Dr. Kömbe received his Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Memphis under the supervision of J. A. Goldstein.  He then spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Missouri. In 2004, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma City  University, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007 and granted tenure in 2009.

Dr. Kömbe’s research focuses on Partial Differential Equations and inequalities of Hardy, Leray, Rellich, and Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle types, particularly their sharp versions. In April 2009, he received the Distinguished Achievement in the Scholarship of Discovery Award in recognition of his excellence in disciplinary research at Oklahoma City University.

During his tenure at Oklahoma City University, Dr. Kömbe taught a wide range of mathematics courses, including College Algebra, Single and Multivariable Calculus, Advanced Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Statistics, Complex Variables, Discrete Mathematics, Real Variables, and Abstract Algebra.

In the fall of 2011, Dr. Kömbe joined the mathematics faculty at Istanbul Ticaret  University, where he continued teaching an extensive array of courses. These included Single and Multivariable Calculus, Advanced Calculus, Mathematical Analysis, Differential Geometry, Real Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Engineering Mathematics, and Differential Equations. Additionally, he taught graduate-level courses such as Fourier Analysis and Boundary Value Problems, Measure Theory, Partial Differential Equations, and Sobolev Spaces with Geometric Inequalities.

In recognition of his outstanding research contributions, Dr. Kombe received the Distinguished Achievement in the Scholarship of Discovery Award at Istanbul Ticaret  University in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Dr. Kombe  has recently retired from Istanbul Ticaret  University upon his own request. Nevertheless, adhering to the view that there is no retirement in mathematics but rather a continuous pursuit of knowledge, he remains actively engaged in research. His current work focuses on partial differential equations and various inequalities of the Hardy, Leray, and Rellich type, as well as topics related to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.