Hakan Fidan is affiliated with the Department of Virology at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. His research spans various fields, primarily focusing on Plant Virology, Molecular Plant Pathology, Molecular Biology, and Plant Defence Mechanisms. He specializes in studying viruses that affect a range of crops, including vegetable crops, cereals, tomato, pepper, cucumber, and squash, among others. Additionally, Hakan Fidan is actively engaged in Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology.