9^th Global Chemistry Congress

Biography

Prof. Şener has been graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy in 1974 as the First Degree. She has completed her Ph.D. awarded by the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) at the Department of Pharmacognosy in 1977. In 1981, she became an Associate Professor. She was involved within the process of establishing Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University in 1982. She became a full Professor in 1988. She achieved some researches at the Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University (USA) between 1986 and 1988 as Visiting scientist awarded by National Science Foundation. Prof. Şener also involved several administrative works at Gazi University; as Director at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University between 1982 and 2002, as Chair at Division of the Professional Sciences of Pharmacy, as Co-Director at the Institute of Health Sciences (1988-1994) and as Dean at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University (1994-1997). Her main research field is development of bioactive compounds from Turkish medicinal plants and marine organisms, evaluation and standardization of Phytopharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals. She has won 21 awards from national and international institutions. Bilge Şener was given the degree of “Adjunct Professor” by University of Karachi –Pakistan. She has worked as Director in 48 projects supported by NATO, NSF, IUPAC, Soctrates-Grundtvig, TUBITAK and Universirty Research Funds by now. She has authored or co-authored 12 books, 77 chapters and 351 research articles published in leading international journals. She has also given 68 conferences and 256 plenary and invited lectures at the international symposia in the field of natural product chemistry. She has supervised 5 Ph.D., 13 M.Sc. at Gazi University as well as co-supervised 17 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Karachi. She is a member for 14 international and national professional societies. She has organized the VIth Symposium on Plant Originated Crude Drugs, May 16-19,1986, in Ankara, the 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity (ICOB-3), Nov.3-8, 2001, in Antalya and the 9th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAs C2S-9), September 9-13, 2006, in Antalya. She recently organized the IUPAC 29th International Conference on Natural Products (ISCNP-29) and the 9th International Conference on Biodiversity(ICOB-9) in İzmir during the period of September 24-27, 2016. She was the Vice-Chair of the 14th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAs C2S-14), December 15-18, 2016 in Karachi-Pakistan. In the Ministry of Health, Prof. Şener worked in registration of medicines as a member of Main Scientific Board of Drug Registration between 1994 and 2002, as Chair at Main Board for Phytopharmaceutics, Nutraceuticals and Dietary supplements Licensing since 2000. She has served as Turkish delegate for the Commission of the European Pharmacopoeia during 2011-2016. She has been working as full-time professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University. Publications are recorded on her web page : http:/websitem.gazi.edu.tr/bilgesen

Research Interest

Development of bioactive compounds from Turkish medicinal plants and marine organisms, evaluation and standardization of Phytopharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals