Mustafa Pehlivan | Gaziantep University | Excellence in Research Award

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Mr. Mustafa Pehlivan | Gaziantep University | Excellence in Research Award

Gaziantep University | Turkey

Mustafa Pehlivan is an Associate Professor of Botany with an academic background spanning undergraduate to doctoral training in Biology, completed at Çukurova University and Gaziantep University, with doctoral research focused on floristic composition and hemeroby analysis and master’s work on regional herbaceous flora. His academic experience includes long-term service as Doctor Faculty Member and Associate Professor at Gaziantep University, contributing to both biology and medicinal–aromatic plants programs. His research integrates botany, ethnobotany, plant ecology, phytochemistry, and experimental biology, with a strong emphasis on Lamiaceae species, bioactive plant extracts, green-synthesized nanoparticles, and their anticancer, antioxidant, apoptotic, and anti-inflammatory effects on cancer cell lines. He has supervised numerous completed and ongoing master’s and doctoral theses and has served as investigator or principal investigator in many nationally funded research projects, including TÜBİTAK and university-supported grants. His scholarly output is indexed in international databases, with documented publications, citations, and an established h-index reflecting sustained scientific impact. He has contributed to biodiversity inventories, traditional knowledge documentation, environmental contamination studies, and applied biomedical plant research. Overall, his work bridges classical botany with modern molecular and cellular approaches, supporting both biodiversity conservation and translational biomedical science.


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Featured Publications



In Vitro Evaluation of Anticancer Activity and Phenolic Compounds of Hypericum olympicum in Human Lung Cancer Cells
P. Yumrutaş, M. Korkmaz, M. Pehlivan, D. Taşdemir, Ö. Yumrutaş.
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2025.


Roles on Antiproliferation, Apoptosis, Necrosis and Proinflammation of Micromeria fruticosa Essential Oil on Lung Cancer Cells
P. Yumrutaş, M. Korkmaz, M. Pehlivan, D. Taşdemir, Ö. Yumrutaş.
International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2025.


Possible Induction of Apoptotic and Necrotic Death Pathways in Lung Cancer Cells by Clinopodium vulgare L.
Ö. Yumrutaş, M. Pehlivan, P. Yumrutaş, D. Kahraman.
Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas, 2024.


Determination of Some Selected Heavy Metals in Wheat and Pepper Samples Collected from Gaziantep (Türkiye)
K. Mencik, M. Doğan, M. Pehlivan.
Comptes Rendus de l’Académie Bulgare des Sciences, 2023.


Sideritis Species in Challenging Against Cancer: Cytotoxic, Antiproliferative and Apoptotic Roles
Ö. Yumrutaş, M. Pehlivan, P. Yumrutaş.
Eurasian Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2023.

Mahdi Sadeghi Pour Marvi | Agricultural Science and Innovation | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Mahdi Sadeghi Pour Marvi | Agricultural Science and Innovation | Best Researcher Award

Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center of Tehran Province | Iran

Dr. Mahdi Sadeghi Pour Marvi is a molecular and soil microbiologist whose research spans microbial ecology, soil biology, genomics and ecosystem biodiversity. He earned his Ph.D. in Soil Biology & Biotechnology from the University of Tehran, following an M.Sc. in Soil Science from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Over more than a decade of academic work, he has investigated the biodiversity and functional capabilities (e.g. sulfur oxidation) of native chemolithotrophic microorganisms in agricultural and mining soils, published on the diversity of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in copper mine ecosystems, and studied plant-microbe interactions under stress conditions. His methodological skills include molecular techniques (DNA/RNA extraction, PCR, DGGE), bioinformatics (phylogenetics, sequence alignment), and statistical & GIS modeling (SAS, SPSS, PAST, ArcGIS).  He has 9- citations, h-index-1, to date, with ongoing research contributions in microbial and soil ecology.  In summary, Dr. Sadeghi’s expertise bridges microbiology, soil ecology and bioinformatics, making him a valuable contributor to environmental and ecosystem research.

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Featured Publications

Sadeghi Pour Marvi, M. (2017). Isolation and identification of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in agricultural soil and evaluating sulfur oxidation yield. Biological Journal of Microorganism, 21(1), 113–125. University of Isfahan, Iran. ISSN: 2322-5173.

Sadeghi Pour Marvi, M. (2017). Operational evaluation of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria yield isolated from copper mine soil and their molecular identification based on 16S rRNA sequence. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Research (Iranian Journal of Biology). University of Tehran.

Sadeghi Pour Marvi, M. (2016). The diversity of sulfur-oxidizing bacterial populations at an Iranian copper mine and the surrounding agricultural soils. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 14(3), 509–533.* ALÖKI Kft., Budapest, Hungary.

Sadeghi Pour Marvi, M. (2012). Effect of inoculation with VA mycorrhiza and Azotobacter on grain yield, LAI and protein of wheat under drought stress conditions. International Journal of Agriscience, 2(6), 466–476.* ISSN 2228-6322.

Sadeghi Pour Marvi, M. (2011). Thermoplastic biopolymer production (PHB, Poly 3-Hydroxybutyric acid) using secondary carbon source bioreactor based on nitrogen fixation biotechnology. Bioresearch Bulletin, 5, 284–298.