She hold Bachelor’s degree from Uludag University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Engineering, Bursa, Turkey (2001), a Master’s degree in Business Administration (2004) and a Ph.D. in Tourism Management (2015) from Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, İzmir, Turkey. She is an Assistant Professor in Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Tourism, Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, İzmir, Turkey.
Her research interests mainly lie in the field of tourism management, food and beverage management, gastronomy, innovation management in tourism, networks and knowledge management.

She hold a bachelor’s degree from Dokuz Eylul University, Engineering Faculty Department of Environmental Engineering (2007), master’s degree from the Graduate School of Social Science Department of Total Quality Management at the same university (2009). She continues her Ph.D. education at Dokuz Eylul University Graduate School of Social Science Department of Tourism Management. At the same time, she is a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Tourism, Department of Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.
Her research interests are sustainable tourism, environment, tourism management, corporate identity, gastronomy and quality.