Dr. Özer Zeybek is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Türkiye. He previously conducted postdoctoral research at Purdue University’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. His research primarily focuses on structural stability, steel structures, and the buckling behavior of thin-walled cylindrical steel shells, including steel silos and liquid storage tanks. His research also extends to earthquake engineering and structural dynamics, sustainable construction materials, and the post-fire behavior of structural steels, high-strength steels, and aluminum alloys. His work integrates advanced finite element analysis, machine-learning-based modeling, and experimental techniques such as Digital Image Correlation (DIC). Dr. Zeybek has published in leading international journals, including Thin-Walled Structures, Engineering Structures, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, and Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. He also serves as a Section Editor for the Mugla Journal of Science and Technology and as a reviewer for international scientific journals.