| Date of Birth | July 23, 1953 |
| Place of Birth | Malatya, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turk |
| Affiliation | Director, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey |
| Mailing Address | P.O. Box 143 06572 Maltepe-Ankara, Turkey |
| Tel | +90-532-238 02 28 |
| +90-312-212 22 67 | |
| Fax | +90-312-213 39 21 |
| blgsener@tr.net | |
| URL | http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/bilgesen/ |
| 1974 | B.Sc. (Hons.)- Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy |
| 1977 | Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy, Ankara University |
| 1981 | Assoc.Prof. Ankara University |
| 1982 | Assoc.Prof., Gazi University |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Scientist, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry, USA |
| 1988- present | Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University |
| Director | 1982-present | Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi Univ. |
| Chair | 1982-1986 | Division of the Professional Sciences of Pharmacy |
| Co-Director | 1987-1994 | Institute of Health Sciences, Gazi University |
| Dean | 1994-1997 | Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University |
| Member | 1982-1997 | Academic and Executive Boards, Faculty of Pharmacy |
| Head | 1988-1995 | Research Committee of Faculty of Pharmacy |
| Member | 1992-1997 | University Research Grant Commission |
| Member | 1990-present | Drug Registration Committee, Ministry of Health |
| Head | 1990-1992 | Scientific Committee of the Turkish Pharmacists’Association |
| Member | 1977-1990 | Executive Board of the Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ankara |
| Editorial Board | 1983-1997 | GUEDE-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University |
| Editor | 1990-1992 | Pharmacia |
| Editorial Board | 1992-1996 | Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Editorial Board | 2002- | Natural Product Letters |
American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP)
Chemical Society of Pakistan (CSP)
Federation Internationale Pharmaceutique (FIP)
Herb Research Foundation
International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE)
International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC)
Pakistan Pharmacological Society
Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE)
Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA)
Society of Biological Diversity (BÝYOÇED)
Society of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy
The Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ankara (FABAD)
The Turkish Pharmacists’Association
Ankara Chamber of Pharmacists
| Ankara Üniv. Faculty of Pharmacy “First Classed Prize” | 1974 |
| TUBITAK “Fellowship of Doctorate” | 1975-1977 |
| National Science Foundation “Visiting Scientist” | 1986-1987 |
| Japan Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences “Visiting Professor” | 1988 |
| The Pharmaceutical Society of the Republic of China “Honorary Lecturer” | 1990 |
| Third World Academy of Sciences “South-South Fellowship” | 1991-1996 |
| TUBITAK “Awards for international publications” | 1990- ---- |
| Institut Teknologi Bandung-Indonesia “Honorary Lecturer” | 1992 |
| University of Karachi –Pakistan “Adjunct Professor” | 1994 |
| Gazi University Awards for International Publications | 1994- ---- |
| The University of the Ryukyus – Okinawa “Honorary Lecturer” | 1995 |
| Third World Academy of Sciences “Associate membership Fellow” | 1995 |
| COMSTECH “Honorary Lecturer” | 1997 |
| Osaka Univ., Kyoto Pharmaceutical Univ., The University of the Ryukyus “Honorary Lecturer” | 1998 |
| IUPAC- “Member of the Subcommittee on Biomolecular Chemistry” | 2001 |
Development of Bioactive compounds from Turkish medicinal plants
Isolation and structure elucidation of alkaloids with biological activity
Lignans of Taxus species, Fumariaceae, Amaryllidaceae alkaloids,
Screening of Turkish terrestrial and marine organisms for Anticholinesterase and Antimycobacterial activities
Standardization of Phytopharmaceuticals
Thesis supervised 5 Ph.D., 8 M.Sc.
Thesis co-supervised 14 Ph.D. (H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of
Karachi- Pakistan)
Projects 5 (1 NSF, 3 NATO-CRG, 1 Dow AgroSciences)
20 (5 TUBITAK, 1 DPT, 14 University Research Grants)
Publications 4 Books, 2 Books (edited), 70 Chapters in Books, 296 Research articles
Communications 37 conferences, 218 plenary, invited lectures and contributions at
national and international symposia
VIth Symposium on Plant Originated Crude Drugs, May 16-19,1986, Ankara-Turkey
3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity (ICOB-3), Nov.3-8, 2001, Antalya-Turkey