Mehmet Tuzcu is a Professor of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department at Firat University, Science Faculty. He is also head of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department. Dr. Tuzcu’s research focuses mainly on prevention of chronic diseases, oxidative stress, antioxidants and experimental models of disease. He has been actively involved in international research projects. He has over 300 publications (SCI or SCI-Exanded) in highly selected peer-reviewed journals with high impact factors. He also received a total of 10200 citations with an h-index of 62 (Google Scholar).