
- Ph.D Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Postdoc Cornell University & USDA-ARS

- Professor (Tenured) 2012-present
- Fulbrighter to Japan
- STEM Leadership Fellow [CASL], Washington, DC
- ACUE-Certificate in Effective College Instruction
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-[Build. Leadership]

- Bioinformatics of Seed Biology
- High-Throughput Seed Phenomics
- Ionomics & Nutritional Composition of Seeds (Protein, Oil, Starch, Weight)

PUBLICATIONS (Last 5 years):
- Hacisalihoglu G, White G, Salters V (2025) Characterization of Seed Quality Traits
within 61 Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Genotypes: Ionomes and Daily Values. Seeds 4(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds4010015
- Hacisalihoglu G & Armstrong P (2025) Nondestructive Single Seed Scale Phenomic Platform:
Chickpea Quality Traits Based on SKNIR Spectroscopy. Springer-Nature 301-312.
- Hacisalihoglu G (2024) Analysis of Nutritional Traits: Natural Variation within 90
Diverse Faba Bean (Vicia faba) Genotypes and Daily Value Contribution. Crops. 4(3): 440-446. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops4030031
- Armstrong P, Hacisalihoglu G (2024) Rapid single flax (Linum usitatissimum) seed phenotyping of oil and other quality traits using single kernel near infrared
spectroscopy. J Am Oil Chem Soc. 102:115-123.
- Hacisalihoglu G & Armstrong P (2023) Crop Seed Phenomics: Focus on Non-destructive
Functional Trait Phenotyping Methods and Applications. Plants 12(5), 1177; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051177
- Hacisalihoglu G, Armstrong P, Seabourn B (2022) Compositional analysis in sorghum
(S. bicolor) NIR spectral techniques based on mean spectra from single kernels. Frontiers
in Plant Science 13:995328.
- Hacisalihoglu G & Armstrong PR (2022) Flax and Sorghum: Multi-Element Contents and
Nutritional Values within 210 Varieties and Potential Selection for Future Climates
to Sustain Food Security. Plants 11(3):451. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030451 [FEATURE PAPER].
- Hacisalihoglu G, Beisel N, Settles AM (2021) Characterization of pea seed nutritional
value within a diverse population of Pisum sativum. PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259565.
- Hacisalihoglu G (2020) Zinc (Zn): The Last Nutrient in the Alphabet and Shedding Light
on Zn Efficiency for Future of Crop Production under Suboptimal Zn. Plants. 9(11):
1471; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111471
- Hacisalihoglu G, Stephens D, Johnson L, Edington M (2020) Enhancing Undergraduate
Student Success in STEM Fields through Growth-Mindset and Grit. Educ. Sci. 10: 279.
- Hacisalihoglu G, Freeman J, Armstrong PR, Seaborn B, Porter LD, Settles AM, Gustin
JL (2020) Protein, weight, and oil prediction by single‐seed near‐infrared spectroscopy
for selection of seed quality and yield traits in pea (P. sativum). Journal of the
Science of Food and Agriculture 100(8): 3488-3497. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10389 [COVER ARTICLE].
- Hacisalihoglu G, Kantanka S, Miller N, Gustin JL, and Settles AM (2018c) Modulation
of early maize seedling performance via priming under sub-optimal temperatures. PLOSONE
13(11): e0206861.
- Hacisalihoglu G, Stephens D, Johnson L, Edington M (2018) The use of active learning
approach in a SCALE-UP learning space improves academic performance in UG Gen Biology.
PLOSONE 13(5): e0197916.
- Hacisalihoglu G, Burton AL, Gustin J, Eker S, Heybet E, Ozturk L, Cakmak I, Burkey
KO, Orf J, Settles AM (2018) Quantitative trait loci associated with soybean seed
weight and composition under different phosphorus levels. Journal of Integrative Plant
Biology 60(3): 232-241.

- FAMU Distinguished Researcher/ World Class Faculty
- Advanced Teacher of the Year (FAMU)
- ACUE-Certificate in Effective College Instruction
- FAMU Teaching Innovation Award Winner

- BOT3303 Plant Morphology
- BOT2313 Plant Anat. & Development
- ISC1058 Scientist Life Skills
- BSC4931 Biol-Professional Semimar
- BIO308 Plant Physiology
- BSC1010 General Biology I
- BSC1011L Organismal Biology II Labs