Muazzez Çelik Karakaya is a Professor in the Department of Geological Engineering at Konya Technical University, Türkiye. She obtained her Ph.D. from Hacettepe University and has extensive research experience in economic geology, mineralogy, and geochemistry. Her research focuses on critical raw materials, rare earth elements (REEs), bauxite and lateritic systems, clay minerals, hydrometallurgy, red mud processing, and evaporite deposits. She has published widely in the fields of mineral characterization, REE recovery, and critical metal enrichment.