Bachelor: ODTÜ - Metalurji Mühendisi; 1987
Doctorate: Newcastle Üniversitesi; 1992
Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal was born in 1965 in Eskişehir, where he also completed his high school
education. After graduating from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at METU in 1987, he continued his academic education abroad and received his Ph.D. from Newcastle University (United Kingdom) in 1992. He conducted postdoctoral research
at the same university in 1992-1994 and at the University of Karlsruhe (Germany) as an Alexander Humboldt Fellow in 1997-1998. In 1994, he started to work as an assistant professor in the Department of Ceramic Engineering at Anadolu University,
where he was appointed as associate professor in 1996 and full professor in 2001.
Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal has over 140 publications, 70 of which were published in SCI journals, with more than 1200 citations. Prof. Dr. Mandal also
holds 6 international patents. Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal is the recipient of various national and international awards, including the TÜBİTAK Science Award. He is a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), the World Academy
of Ceramics (WAC), and the Academia Europaea (AE). In 2023, he was included in the top 2% of the “World’s Most Influential Scientists” list prepared through the cooperation of Stanford University and Elsevier.
His
former administrative positions include Chair of the Global Engineering Deans Council, First Vice President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies, President of European Ceramic Society, Vice Rector of Anadolu University
and Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Anadolu University, General Secretary of the Turkish Engineering Deans Council, Board Member of ATAP and GOSB Technoparks, Board Member of Inovent, Board Member of BOREN, and Executive
Board Member of TÜBİTAK’s Technology Transfer Mechanisms Support Group (TEMEG) and Engineering Research Group (MAG).
Prof. Dr. Mandal served as the Director of Research and Graduate Policies at Sabancı University between 2011
and 2015, and also as the Vice President at the same university starting from January 2012. He was appointed as a member of the Council of Higher Education (CoHE) on March 25, 2015, elected as an Executive Board Member of CoHE on April 1,
2015, and as the Deputy President of CoHE on July 21, 2016, and continued in these positions until January 12, 2018.
Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal was appointed as a member of the Turkish Presidency’s Science, Technology and Innovation
Policies Council on October 8, 2018, and was elected as its Deputy Chair on November 1, 2018, and as a member of the CoHE on April 27, 2019. Since January 1, 2020, he has been one of the Council Members of the Board of Directors of the United
Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (UNTB). He was also elected as the President of the Executive Board of the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO) on November 16, 2022. He
continues to serve in these positions.
Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal served as the President of TÜBİTAK between February 22, 2018 and August 16, 2024. He was appointed as the Rector of ITU with the decision published in the Official
Gazette dated August 16, 2024.