• B.S. in Physics, Ankara University (Turkey) (1969)
• Ph. D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Yale University (1974)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Heidleberg University and Max-Planck Institute (Germany) (1974 - 1977)
• Guest Scientist, Chalk River Nuclear Lab. (Canada) (1977 - 1978)
• Research Physicist, GSI Darmstadt (Germany) (1978 - 1981)
• Research Physicist, TU Munich (Germany) (1981 - 1982)
• Research Associate, University of Maryland (1982 - 1984)
• Associate Professor of Physics, Western Kentucky University (1984 - 1985)
• TTU Physics faculty member since 1985

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