• Ismail awarded a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (with emphasis on Plant Nutrition) from Hohenheim University-Stuttgart in 1988. • Published over 180 peer-reviewed articles indexed by web of science. He is elected member of “The Academy of Europe” and, named among the “highly cited researchers” in 2017. • He works at Sabanci University in Istanbul. Main research areas: biofortification of food crops with micronutrients and stress mitigating role of mineral nutrients