Mohanad Alayedi was born on October 25th, 1995, in Damascus, Syria. Alayedi received a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication and a Master’s degree in Telecommunication Systems from Dr. Tahar Moulay University of Saida, Algeria, in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and a PhD degree in Telecommunication Systems from Ferhat Abbas University of Setif 1 in 2022. In September 2022, he joined the Communication, Signal Processing, and Networking Center (CoSiNC) at Istanbul Medipol University as a research assistant. In addition, he worked as a Lab instructor. In May 2024, he joined Haliç University as an assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering. He has participated in and attended several international conferences in Algeria, Morocco, KSA, and Turkey. In addition, he has published many high-quality scientific research papers in high-quality technical international journals in the field of optical communication networks. His research interests include wireless communication systems, waveform design, optical networks, machine learning, and cybersecurity.