Professor Dr. Fırat Evirgen is a full professor in the Department of Mathematics at Balıkesir University, Türkiye. He received both his BSc and MSc degrees in Mathematics Education from Balıkesir University, Necatibey Education Faculty, in 2003 and completed his PhD in Mathematics at Balıkesir University in 2009. Dr. Evirgen's research interests include fractional calculus, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, optimization methods, and dynamical systems. He has published extensively in reputable journals such as Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Fractals, and Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems-S. His scholarly work has received over 620 citations, with an h-index of 15 and an i10-index of 17. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for An International Journal of Optimization and Control: Theories & Applications and as a Managing Editor for both Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications and Bulletin of Biomathematics.