimulant interactions
Plant tissue culture and in vitro regeneration systems

Eğitim

2023–Günümüz · PhD

Plant Biotechnology / Bahçe Bitkileri

Atatürk Üniversitesi · Ertan Yıldırım Lab

MSc

Plant Breeding & Genetics / Biotechnology

Graduate School of Natural & Applied Sciences

BSc

Agricultural Sciences

Ziraat Fakültesi

Academic Career

2023 – Günümüz

Doktora Araştırmacısı

Atatürk Üniversitesi · Ertan Yıldırım Lab

Lisansüstü Araştırmacı

Plant Biotechnology

Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü

Projects, Supervision & Teaching

Lab Abiotic Stress Trials: Conducting experimental molecular assays examining enzymatic antioxidant systems (SOD, CAT, APX) under salt and drought stress.
Biostimulant Assays: Evaluating organic humates and microbial bio-fertilizers on vegetable physiology.

Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları

SKA 2: Açlığa Son — Advancing climate-resilient crop genotypes for sustainable food production.
SKA 13: İklim Eylemi — Elucidating plant adaptive mechanisms against global warming and drought.
SKA 15: Karasal Yaşam — Soil conservation and eco-friendly biological crop inputs.

Contact

GörevDoktora Araştırmacısı

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At a Glance

GörevDoktora Araştırmacısı

LaboratuvarErtan Yıldırım Lab

Uzmanlık AlanıMolecular Genetics & Stress Physiology

KurumAtatürk Üniversitesi

Scientific Profiles

E-postasaad.zafar@ogr.atauni.edu.tr

Bağlı KurumAtatürk Üniversitesi · Erzurum

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Saad Zafar

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Research Interests