He has received his PhD in Food Hygiene and Technology from the Ankara University in 2008. He is the Vice Dean and Executive Board Member of Kirikkale University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; an Expert of the Biosafety Clearing-House Mechanism of Turkey; a Research and Advisory Board Member of the National Red Meat Council and an Editorial Board Member of several scientific journals. His main research interests are food microbiology, characterization of food-borne pathogens, bacteriophages, biocontrol of pathogens and bacterial antibiotic resistance.