Neval Erturk is an Assistant Professor of Biology and the Co-Director of CSI Converse! Summer Workshops at Converse College. She is an award-winning teacher and scholar. In recognition of her teaching and research with the undergraduate students at Converse College, she received the SCICU Teaching in Excellence Award in 2008. She teaches a wide variety of courses in biology including Genetics, Cell Biology, Research Methods in Biology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Forensic Genetics, Science and Gender and introductory biology courses. She believes research complements teaching, thus she regularly works with students on original research. She also is a keen advocate of promoting science among high school students. She is the Co-Director of CSI Converse! Summer Workshops.

Dr. Erturk is also an active scholar. Her research projects with her students received numerous grants from various agencies and awards at professional meetings. She has professional memberships in American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society for Plant Biologist (ASPB), Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB), Council of Undergraduate Researchers (CUR), Association for Women in Science (AWIS), Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE), Mentor Net and Earthwatch Institute. She also serves in the program committee of South Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium and as a board member of Spartanburg Science Center.

When not teaching and researching, she spends her time traveling, reading, and exploring nature.

Contact

Email:neval.erturk@converse.edu
Phone: (864) 596-9210
Office: 216 in Phifer Hall