Mehmet Pakdemirli received Ph.D. degree from Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Istanbul Technical University in 1991. He was a post-doctorate associate in Virginia Tech (1991-1993), visiting scholar in the University of Michigan (1996), visiting professor in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (2002-2003). His permanent position was professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University starting from 1993 till 2016 and is currently Professor Emeritus from the same department. His research interests include, applied mathematics, differential equations and their solution techniques (analytical and numerical), nonlinear dynamics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, biomimetics and mathematical education. He is the recipient of TUBITAK Young Researcher Award (1997) and METU M. Parlar Association Research Award (1995). He has authored/co-authored over 190 journal papers and received more than 5000 citations to his work from others. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Mathematical and Computational Applications, the associate editor of Journal of Vibration and Control and member of the editorial board of MESA, Mathematics in Engineering, Science and Aerospace, International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, International Journal of Industrial Mathematics, Sound and Vibration and Journal of Informatics and Mathematical Sciences.