Servet KEFI
Kastamonu University, Turkey
Biography
Servet KEFI has completed her B.Sc. in 1983 and M.Sc. in 1985 at Agricultural Faculty of Aegean University, TURKEY and Ph.D. in 1995 in Dept. of Agriculture & Forestry, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA. She had worked as extension specialist, researcher and director, respectively in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (1986-2004); General Secretary of the Executive Committee of Agriculture, Forestry & Veterinary Research Grant Group of the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey, TUBITAK (2004-2007); Turkish Delegate of Food Quality & Safety Programme Committee in EU 6th Framework Programme (2005-2007) and Chair of Food & Agriculture Domain Committee in COST (16.05.2006-14.02.2007). Currently she is giving lectures at Kastamonu Univ., Fac. of Engineering and Architecture, Dept. of Genetics and Bioengineering. Her research areas include plant tissue culture applications (mainly in potato); plant growing, breeding and seed production techniques (potato & wheat). She has published more than 15 papers.