Hi, I am

Mehmet Serkan Tosun

Director of Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship

Work experience

Director, Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. September 1, 2021 to present.

Director, International Business Programs, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. July 1, 2019 to present.

Professor, Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. July 1, 2016 to present.

Barbara Smith Campbell Distinguished Professor of Nevada Tax Policy, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. January 2015 to present.

Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn, Germany. April 2009 to present.

Affiliate Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, England. October 2011 to present.

Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey. January 2010 to present (received lifetime membership in 2019).

Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO). 2017 to present.

Advisory Committee Member (Nevada), U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. January 24, 2022 to present.

Advisory Board Member, Ozmen Institute for Global Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. 2018 to present.

Associate Editor, Socio-economic Planning Sciences. February 2019 to present.

Journal Committee Member, Przeglad Organizacji (Organization Review). 2018 to present.

Topical Advisory Panel Member, Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 2020 to present.

Chair, Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. July, 2013 to June, 2019.

Instructor (online), School of Humanities, University of Rome Tor Vergata. 2021 to 2022.

Delegate, State of Nevada’s Trade Mission to United Arab Emirates (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and Turkey (Istanbul). March 3- March 15, 2022.

Delegate, State of Nevada’s Trade Mission to Poland, Slovenia and Croatia. February 27- March 8, 2020.

Delegate, State of Nevada’s Trade Mission to the Basque Country, Spain. June 25-27, 2018.

Delegate, State of Nevada’s Trade Mission to Poland. October 16-20, 2017.

Consultant, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Property Tax Digest by State. December, 2014 to June, 2015.

Dean’s Research Professor, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. 2013 to 2016. Three-year professorship awarded for research productivity.

Board Member, Middle East Economic Association. January 2010 to December 2012.

Consultant, UNESCWA,Beirut, Lebanon. May 2012 to March 2013.

Consultant, UCLG, Barcelona, Spain. February 2008 to November 2010. (Second Global Report on Decentralization and Local Democracy)

Local Organizer, 72nd International Institute of Public Finance Congress, August 9-11 2016, Lake Tahoe.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, (1996 to 2001).

M.A. in Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, U.S.A., 1994.

B.A., in Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993.

Projects:

Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition, Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship, 2012 to present. Student entrepreneurship competition that includes $50,000 award to winner and an additional $10,000 Dragonfly Energy Innovation Award 

LaunchNevada, Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship, 2021 to present. Student startup awards and events with presentations by entrepreneurs and student groups. 

International Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (IWES), Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship, 2020 to present. Event dedicated to women entrepreneurship with seminars, lectures and networking.

Startups Gone Global Workshop Series, Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship, 2021 to present. Joint workshop between University of Nevada, Reno, Koc University in Istanbul and SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Poland. Business pitches and presentations to describe business climate in the country.“Southern Nevada Complex Asset Map: Phase 1,” 2022. Clark County Education Association, $58,937. 

“Aligning Southern Nevada’s K-16 Education-to-Workforce Pipeline for a New Economy,” 2023. Clark County Education Association, $85,000.

Awards and Achievements:

Certificates if Recognition from US Senator Harry Reid (2009), US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (2018) and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (2018)

Graduate Faculty Excellence in Teaching (Economics), College of Business, UNR, 2019.

Barbara Smith Campbell Distinguished Professor of Nevada Tax Policy, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. January 2015 to present.

Dean’s Research Professorship, November 2013, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. Awarded for outstanding research productivity in the last five years.

Certificate of Appreciation for Graduate Advising, The Graduate School of the University of Nevada, Reno., November 26, 2012.

Betta Gamma Sigma Researcher of the Year Award, April 2009, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno.

Ibn Khaldun Prize in Economics, December 31, 2005, awarded by the Middle East Economic Association for the best presented paper in 2005.

Haci Omer Sabanci Foundation Fellowship, Istanbul, Turkiye, 1989-1993.