Dr. Halil Şenol earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering. His doctoral research focused on conventional and advanced oxidation methods for lignocellulosic biomass conversion. He is currently serving as an associate professor in the Department of Energy Systems Engineering at Giresun University. His research interests include renewable energy production, anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass for biogas generation, and oxidative pretreatment using ferrate chemistry and hybrid catalytic systems.