VICE DEAN

Prof. Dr. Emre İLKER
Phone : +90 (232) 311 26 01 - +90 (232) 388 18 60
E-mail : emre.ilker@ege.edu.tr

ABOUT US

Emre İLKER was born in Izmir in 1972. He completed his primary and secondary education in Izmir-Bornova. He graduated from Ege University Faculty of Agriculture in 1994 and received the title of Agricultural Engineer. In the same year, he started his master's degree at Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture. After one year of private sector experience in 1997-1998, he started his PhD education in the same department in 2000. He received the title of "Doctor" in 2005 with his doctoral thesis on "Research on the technique of utilizing correlative responses in barley breeding".

In 2013, he received the title of "Associate Professor" in the field of "Field Crops Breeding and Breeding". Emre İLKER, who has been and still is the Vice President of Ege University Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, served as the Business Coordinator of Ege University Faculty of Agriculture Dean's Office between 2016-2021. Between 2016-2018, he served as Deputy Director of Ege University Seed Technology Research and Application Centre.

In 2020, he was entitled to be appointed as a Professor at the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, EU. In 2021, he started to work as the General Manager of Ege Technopark and in 2022 he was appointed as the Vice Dean of Ege University Faculty of Agriculture. Prof. Dr. Emre İLKER, who still holds these positions, has more than 100 national and international publications. He is fluent in English and has two published books and three chapters in books. He is married and has two children.