Dr. N. Oktar graduated and received her M.Sc. degree from Hacettepe University Department of Chemical Engineering in 1990 and 1992 respectively. She had worked in private companies as a product and quality control engineer during 1992-1996. She worked as a research assistant between 1996-2001 years, and received her Ph.D. in 2001 from Gazi University, Department of Chemical Engineering. She had continued her carrier as a postdoctoral researcher between 2001 and 2004 at The Ohio State Unıversity. She has been working as an assistant professor in Gazi University Department of Chemical Engineering since February 2005.