Dr. Mermut is has a great interest working in developing countries. He has worked in Brazil, India,
China and Ethiopia through UNDP and FAO. Currently he is the director of a five year AUCC-CIDA supported project in Ethiopia.
SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS
1. Assistand Director of HARAN University
2. Soil Science Society of Turkey
3. The Clay Mineralogy Society, Councilor
4. Federation of World Clay Minerals
5. International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), (Chair 1st Division-Soil in Space and Time)
6. International Mediterranean Soils Work Group (President)
7. Canadian Society of Soil Science (President,2001)
He was recently:
-Elected as a Fellow Member to the Soil Science Society of America and,
-Received Tubitak Award