Senay Simsek
Bert L. D'Appolonia Cereal Science and Technology of Wheat Endowed Professor

Educational Background

Ph.D. 2006, Food Science
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Advisor: Dr. Bradley Reuhs
Dissertation: “Host Specificity in Medicago-Sinorhizobium Interactions: Structural Characterization of Symbiotically Significant LMW-EPS from Sinorhizobium meliloti”
M.S. 2000, Biochemistry
Gebze Technical University, Turkey
Department of Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Aziz Tanriseven
Thesis: "Production of Invert Sugar Using Immobilized Invertase"
B.S. 1998, Chemistry
Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey

2019 - present: Faculty Member and Adjunct Professor, Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2018 - present: Bert L. D'Appolonia Cereal Science and Technology of Wheat Endowed Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
2018 - present: Adjunct Professor, Food Science Program, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
2013 - 2018: Bert L. D'Appolonia Cereal Science and Technology of Wheat Endowed Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
2007 - 2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
2002 - 2006: Research Assistant, Department of Food Science, Purdue University
1999 - 2002: Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Gebze Technical University, Turkey

Cereals & Grains Association
- Carbohydrate Division
- Milling and Baking Division
- Northwest Section
- Education Division
Wheat Quality Council
Gamma Sigma Delta
NC-213
Institute of Food Technologists
- Carbohydrate Division
- Food Chemistry Division
- Refrigerated and Frozen Food Division