Rusen Metin Yildirim is a lecturer of Food Engineering Department at Yildiz Technical University. She received her Ph.D. in “Determination of Phytase Activity of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Yeast Isolated From Sourdough” from Yildiz Technical University in 2020. Dr. Yildirim has published articles in several peer-reviewed journals. She has worked on different research project including “Production of Fermented Coffee Beverage and Investigation of Changes in Bioactive Components”, “The Use of Colocasia esculenta Flour as a Functional Ingredient in Bakery Products, “Isolation of lactic acid bacteria and yeast from sourdough and identification by FTIR”. Her research interests include food science and food microbiology. Her current research projects explore the utilization of food wastes into the food product and fermentation technology.