Professor Ozdemir completed his Ph.D. at the University of Exeter in 2000, his M.Sc. at University of Warwick in 1997 and his undergraduate studies at Marmara University in 1992. His research interests lie in the field of control theory and applications; optimization theory; fractional calculus and applications; financial mathematics; biological model and numerical methods; ranging from theory to design to implementation. He has actively collaborated with researchers in several other disciplines.