Dr. Avcu earned his doctorate from Kocaeli University in 2013. After completing his PhD, he was awarded the Research and Sabbatical Scholarship Award by Kocaeli University and conducted postdoctoral research on surface engineering and advanced characterisation of biomaterials at the Institute of Biomaterials at Friedrich-Alexander University. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Materials at The University of Manchester in 2018-2019. During this time, he worked on several projects aimed at understanding the microstructural-mechanical-tribological properties relationship of materials including metal matrix composites, additive manufactured metallics, core rocks, and environmental barrier coatings. Dr Avcu has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles. He has 38 proceedings presented at international conferences in English and 26 proceedings presented in Turkish. He is particularly interested in (1) microstructural design of metals and metal matrix composites by micromechanical testing, tribological testing, and advanced microstructural characterisation, (2) advanced microstructural characterisation of materials (e.g., FEG-SEM, EBSD, STEM-EDS, micro-CT, HRTEM), and (3) manufacturing of advanced materials and coatings (e.g., biopolymer composites, polymer matrix composites, and metal matrix composites).