I am Professor of Operations Research and Statistics that I held in the School of Business at Istanbul University in 2013. I have held some managerial positions. I am also Former and Founding Dean of Faculty of Transportation and Logistics at Istanbul University. As Director of School of Transportation and Logistics, Istanbul University, I did lead and manage the process of transforming the School to -an internationally accredited- Faculty of Transportation and Logistics at Istanbul University in 2015 as the first and only logistics faculty in Turkey. I am also Former Vice Dean of School of Business at Istanbul University in which I have actively involved in receiving AACSB accreditation to be the first and only state university accredited by AACSB in Turkey.
My current research focuses on mathematical/statistical modeling, business analytics, data science, mathematical medicine, biostatistics, stochastic models, artificial intelligience and Internet of things.
My work is also concerned with paradigms of open science and open access in delivering scientific information as the Editor and founder of some international leading journals.