Emre Can Dundar Editor

Cenk Temizel is an experienced Petroleum Engineer/Energy Professional. He has worked at Saudi Aramco, Aera Energy LLC (a Shell-ExxonMobil Affiliate), Halliburton, and Schlumberger. He has about 20 years of industry experience working on reservoir simulation, smart fields, heavy oil, optimization, geomechanics, integrated asset modeling, unconventionals, field development, and enhanced oil recovery in the Middle East, US, and UK.

Salih Tutun is an AI researcher and faculty member at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. His research on Networked Pattern Recognition has been featured by global news organizations. Dr. Tutun also serves as a senior AI consultant on projects on IT artifacts and products for business decision-making and has developed several products, including MDScan, XScanner, NEPAR, SASX, DIA, and DemansCheck. He is an External Advisory Board Member of the SkillMeet project funded under the Horizon Europe program.

Celal Hakan Canbaz is an experienced Senior Energy Expert with a diverse background in industrial and academic settings. He holds a Ph.D. in Energy from Ege University. Throughout his career, he has held positions as a researcher, instructor, and co-founder of Climpach Consulting LLC, where he has developed expertise in areas such as SCAL analysis, reservoir wettability characterization, and well-testing analysis.

Ekrem Alagoz is a drilling supervisor at Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). He earned a BS degree from Iskenderun Technical University and an MS degree from The University of Texas at Austin, both in petroleum engineering. He previously worked as a hydraulic fracturing research engineer in the R&D department of TPAO.

Emre Can Dündar earned a BS degree from Bülent Ecevit University in Mining Engineering and an MS degree from The West Virginia University in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department. He is currently the head of the Hydraulic Fracturing Department at Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), where he is responsible for performing frac design and execution operations.

Mufrettin Murat Sari is a Chemistry Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University. He received his PhD from the Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University. He has more than 25 years of research and teaching experience in the fields of Materials Chemistry, Applied Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.

Luigi Saputelli is a seasoned Reservoir Engineering Expert Advisor, having worked as a reservoir, drilling, and production engineer for PDVSA, ADNOC, Hess, and Halliburton. Dr. Saputelli is a researcher, lecturer, and active volunteer in the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Houston.

Mehmet Melih Oskay earned his PhD in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas, Austin. He has taught at University of Texas, Louisiana Tech University, Middle East Technical University, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. His has industrial experience working with Shell, Kuwait Oil Company, and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company, and served as Chevron’s Operational Excellence Champion. Dr. Oskay currently works as a business developer and technical/safety consultant