Naz AKGÜN is currently serving as a Research Assistant Doctor at Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Agriculture, in the Department of Field Crops. She completed her doctoral studies with a focus on agricultural sciences and advanced her academic career through a postdoctoral research fellowship in 2025 at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, which was supported by the TÜBİTAK 2219-International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. Her professional expertise and research interests are primarily focused on meadows, pastures, and forage crops, as well as turfgrass management and plant stress physiology. Supported by extensive fieldwork and international academic experience, she actively contributes to scientific projects and is a member of relevant professional academic networks, dedicated to the development of sustainable crop production and plant resilience strategies.