About:

Gokhan Kir received his PhD under the supervision of Phil Becraft from Iowa State University,Ames,IA. He studied how Brassinosteroids , a class of plant hormone, signaling controls growth and development of maize. 
 
 

Education: 

2011 - 2015      Iowa State University
                         PhD , Genetics and Genomics
Thesis Title: Regulation of shoot development in maize via brassinosteroid signaling
Advisor:Phil Becraft
 
2009- 2010       Iowa State University
                         M.S. , Genetics
Thesis Title: Brassinosteroid regulation of plant height in maize
Advisor:Phil Becraft          
                  
2003-2007         Selcuk University, Faculty of Science and Literature, Biology
                          B.S. , Biology