Mert Nezih Rifaioğlu
Turkey

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mert Nezih Rifaioğlu received Ph.D. degree in the Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage from Middle East Technical University. He has been involved in various conservation projects in Turkey, including Commagene-Nemrut Conservation and Development Programme. His main academic and professional interest areas are conservation of cultural heritage, urban morphology, management, planning and interpretation of heritage sites, design in historic environments. Since 2012, he has been full time academic staff in Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Architecture and conducting basic design and architectural design studios, teaching conservation lectures.

Neriman Şahin Güçhan
Turkey

Prof. Dr. Neriman Şahin Güçhan, joining the academic staff of the Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage, METU Department of Architecture in 1984 where she currently works as a professor. She particularly contributes to education on the issue of preservation of heritage places and historic sites and has been involved in many kinds of research and conservation projects since 1984 whilst acting as the architect for some others. Her academic fields of interest include preservation, rehabilitation, and management of the heritage places; Turkish legislative & administrative system on conservation of cultural heritage; training/education on the preservation of traditional houses and historical buildings and their construction techniques; Nemrut Mount Tümülüs, Adıyaman, Southern Anatolia Project (GAP), Ankara, Ancient Greek Settlements in Anatolia. Presently serving as a member of some of the Scientific Advisory Boards o heritage places such as two UNESCO World Heritage Sites as Ani Archeological Site, Diyarbakır City Walls, Bodrum Castle and Gaziantep Yesemek Archeological Site. In between 2006-2015, Şahin Güçhan had been the coordinator for Commagene Nemrut Conservation and Development Program (www.nemrut.org.tr) which focuses on Nemrut Mount Tumulus, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.