He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences in 1990. He was appointed as a research assistant at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Anadolu University. He completed his doctorate at the same university in 1996. In 2003, he became an associate professor and in 2008, he was appointed as a professor at the same faculty. Naci GÜNDOĞAN, who has articles on social policy and labor economics in various journals, as well as national and international papers presented at various conferences, is also the author of the books "Youth Unemployment", "The Changing Face of Poverty: Working Poor”, "Labor Economics." In the spring semester of 2008-2009, he served as a visiting faculty member at Cornell University's ILR School in the United States. GÜNDOĞAN, who served as the Vice Rector at Anadolu University from 2010 to 2014, was appointed as the Rector of Anadolu University in 2014. He was appointed as a member of YÖK in 2018 and 2022 and was elected as a member of the Executive Board. He served as the President of the Interuniversity Board Social Sciences Education Council (2014-2018), a member of the Board of Trustees of the Turkish World Foundation (2016-present), a member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Fulbright Education Commission (2015-2016), a member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Health Institutes Presidency (TÜSEB) (2021-present), and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Kyrgyzstan-Türkiye Manas University (2022-present). He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the National Open and Distance Education University of Colombia (Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia) in Bogota, Colombia in 2017 for his contributions to open and distance learning worldwide.

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Fadıl Sözen graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Department of Cinema-TV and Photography at Dokuz Eylul University in 1985. He received his master's degree in Performing and Visual Arts from the same university in 1992, followed by a doctorate in 1995.

He began his academic career in 1988 as a lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts at Fırat University and became an assistant professor at Akdeniz University’s Faculty of Fine Arts in 1999. He was promoted to associate professor in 2011 and to professor in 2017 at Akdeniz University. Prof. Dr. Sözen has conducted extensive research in the field of Cinema-TV, focusing on documentary filmmaking, sound in cinema, and film music.

He has published numerous articles on Turkish cinema, documentary filmmaking, and cinematic narration. In addition to his work in film production and management, as well as video design, he has participated in various national projects.

His administrative roles include serving as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Akdeniz University (1999-2004), Head of the Cinema-TV Department (2001-2020), Director of the Institute of Fine Arts (2020-2023), and Faculty Senator (2008-2011).

As of April 2024, Prof. Dr. M. Fadıl Sözen serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at Antalya Belek University and has been the Acting Rector since August 29, 2024.

He graduated from Ankara Fen Lisesi in 1989. He completed his undergraduate studies at Boğaziçi University, Department of Mathematics in 1994. He pursued a Master's in Mathematics at Bilkent University in 1996 and at Institut Fourier in 1997. He defended his doctoral thesis at Institut Fourier in 2000.

Since 2000, he has been working at Galatasaray University in the Department of Computer Engineering and, since its establishment, in the Department of Mathematics, where he has served as the head of the department and as the dean.

He has served as a consultant for TÜBİTAK's Fundamental Sciences Research Group, co-chair of the Romanian Grigore Moisil Turkish-Romanian Research Center, a member of the Advisory Board of TÜBİTAK Science and Technology Journal, and a delegate member of the European Mathematical Society. He is a member of the Turkish, French, European, and American Mathematics Societies. He has worked as a visiting researcher at centers in France, Germany, Japan, Israel, and India.

In 2010, he was awarded the TÜBİTAK TWAS and TÜBA GEBİP awards. He has conducted many research projects and published in reputable journals. He continues to write columns for the Mathematics World magazine.

Mirat SATOĞLU is the Director of TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM Institute. Established in 1996 under the name of TÜBİTAK Ulakbim National Academic Network and Information Center, it provides information services such as Turkey Libraries Collective Catalog Service, EKUAL Collection Development Service, TR Index Index Service, Dergipark Magazine Hosting Service.

He played a leading role in many open science initiatives such as TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, TÜBİTAK Open Science Policy, Aperta Open Archive, Harman Academic Archive under the management of SATOĞLU.

Mirat SATOĞLU is represented in the European Research Area and Innovation Committee Open Science and Innovation Working Group, SCOAP3 Executive Board, EOSC European Open Science Executive Board.

Mirat SATOĞLU has worked in many international areas to become a professional in the field of informatics. SATOĞLU has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University, and a Master's Degree from Ege University and Pennsylvania University.