Master Thesis

Students who successfully complete the first and second semesters (S1 and S2) will write their theses during the third and fourth semesters in the fields chosen in the consortium universities under the supervision of a supervisor in these universities. Taking also into consideration the needs of the private sector, attention will be paid that the thesis subjects be up-to-date and applicable in order to close the scientific gap. Each student will deliver at least one MSc seminar about their thesis topic within the third semester. Students will benefit from the facilities of the consortium countries throughout their thesis for required laboratory or office studies. Consortium member universities will cooperate to achieve this. Students who complete their thesis studies will be admitted to the thesis defense examination. The members to conduct the examination will be from the consortium universities.

A report of at least 20 pages (or submitted scientific publication) is mandatory for the thesis examination. The report must include the following sections: introduction, objectives, materials and methods, results and discussion and bibliography. In addition, a 20 minutes oral presentation of the thesis is to be delivered to a jury of three PhD level examinators.

A total number of the students graduated from the emiSS Programme with multiple degrees were 71 students between 2020 and 2025. The name of the students, their thesis subjects and supervisors from Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU), University of Agriculture in Krakow (UAK), Agricultural University in Plovdiv (AU) and Southern Federal University in Rostov on Don (SFEDU) are given below.

1^st intake emiSS students, their thesis studies in 2021-2022.

Name Surname	Thesis Subject	1^st supevisor	2^nd supervisor
Deividas Mikstas	Relationship between some soil physical quality parameters and soil organic carbon	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minkina, SFEDU
Dorcas Ojeade	Effects of Vermicompost and Planting on soil Aggregate Formation and Organic Carbon Content	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU	Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minkina, SFEDU
Endalkachew Abebe Kebede	Soil fertility evaluation through remote sensing and in-situ analyses of test wheat plants	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bojin Bojinov, AU	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Hadeer Hussein El-Gendy	Comparative study of ZnO Nanoparticles foliar spray and biochar on spring barley growth in PAHs contaminated soil	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetlana Sushkova, SFEDU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kizilkaya, OMU
Hazrat Amin	Synergistic Effects of Foliar Application of Zinc Oxide and Copper Oxide Nanoparticles in Barley Grown in Metal Polluted Soil	Assist. Prof. Dr. Vishnu D. Rajput, SFEDU	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Ishrat-E-Anwar Brishty	Effect of geotextile containing chicken feather on the soil properties - field experiment	Józefowska Agnieszka dr hab. inż. prof., UAK	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Jawaria Johar	Bioremediation of Soils by Using the Metal-Tolerant and PAHs Degrading Bacteria Isolated from the Long-Term Chemically Contaminated Soil: Metagenomic Assay and Experimental Modelling	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetlana Sushkova, SFEDU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kizilkaya, OMU
Maria Belen Moya	Coping up metal stress (ZnO NPa) in plants by application of various forms of Biochar amendments	Assist. Prof. Dr. Vishnu D. Rajput, SFEDU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kizilkaya, OMU
Md Mahfuzur Rahman	The effects of hazelnut compost with Bacillus megaterium var. phosphaticum on phosphorus dynamics of soil and wheat yield	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kizilkaya, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrey V. Gorovtsoy, SFEDU
Muhammad Tukur Bayero	Biochar-based nanocomposites for remediation of soil and water contaminated with heavy metals	Assis. Prof.Dr. Mahmoud Mazarji, SFEDU	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Nabeela Maqbool	The effects of different particle size of biochar on soil biological properties and yield of wheat crop	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kizilkaya, OMU	Prof. Dr. Andon Andonov, AU
Nazeir Abdelhafiz Metwalli Mahmoud Elnaker	The impact of slope aspect on soil temperature and water content in two profiles in Pieniny National Park, Poland	Tomasz Zaleski, dr hab. inż. prof., UAK	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Rabiu Alhassan Kabo	Soil quality evaluation under different management practices in semi-natural montane meadows	Józefowska Agnieszka dr hab. inż. prof., UAK	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Shreya Thapaliya	Effects of organic amendments on soil characteristics and uptake of nickel by Alyssum murale	Prof. Dr. Violina Angelova, AU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kizilkaya, OMU
Swagata Chowdhury	Soil organic carbon stocks in selected areas of Krakow	Gąsiorek Michał dr hab. inż. prof. UAK	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Tatiana Camila Zamora-Forero	The impact of land use on dynamic of water content and temperature of soils in Pieniny National Park, Poland	Tomasz Zaleski, dr hab. inż. prof., UAK	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU

2^nd intake emiSS students, their thesis studies in 2022-2023.

Name Surname	Thesis Subject	1^stsupevisor	2^ndsupervisor
Axel Cerón González	Exploring sandy soils in Krakow: From Pleistocene terraces to Anthropocene gardens	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michał Gąsiorek, UAK	Prof.Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Christian Dave Alonzo	The soils of Mofet Springs in the Vicinity of Muszyna	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK	Prof.Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
David Tavi Agbor	Ekofertile and microfertile plant biostinulants potentials on soil quality and wheat nutrition enhancement	Prof.Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Prof. Dr. Andon Vasilev, AU
Haroon Ilahi	Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Post-mine Sites after Reclamation with Various Tree Species	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Józefowska, UAK	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU
Mahmuda Begum	Improvement of soil properties using biochar and compost under salt stress	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU	Prof. Dr. Violina Angelova, AU
Maia Azab	The effects of vermicompost on the yield and yield components of soybean and linen	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Józefowska, UAK
Maria Camila Herrera Coy	Comprehensive assessment of heavy metal pollution of urban soils in two cities representing different regions of the world	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michał Gąsiorek, UAK	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Mohammed Gamal Abdelaziz Ali	Impacts of different organic wastes on the rhizosphere of strawberry plants	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Prof. Dr. Ivan Manolov, AU
Muhammad Danish Toor	Effects of vermicompost on microbiological properties of lettuce rhizosphere	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lyubka Koleva, AU
Mukkaram Ejaz	How the introduced tree species shapes the sorption properties of soils 30 years after the fire?	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Józefowska, UAK	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU
Onyinye Anthonia Ezeifeka	Evaluation of Phytoremediation Potential of Sedum Plumbizincicola	Prof. Dr. Violina Angelova, AU	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Razia Sultana Shaky	The dynamic of soil moisture and temperature in the soils of the Pieniny National Park	Prof. Dr.Tomasz Zaleski, UAK	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Sapana Parajuli	Effect of biochar and compost application on reclaiming the hydrophysical properties of soil influenced by sodium salt	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK
Sinan Abu Al Hayja	The potential use of olive solid waste and its bottom ash to improve soil characteristics and wheat yield	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michał Gąsiorek, UAK
Tamara Meizoso Regueira	Effect of anthropopressure on soil heavy metal contamination: a case study of Krakow (Poland) and a meta-analysis of the European continent	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michał Gąsiorek, UAK	Prof.Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Tursynbek Kaiyrbekov	Nitrogen management in crop cultivation using biofertilizer containing free-living nitrogen fixing bacteria	Prof. Dr. Andon Vasilev and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lyubka Koleva, AU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU
Ulrich Gaetan Funga Tchounkwe	Evaluation of soil contamination in some oil production sites in Poland	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK	Prof.Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU

3^rd intake emiSS students, their thesis studies in 2023-2024.

Name Surname	Thesis Subject	1st supevisor	2nd supervisor
Ahmed Bin Abdus Salam	Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Krowoderski Park, Krakow: Spatial Distribution and Source Identificatıon	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michal Gasiorek, UAK	Prof.Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Anjana Krishnan	Assessment of heavy metal pollution of selected organic soils in Krakow	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michal Gasiorek, UAK	Prof.Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Astri Hartaty Simanungkalit	The Impact of Bacillus megaterium var. Phosphaticum and Kitchen Waste Compost on the Chemical and Biological Properties of two different Spinach Growing Soils	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Prof. Dr. Violina Angelova, AU
Aziz Ullah	Evaluation of Phytoremediation Potential of Silphium Perfoliatum	Prof. Dr. Violina Angelova, AU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU
Okorie Benedict Odinaka	Application of biofertilizer as a strategy towards improved soil health and fertility	Prof. Dr. Katya Dimitrova, AU	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Desmond Kwayela Sama	The Influence of Natural Oil Seeps on the Chemical Properties of The Surrounding Surface Soil Levels	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Endalamaw Dessie Alebachew	Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for Assessing Soil Quality Variation under Different Land Use and Land Cover in Samsun, Türkiye	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Prof. Dr. Ivan Manolov, AU
Georgina Asare	Determination of the microbiological status of saline soils of Belozem	Prof. Dr. Mariana Petkova, AU	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
John Saka	The Impact of Calcium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide Applications on Lettuce Yield and Soil Properties in an Acidic Soil	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lyubka Koleva, AU
Lemerson de Oliveira Brasileiro	Effect of a humic acids containing product on wheat mineral nutrition and yield	Prof. Dr. Andon Andonov, AU	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Milka Susan Kollannur Biju	Effects of Microplastics on Soil Quality Parameters	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU	Prof. Dr. Ivan Manolov, AU
Muneeb Ur Rehman	Effect of tree species on carbon and nitrogen stock in lignite post-mining soil	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Josefowska, UAK	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU
Paul John Pangilinan	Physico-chemical Properties of Soils in Selected Oil Seeps in the Polish Carpathian Mountains	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Poonam Bhatt	Potential of biochar to abate toxic levels of Copper (Cu) and Manganese (Mn) in soil for lettuce growth	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU	Prof. Dr. Andon Andonov, AU
Priyanka Joshi	Effect of Biochar Coupled with Biostimulants on Soil Quality and Triticum aestivum L. Productivity	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Josefowska, UAK
Upoma Mahmud	Enhancing Soil Fertility with Terrenova: A Bio-Stimulant Solution	Prof. Dr. Lyubka Koleva-Valkova, AU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU

4^th intake emiSS students, their thesis studies in 2024-2025.

Name Surname	Thesis Subject	1st supevisor	2nd supervisor
Abdelrahman Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Tiema	Assessment of organic matter stocks in the surface soil layer of Solvay Park in Krakow	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michal Gasiorek UAK	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Abdullah Balcı	Analysis of Annual Temperature Changes Between Forest and Meadow Soils of the Pieniny National Park, Poland	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski UAK	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Adil Zia	The impact of regeneration type after windthrows on the activity of soil annelids	Assoc. Prof. Dr.Agnieszka Józefowska UAK	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Anupriya Asok Kumar Sreekala	Study of the effect of herbicide residues on soil microorganisms	Assist. Prof. Katya Dimitrova, AU	Prof. Dr. Coskun Gülser, OMU
Baig Abdullah Al Shoumik	Climate sensitivity of soil organic carbon and nutrient stock under different land uses in Europe	Prof. Dr. Coşkun Gülser, OMU	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK
Dikshya Poudel	Evaluating soil quality changes across different land use types in Samsun Province, Türkiye: Implications for sustainable soil management	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Prof. Dr. Ivan Manolov, AU
Elis-Bright Iteke Molua	The determination of soil quality under semi-humid ecosystem conditions using the Integrated Quality Index model and its prediction with ANN	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Prof. Dr. Ivan Manolov, AU
Esther Chukwu	Modeling Zinc biofortification on winter wheat influenced by water quality and irrigation level	Prof. Dr. Coşkun Gülser, OMU	Prof. Dr. Andon Andonov, AU
Farady Bangana	Analysis of Annual Moisture Changes in Forest Soils on the Southern and Northern Slopes of the Pieniny National Park – Poland	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK	Prof. Dr. Coşkun Gülser, OMU
Hassan Esmaeili Gisavandani	Assessment of heavy metal pollution of Solvay Park soils in Krakow, Poland	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michal Gasiorek, UAK	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU
Hussein Saddam	Effects of soil improver on wheat plants injured by imazamox residues	Assist.Prof. Dobrinka Balabanova, AU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya
Karun Adhikari	Dynamics of rhizosphere associated microbiome, microbial community structure and biological activity in soil	Assist. Prof. Dr. Mariana Petkova, AU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU
Kazi Sanjida Begum	Combined effect of biochar, phosphoric acid and different nitrogen forms on wheat growth and some soil properties in a calcareous soil.	Prof. Dr. Coşkun Gülser, OMU	Assist. Prof. Dr. Mariana Petkova, AU
Michelle Angely Mollehuara Huayas	Assessment of Aloe Vera as an organic fertilizer for sustainable agriculture: impacts on plant growth, crop yield, and soil health dynamics	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Józefowska, UAK
Muhammad Haseeb Shoukat	Analysis of annual moisture changes in forest and meadow soils of the Pieniny National Park – Poland	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU
Neysa Marelin Mamani Zenteno	Effects of biochar and polyacrylamide applications on soil structural stability parameters and wheat growth under different irrigation levels	Prof. Dr. Coşkun Gülser, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michal Gasiorek, UAK
Nimeshi Shashikala Wijekoon Wijekoon Mudiyanselage	Evaluating Soil Quality in Wheat Cultivated Micro Catchment Areas by the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF) in Central Black sea region Turkiye	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michal Gasiorek, UAK
Prabesh Rai	Bacillus megaterium and alkaline amendments for inorganic phosphorus fractionation in acidic soils: Effects on phosphorus uptake by wheat	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Prof. Dr. Katya Dimitrova, AU
Shova Akther	Effectiveness of Composted and Non-Composted Rice Straw on Wheat Growth, Soil Carbon Stocks, and Biological Properties	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Józefowska, UAK
Shugyla Bakytbek	The relationship between soil structure and the presence of earthworms in soils affected by human activity	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Józefowska, UAK	Prof. Dr. Coşkun Gülser, OMU
Wudu Abiye Abebaw	Spatial assessment of soil erosion sensitivity to land use and land cover change using geospatial technology and machine learning in Türkiye	Prof. Dr. Orhan Dengiz, OMU	Prof. Dr. Tomasz Zaleski, UAK
Zain Ul Abadin	Investigation of Yellow Meal Worm (Tenebrio molitor) Frass Activity on Soil Fertility and Growth of Cucurbita pepo cv. Black Beauty under Normal and Biotic stress conditions	Assoc.Prof. Dr. Lyubka Koleva, AU	Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Kızılkaya, OMU