Organizing Committee Member
Ali Hikmet Mericli
Professor
Near East University
Turkey
Biography
In 1969 he entered Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy and was graduated in 1973.Subsequently he joined the assistant staff of the Pharmacognosy Department of Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy. He got his Ph. Degree in 1978 and in 1984 he won the title of associated proffessor, six years later than that, in 1990, he was given the professor title.Between 1978-1979 (10 months) as a scholar of DAAD, in Pharmacognosy Department of Free University with Prof. Dr. Rudolf Haensel, Berlin, Germany.Between 1987-1988 (1 year) as a scholar of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Organic Chemistry Department of Berlin Technical University With Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Bohlmann, Berlin, Germany.In 1991 (3 months) as a scholar of Spanish Government, in Natural Organic Compounds Research Institute with Dr. Gabriel de la Fuente, Tenerife, Spain.Between 1994-1995 (8 months) and 2004-2005 (3 months) as a scholar of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Pharmacognosy and Analytic Phytochemistry Department of Saarland University with Prof. Dr. Hans Becker, Saarbrücken, Germany.In 1997 (2 months) with a Nato Collaborative ResearchGrant, in 1999 (3 months) and 1999-2000 ( 8 months) as post doc in Institute for Natural Products Research of The University of Georgia With Prof. Dr. S. William Pelletier, Athens, U.S.A.In 2006 (2 months) with a Istanbul University Research Fund Ability and 2010 (3 months) as a scholar of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Pharmacognosy and Analytic Phytochemistry Department of Saarland University with Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Kiemer, Saarbrücken, Germany.Between 1996-2013 he repeatedly gave lectures in phytotherapy courses in many cities of Turkey. Between 2003-2012 he worked as Head of Pharmacognosy in Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University.Since September 2013, he is working at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Near East University in Cyprus.
Research Area
Pharmacognosy,Phytochemistry,Phytotherapy.