Prof. FATİH DEMİRCİ

Biography

he received his degree from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Anadolu University, in 1992. In the year 1995, he obtained his MSc degree with his work on the “Synthesis of Phosphatidylcholine Analogues” in Chemistry at the School of Chemical Sciences of the University of East Anglia, Norwich in UK. During his PhD, he has worked both at HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, in Pakistan and at the Department of Pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi Oxford in the United States, respectively. His PhD project: “Microbial Transformation of Bioactive Monoterpenes” was finished in 2000 at Anadolu University. He earned his Faculty position the year after, and was appointed as staff and Assisting Professor in the Department of Pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. In 2002, he moved as post-doctoral scientific co-worker to the University of Regensburg, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Germany, where he worked on bioassays, herbal medicinal products besides teaching, until the end of 2003. During 2004-2005 he served as lieutenant in the Turkish Army, Military Drug Factory, in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed as full time staff and as Associate Professorship in the Department of Pharmacognosy, Eskisehir. In the year 2010 he was appointed as Professor.

Among his administrative duties he served as director for the Graduate School of Health Sciences until 2014, and as the founding Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences until Mid of 2017 . He participated in the organization of various workshops, symposia and conferences. 

He has produced more than 180 international peer reviewed publications, 20 book Chapters, and is editor of several text books and in the editorial boards of various Natural Product journals. He has more than 30 national international industry/research projects; More than 200 national and international presentations and 20 PCT applications. According to Google Scholar  6500 citations with an 41 h-index is recorded. He established with Prof. Baser the Badebio Biotechnology Ltd. Company, a spin-off for R&D in 2009. He is still working as a full faculty member in the Faculty of Pharmacy. He is among the coordinators of the Health Management program at the Open Education Faculty. Teaching and workshop activities include undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as Chambers of Pharmacies. Worked in the Herbal Medicinal Products Committee of the Ministry of Health,  Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Institution.  Since 2019 he is also teaching in Eastern Mediterranean University at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Cyprus.