We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Fatih Sivrikaya from Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry, Forest Management Department, Kastamonu, Turkey, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Sciences. Born in 1976 in Akçaabat district of Trabzon province, Fatih SİVRİKAYA completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Akçaabat. In 1993, he started his education at Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Engineering and graduated in February 1998. Between March and August, he worked as a casual engineer at Kastamonu Regional Directorate of Forestry, Taşköprü Forest Management Directorate. In October 1998, he started his master's degree at Karadeniz Technical University Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Forest Engineering, Division of Forest Management. In February 1999, he started to work as a research assistant at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Engineering, Department of Forest Management. In August 2000, he was assigned to KTU Institute of Science and Technology for his graduate education in accordance with Article 35 of the Higher Education Law. In 2002, he completed his master's thesis titled "Arrangement of Forest Management Plan in Same Aged Forests with the Help of Geographical Information System" and received the title of Forest Master Engineer and started his doctorate program in the same year. In 2008, Fatih SİVRİKAYA successfully completed his doctoral thesis titled "Development of Forest Management Planning Model Software in Turkey" and started to work as a Research Assistant Doctor at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University in the same year. He is currently working as an Associate Professor at KSU Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Engineering, Department of Forest Management. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Fatih Sivrikaya for his participation and support.
August 13, 2024