VOLKAN EDİGER

Kadir Has University
Head of Energy Systems Engineering Department

Upon graduating from the Geological Engineering Department of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1976, he went on to receive his MS degree from the same university and his PhD degree from the Pennsylvania State University (PSU).

Prof. Ediger’s professional career has been shaped by research, teaching, and consultancy simultaneously carried out at industry, university, and government. His industrial experience was gained primarily from the Research Center of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation, where he initiated and coordinated several R&D projects mainly on oil and gas exploration and production. Between 1998 and 2010, he was the first person to hold the newly created position of the Energy Advisor to the President of the Republic of Turkey, where he had the chance to work with three successive presidents. He started his academic career at METU in 1976 and continued at PSU and METU. Prof. Ediger received his professorship at İzmir University of Economics in 2010. He is currently the Head of Energy Systems Engineering Department, Director of CESD-Center for Energy and Sustainable Development, and Coordinator of Strategy Development and Research at the Kadir Has University and also serves in several committees and commissions.

Volkan Ş. Ediger is the holder of several distinguished awards. He also serves as president and executive member at several scientific societies and NGOs and also editor, referee or scientific committee member of several national and international publications. He is the founder and president of the Energy and Climate Change Foundation, and founding executive committee of the Sustainable Production and Consumption Association, the first NGOs to be working in this field in Turkey. He recently served as the General Chair of ICE 2014, which was held by AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) in September 2014 in Istanbul and of 69th Geological Congress of Turkey, which was held in April 2016 in Ankara, and as General Co-Chair of 5th Multinational Energy and Value Conference, which was held in İstanbul in May 2015 and of the International Conference on Energy Security and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean, which was held in October 2015 in Cyprus. Prof. Ediger is also very active as moderator, panel discussant, and analyst in several panels, newspapers, and TV/Radio programs.