I graduated with a BSc degree from the Geological Engineering Department of Selçuk University (Konya, Turkey) in 1988, Between 1990 and 1994 with a scholarship from the Ministry of National Education, I had a PhD degree in the field of “volcanic geochemistry and petrology” from the Geology and Applied Geology Department of Glasgow University (Scotland, UK). I am currently a research fellow and faculty member at the Geological Engineering Department of Karadeniz Technical University. My major research fields cover igneous geochemistry, petrology and geochronology, and I am also interested in alteration mineralogy and geochemistry of volcanic rocks. My recent and current studies are mainly focused on “petrochronology, geochemistry, petrology and geodynamic evolution of Cenozoic magmatism in NE Turkey.