July 19, 2022
Hulya Dogan Named Grain Science and Industry Interim Head
Dr. Hulya Dogan has accepted the position of interim head of the Department of Grain Science and Industry, and interim director of the IGP Institute. Her appointment will begin on July 24, and she will serve until a national search for a permanent department head has been completed and the new head is in place.
As interim head, Dogan said her top priorities will be to increase student enrollment and support fundraising efforts for new teaching and research infrastructure for the department.
In addition to serving as the G.M. Ross Professor, Dogan also serves as the department’s undergraduate programs chair and teaching coordinator. Since coming to K-State in 2006, Dogan has received numerous teaching awards at both the college and international levels.
Dogan earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in Food Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey.
She and her husband Huseyin, a professor of practice for the department, have a daughter, Duru, who is studying Political Science and Statistics at K-State.