Prof. Asli Akyol Mutlu is a Professor and Head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Hacettepe University, Türkiye. She received her undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Hacettepe University and completed her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Her research focuses on nutrition, obesity, metabolic diseases, maternal and fetal nutrition, nutrigenomics, and developmental origins of health and disease. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in international journals and has supervised many master's and doctoral theses. She has also served in several academic and administrative roles, including Vice Dean and Erasmus Program Institutional Coordinator at Hacettepe University.