Rector of Kırıkkale University,

He was born in Bursa. Having completed his undergraduate education in 1983 at Gazi University, Faculty of Technical Education, Department of Mechanical Education, he worked as a teacher and principal in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education between 1983-1988. In 1988, he was appointed an instructor to Ankara University, Kırıkkale Vocational School. He received training on vocational and technical education in England from 1988 to to1989 under the YÖK-World Bank project. Having completed his master's degree in 1992 and Ph.D. in 1995 at Gazi University, Institute of Science, he first became an assistant professor in 1996, then an associate professor in 1998. Between 1995-2008, he held various administrative positions at the Faculty of Engineering and the Vocational School of Kırıkkale University. In 2008, he was appointed to Van Yüzüncü Yıl University as a professor. Meanwhile, he worked as a counselor to the Higher Education Council in the Restructuring of Vocational and Technical Education Project.

Between 2008 and 2011, he served at Muş Alparslan University as the vice-rector, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, secretary-general, a member of the Higher Education Vocational and Technical Education Development Commission and an Inter-University Council member. Between 2011 and 2017, he served as a member of the Board of Turkish Standards Institute, Chairman of the Turkish Accreditation Agency, a board member of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Agency, a member of the Turkish Design Advisory Council, and Co-Chairman of the Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Coordination Board. He served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Science, Industry, and Technology between 2011 and 2017, and an advisor to the Prime Minister between 2017 and 2018. He was appointed Rector to the Kırıkkale University with the Presidential Decree dated 06.09.2018 and numbered 2018/160. He is also a board member of Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Research Foundation for the History of Science in Islam and board member of Machinery and Chemical Industry.