An Associate Professor of Statistics currently serving in the Department of Actuarial Sciences at Kırıkkale University. BSc from Anadolu University, completed MSc and PhD in Statistics at Çukurova University, and an e-MBA from Mersin University. My academic career includes research and faculty positions at Çukurova University, Bingöl University, and Kırıkkale University. Dr. Çetinkaya's primary research interests focus on reliability theory, statistical inference, censoring schemes, ordered statistics, computational statistics, and Bayesian analysis. I have extensively published in leading international SCI/SSCI-indexed journals and actively contributes to the scientific community as a reviewer for numerous statistical and mathematical publications. To advance statistical methodology and reliability modeling through rigorous mathematical research, computational applications, and effective academic collaboration.