This year, 18 academics from Bartın University were included in the World's Most Influential Scientists List, prepared in collaboration with Stanford University and Elsevier. We are proud to announce that three faculty members from the Department of Biotechnology are among this distinguished group.

• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zahmakıran ranked 1st in Turkey and 317th in the world in the Career-Long Impact category, and 3rd in Turkey and 566th in the world in the Annual Impact category.
• Prof. Dr. Murat Rakap ranked 73rd in Turkey and 3,457th in the world in the Career-Long Impact category.
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Parham Taslimi ranked 6th in Turkey and 103rd in the world in the Annual Impact category, and 5th in Turkey and 332nd in the world in the Career-Long Impact category.

As the Department of Biotechnology at Bartın University, we sincerely congratulate our esteemed academics on their international achievements and thank them for their invaluable contributions to science and our university.