Dr. Ayşe Aytaç received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Hacettepe University in 1997. She completed her master's and doctoral degrees in Chemical Engineering at Kocaeli University in Türkiye. She is currently a Professor at Kocaeli University. She also served as the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Kocaeli University, between 2022 and 2025. Since May 2024, she has been serving as the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Aytaç focuses her research on chemical technologies and polymer technology. Her areas of expertise include fiber-reinforced composites, carbon nanotube and graphene-reinforced nanocomposites, fire-resistant materials, biodegradable packaging materials, and wound dressings. As a result of her research in science and engineering, Ayşe Aytaç has 110 publications in internationally indexed journals such as SCIE, numerous presentations at national and international conferences, and one registered patent.