Ismail Cakmak#
| Membership Number: | 3181 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | TURKEY |
| Homepage(s): | http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/cakmak |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - present Coordinator of the Working Group 1: Soil- Plant Interactions and Physiology of the EU COST Action 0905
- 2009 - present President of the International Plant Nutrition Council
- 2002 - present Editorial Board Member, European Journal of Agronomy (Elsevier)
- 2005 - present Section Editor, Plant and Soil (Springer)
- 1995 - 2009: Advisory Board Member, Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology (Elsevier Science)
- 2005 - 2007 International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT)-Board of Trustees, based in Mexico
- 1997 - 2004 Turkish Committee Member of the EUREKA-EUROAGRI Umbrella Project
- 1998 - 2002 “Honorary Theme Editor”, Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems published by UNESCO
- 2000 August moved to Sabanci University in Istanbul from Cukurova University in Adana
- 1999 December Full Professor of Plant Nutrition, Cukurova University, and 1989 December: Associate Professor of Plant Nutrition
- 1988 January PhD Stuttgart-Hohenheim University (completed with outstanding success: summa cum laude)
Fields of Scholarship
- Zinc deficiency in cereal crops and human populations
- Genetic improvement of cultivated wheats by exploiting wild wheats
- Root adaptation mechanisms of plants to mineral nutrient deficiencies
- Physiological changes in plant cells under micronutrient deficiencies
- Carbon partitioning and root growth under magnesium deficiency
- Oxygen free radicals and antioxidants in stressed plants
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Georg Forster Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2011 Elected Member of the International Society of Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH) Council
- 2008 Istanbul Lions Club-Humanitarian Service Award
- 2007 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Crawford Fund “Derek Tribe Award Medal”
- 2005 IFA-International 2005 Crop Nutrition Award (IFA: Int. Fertilizer Industry Association)
- 2004 2nd National Agricultural Forum Science Prize given by Ministry of Agriculture, Ankara
- 2003 Distinguished Visitor Fellowship, University of Western Australia
- 1999 TUBITAK Science Prize (TUBITAK: The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey)
- 1994 January: TUBITAK-Junior Science Prize
