Asst. Prof. Dr. S. Ferda MUTLU was born in Ankara in 1956. He got his B.S. degree from Chemical Engineering Department of Ankara State Engineering and Architecture Academy in 1977, and his M. Sc. and Ph. D. Degrees in Environmental Engineering from Middle East Technical University (1981), and Chemistry Department of Science Faculty of Ankara University (1990), respectively. He worked as an assistant and instructor in the Chemical Engineering Department of Gazi University between 1977 and 1999. He has worked as an Asst. Prof. since 1999 and the vice chairman since 2004 in Chemical Engineering Department of Gazi University.