Necdet Saglam graduated from the Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Between 1991 and 2010, he worked as an associated professor and professor in the Faculty of Education, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University. During the years between 2007 and 2011, he has become a rector of Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey. He has worked as a professor for 10 years in the Division of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He has joined several academic committees and duties such as chair, editor, and referee and was Vice Dean of Education Faculty, Hacettepe University, from 1997 to 2006. He has supervised many graduate theses on science education and science fields. At present, he teaches nanotechnology, nanomedicine, biotechnology, microbiology, and genetics, and in these subject areas, he has joined several research project teams. He has published many articles and chapters in esteemed journals and books and also presented papers at international conferences.Feza Korkusuz MD attended medical specification in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at Gazi University Medical Faculty, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, between 1987 and 1992 after graduating from Ankara University Medical Faculty in 1986. Between 1989 and 1990, he studied at Osaka University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, from where he graduated with a postgraduate diploma. His clinical and research studies focused on Spine Surgery, Sports Medicine, and Basic Research. Dr. Korkusuz worked at Middle East Technical University (METU) as an orthopedic surgeon and medical director at the Medical Center and the Department of Physical Education and Sports as the Head of the Department until 2013. In 1994 and 2001, he became an associate professor and professor, respectively. In 1999 and 2000, he received the METU Prof. Dr. N. Parlar Foundation Young Investigator and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Promotion Award in Medical Sciences, respectively. Between 1991 and 2016, he was a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society. In 2008, he became an active member of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and since 2006, he has been a member of the corresponding and deputy editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. In 2017, he became an active member of the Turkish Academy of Science (TUBA). He currently is the Head of the Department of Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Sports Medicine. He was the advisor to the President of TÜBİTAK.Dr. Mesut Sam graduated from Inonu University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, in 1998 and completed his Master's degree at Inonu University, Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, between 1999 and 2000. He completed his Ph.D. training at Hacettepe University, Biotechnology Department, between 2002 and 2008. Mesut Sam is a faculty member at Aksaray University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, in Turkey. He continues his academic activities in the fields of industrial microbiology, biotechnology, and bionanotechnology. Between 2000 and 2005, he was a member of the board of directors of the Turkish Biotechnology Association, and since 2016, he has been working as the director of Aksaray University Water and Environment Research Center.
