He was born on 22 February 1978 in Üsküdar, Istanbul. He graduated from Küçükyalı Merkez İlköğretim elementary school. He attended Bostancı Middle School in 1989 to 1992. He graduated from Hayrullah Kefoğlu High School (1992-1995). He completed his undergraduate studies between 1997 and 2001. He started his Masters degree in 2001 and completed it in 2006. During this period, he won Japan's Ministry Education Scholarship for exchange students for one year in Tokyo (Marine Science and Technology) in 2003/2004. He attended several laboratory and field studies in that time. After returning to Turkey, he started at Kılıç Aquaculture Company in Bafa Marine fish hatchery as an aquacultural engineer. He was then promoted to Güvercinlik Hatchery as the Research and Development Chief in 2005. He continued at his job in Kılıç until December 2005. In 2006, he started work at Istanbul University's Faculty of Fisheries as a research assistant and PhD. student. During his PhD, he won the Scientific and Technological Research Council Scholarship (BIDEB-2214) in 2009 and he was in the Grupo de Investigacion en Acuicultura and the Instituto Canario de Ciencias de Marinas. He completed his doctoral degree in 2011. He is responsible for the Fish Nutrition and Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Culture laboratories. He received the title of Associate Professor on 15 April 2020 for his publications and studies.