Gurel Ekrem currently works at the Department of Biology, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University. Gurel does research in Plant Biotechnology. Their current projects are (i) 'Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Digitalis Species Using Different Nanoparticles', (ii) 'Development of Rhizomania resistant sugar beet cultivars' and 'Determination of Selenium Content in Different Tissues of Selenium Applied Rice Plants and Investigation of the Effects of Sulfate Transporter Genes on the Selenium Homeostasis'