Erhan Mutlu received his PhD degree in Fisheries and Marine Biology at Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University. He was then a visiting scientist for post-doctorate at Biology Department of Woods Hole Oceanographical Institution. He researches fisheries (population dynamics), marine ecology (fish, macrozoobenthos, and gelatinous organisms) and bioacoustics (zooplankton and vegetation) in the Black, and Mediterranean Seas.