• Arş. Gör. Dr. Olcay Hekimoğlu
• Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nurdan Özer
• Studies on Tick Species Parasitizing in Bats Distributed in Turkey. Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit, Research Project with National Participation. Project Code: FUK-2019-17527. 78781 TL. Executive. (2019– Ongoing).
• Studies on Southeastern Anatolia Region Tick Fauna. Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit, Rapid Support Project. Project Code: FHD-2019-17794. 26232 TL. Assistant researcher. (2019– Ongoing).
Completed Projects (Last 5 Years)
• Hard Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Fauna, Geographic Distribution and Vectorial Roles in Turkey. Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit, Rapid Support Project. Project Code: FHD-2017-15130. 29988 TL. Executive (2017– 2019).
• Studies on the Population Structure of Hyalomma marginatum Koch, 1844 Distribution in Turkey. Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit, Research Project with International Participation. Project Code: FUA-2015-5895. 83516 TL. Assistant researcher. (2015–2018).
• Research on the Distribution of Vector Tick Species Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878 in the Central Anatolia Region. Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit, Rapid Support Project. Project Code: FHD-2016-11631. 20708 TL. Assistant researcher. (2016–2017).
• Studies on the Distribution of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Vector Hyalomma marginatum in Turkey. Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit, Rapid Support Project. Project Code: FHD-2015-5343. 197999 TL. Assistant researcher. (2015– 2016).
• Hekimoglu O., Kuyucu A.C., Ozer N., 2020. “Preliminary Investigation on the Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Hyalomma marginatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Turkey”, Systematic & Applied Acarology, 25(10), 1867–1882.
• Hekimoglu O., Barıs I., Ozer N., 2019. “Development and characterization of five microsatellite loci for the hard tick Hyalomma marginatum (Acari: Ixodidae), through next generation sequencing”, Systematic & Applied Acarology, 24(11) , 1988-1994.
• Brinkmann, A., Hekimoğlu, O., Dinçer, E., Hogedorn, P., Nitsche, A., Ergünay, K., 2019. “A cross-sectional screening by high throughput metagenomic sequencing reveals Rickettsia, Coxiella, Francisella , Borrelia, Babesia, Theilera and Hemolivia species in ticks from Anatolia”, Parasites&Vectors, 12, 26.
• Brinkmann, A., Dinçer, E., Polat, C., Hekimoğlu, O., Hacıoğlu, S., Földes, K., Özkul, A., Öktem, İ.MA, Nitsche, A., Ergünay, K. ., 2018. “A metagenomic survey identifies Tamdy orthanovirus as well as divergent phlebo-, rhabdo-, chu- and flavi-like viruses in Anatolia, Turkey”, Ticks and Tick-borne diseases, 9(5), 1173-1183.
• Hekimoglu, O., Ozer, A. N., 2017. “Distribution and phylogeny of Hyalomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Turkey”, Experimental and Applied Acarology, 73, 501-519.
• Dinçer, E., Brinkmann, A., Hekimoğlu, O., Hacıoğlu, S., Földes, K., Karapınar, Z., Polat, PF, Oğuz, B., Kılınç, Ö.O., Hagedorn, P. ., Özer, N., Özkul, A., Nitsche, A., Ergünay, K., 2017. “Generic amplification and next generation sequencing reveal Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus AP92-like strain and distinct tick phleboviruses in Anatolia, Turkey ”, Parasites&Vectors, 10, 335.
• Yılmaz, A., Hekimoglu, O., 2017. “The Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Fauna of Forested Area of Beytepe Campus”, Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry , 45(4), 465-473.
• Hekimoğlu, O., Sağlam, İ.K., Özer, N., Estrada-Pena, A., 2016. “New molecular data shed light on the global phylogeny and species limits of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus complex”, Ticks and Tick -borne diseases, 7, 798-807.
• Hekimoglu, O., Ozer, A.N., 2015. “Distribution of hard tick species in Ankara, Turkey”, Turkish Journal of Zoology, 39, 256-262.