Assoc. Prof. NURİ ÇAĞLAYAN

Assoc. Prof. Nuri ÇAĞLAYAN completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Antalya. He obtained his associate degree in Industrial Electronics from Ege University Ege Vocational School (EMYO) between 1994-1996, and his undergraduate degree from Akdeniz University Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Machinery, between 1998-2002. He pursued his master's degree in the Department of Agricultural Machinery at the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences of Akdeniz University between 2003-06 (A Study On The Automation of The Ventilation System of A Plastic Greenhouse With Butterfly Type Ventilators, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ahmet KÜRKLÜ), and his Ph.D. in the same department between 2007-2013 (A Research On Design And Implementation of Lighting Automation System With LED Lamp For Greenhouses, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Can ERTEKİN). During these years, he also worked on-site as an engineer responsible for the installation and technical support of automation systems in Spanish greenhouse construction companies.

Assoc. Prof. Nuri ÇAĞLAYAN served as a lecturer at the Technical Sciences Vocational School of Akdeniz University between 2010-15, and as an Assistant Professor and Dr. Lecturer in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Control Division of the Faculty of Engineering at Akdeniz University between 2015-2024. In 2010, he was appointed as the Technical Coordinator by the Rectorate of Akdeniz University for the establishment of the technical infrastructure of the Distance Education Application and Research Center (AKUZEM), and he continued to serve as the Center Technical Coordinator and Deputy Director until 2022. He received the title of Associate Professor in 2020 and has been continuing his academic work in the Department of Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering at the Faculty of Agriculture of Akdeniz University since 2024. In addition to his teaching role, Assoc. Prof. Nuri ÇAĞLAYAN is currently serving as the Director of the Greenhouse Technologies Application and Research Center (ASETAM).

Assoc. Prof. Nuri ÇAĞLAYAN's areas of expertise include "The design of LED plant growing systems, vertical farming, mechatronic applications in agriculture, and the use of renewable energy."