1. People >
  2. Beyhan Akin

Beyhan Akin

Lead - Winter Wheat Breeding

Research team

Areas of expertise

Associated projects

Geographic focus

Beyhan Akin is a senior scientist with CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program, based in Turkey.

She joined CIMMYT in 1987 and has since worked across different areas of the International Winter Wheat Program (IWWIP), including supporting capacity development for national and regional collaborators and conducting in-service trainings for young researchers from the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. Since 2020, she is leading the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program for CIMMYT and the Spring Wheat Program in Turkey.

Akin obtained her PhD from the Aegean University in Izmir, Turkey, in 2007. She had post-graduate research activities at Washington State University in 2009 on Yellow Rust.

Related stories

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

CIMMYT and its global partners, including leading institutions in China, conducted groundbreaking research to develop climate-resilient wheat varieties by analyzing the genetic diversity and adaptability of thousands of breeding lines under future climate scenarios

Features Videos

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

At CIMMYT, women leaders and scientists work on the pressing issues of our times. They contribute as managers, economists, and scientists – breeders, soil experts, agronomists, GIS analysts, pathologists, etc. Every day they help CIMMYT deliver on its commitment: Science and Innovation for a Food and Nutrition Secure World.

News

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

In 2009, a team of wheat scientists from CIMMYT, ICARDA, FAO, and national partners set off on a five-year expedition across Central Asia to collect as many landraces as they could find.