Western Caspian University

Ulker Gadiyeva

Lecturer

Ecology

+994 12 565 39 74

ulkarqadiyeva@wcu.edu.az

Ulkar Rauf Gadiyeva graduated from Secondary School No. 56 in the Khatai district in 2007. In 2011, she completed her bachelors degree in “Land Reclamation, Recultivation and Soil Protection” at the Faculty of Ecology and Natural Resource Use of the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction. In 2013, she obtained her masters degree in Ecology at the Faculty of Ecology and Soil Science of Baku State University.

She began her professional career in 2014 at the Institute of Genetic Resources of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, in the department of Ecobotany and Systematics. Later, she worked as a research scientist in the Laboratory of Irrigated Land Reclamation and Ecology of the Institute of Erosion and Irrigation, as well as in the Laboratory of Agrochemical Soil Research and Mass Analysis of the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry.

Since 2014, she has served as the Director of the Center for Ecological Initiatives, a Non-Governmental Organization.

In 2017, she was admitted to the doctoral program in Soil Science at the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Based on her ongoing dissertation research, she has published articles in both local and international journals.

Throughout her education and career, as a young scientific researcher, she has participated in numerous scientific conferences, trainings, and projects, and has completed training courses in accordance with the ISO 14001:2004 Standard.

In 2020, she attended English language courses at Sutton College (ESOL) in London, UK, and obtained relevant certificates.

She is currently a lecturer at the Department of Ecology and Environment of Western Caspian University.