Background
Sekercioglu, Cagan Hakki was born on August 28, 1975 in Istanbul, Turkey. Son of Mehmet and Lale Sekercioglu.
conservationist ecologist ornithologist Photographer
Sekercioglu, Cagan Hakki was born on August 28, 1975 in Istanbul, Turkey. Son of Mehmet and Lale Sekercioglu.
Bachelor in Biology magna cum laude, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997. Bachelor in Anthropology summa cum laude, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, California, 2003.
Research associate Stanford University Center Conservation Biology, California, 2003—2006, senior research scientist, since 2006. Editor Harvard Journal Undergraduate Sciences, Cambridge, 1995—1997, Open Journal Ornithology, since 2007, Hacettepe Journal Biology, since 2007, Tropical Conservation Science, since 2007, Avion Ecology & Conservation, since 2008, Biotropica, Endangered Species Research. Associate editor Yelkovan-Ornithological Journal Turkey, 1998—2007.
Founder, director Turkish non-profit birdwatching tourism initiative, since 2003. Ecotourism consultant TEMA, Turkish environmental non-governmental organization, since 2003. Environmental science consultant Turkish news outlets, since 2005.
Science consultant National Geography documentaries, since 2008.
Founder, president Kuzeydoga, Turkey, since 2007, Nature Turkey Foundation, Stanford, California, since 2008. Co-founder president Anatolia Foundation, Berkeley, 2007—2008. Co-founder vice president Yer Gok Anadolu, 2007—2008.
President Harvard Turkish Students Association, Cambridge, 1994—1996. Founder, president Harvard Nature Photography Society, 1995—1997. Fellow: The Explorers Club.
Member: Ecological Society America (certified ecologist since 2008), Society Conservation Biology (board member, european section 2004-2007), Association Tropical Biology Conservation, Sigma Xi Science Research Society, Ecological Society of America, American Ornithologists Union.