I received my MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from YILDIZ Technical University (YTU) in 2007 and 2010 respectively. After I have got my PhD degree I have continued my research activities at Center for Advanced Power Systems – Florida State University – USA between 2011 and 2012. I have been a faculty member till August 2016 in YTU. During my Ph.D., M.Sc., and faculty member studies at YTU, I have conducted research on transportation electrification (design and implementation of energy management strategies for electric vehicle power systems) and smart grid technologies. These efforts resulted in 18 journal publications, 24 conference proceedings, and 12 projects. Furthermore, I have supervised 1 PhD, 3 master students, and several undergraduate theses.