Dr. Mehmet Deniz Turan is currently Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Engineering Faculty-Fırat University (Turkey). He has multidisciplinary education that Dr. Turan received his Ph.D. degree in Department of Chemical Engineering from Fırat University (2010); M.Sc. in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Fırat University (2003); B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Inonu University (2000). Before arriving at his present position, he was Researcher in Chemical Engineering at Fırat University (2003-2009), Expert in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Fırat University (2009-2011), and Assistant Professor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Fırat University since 2011. He has received the Department Award in Mining Engineering (2000), Turkey national mining project competition (Dedeman Project Award in 2013), and Engineering Faculty Project Competition (2016). He also served over 9 scientific projects as supervisor and researcher. 

Dr. Turan is internationally known for his researches and scientific inquiry about hydrometallurgy and mineral processing. He published over 14 articles in professional journal that most scopes SCI and/or SCIE, made over 17 presentations at national/international conferences, and made over 40 reviewing in professional journals, conferences, and workshops. He is in Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Sciences and Applications, American Journal of Environmental Policy and Management, American Journal of Chemistry and Application, International Journal of Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and made two times Guest Editor of Current Physical Chemistry. 

Dr. Turan has lectured at Lublin University (Poland-2012), and Petru Maior University (Romania-2013) in Erasmus teaching staff scope. He has also served as short term scholar at University of Utah (USA-2013).