Prof. Dr. Mustafa Soylak is working on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, Nanocomposites, and Separation/ Preconcentration Techniques including Solid Phase Extraction, Coprecipitation, Cloud point extraction, membrane filtration, speciation and microextraction of trace organic and inorganic species. Dr. Soylak has an h-index of 111 (Web of Science). He has over 750 papers in Web of Science, 8 book chapters and reviews, two textbooks (in Turkish), and one textbook on microextraction techniques (Elsevier, 2020). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Comprehensive Sampling and Sample Preparation (Elsevier, 2022). He was a visiting professor at King Saud University- Saudi Arabia in 2010-2016 and at Near East University on 2018 to 2019. He is now a Professor at Erciyes University, Department of Chemistry, Kayseri-Turkey. He is the editorial board member of the Journal of Hazardous Materials, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, and Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry. He received TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council) Encouragement Award in 2001. He is the recipient of the highest prestigious science award in Turkey, the TUBITAK Science Award in 2020. He won also Ilim Yayma Award from the Ilim Yayma Foundation in 2021. He has been a principal member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) since 2020. He has obtained a TÜBITAK 2247-A National Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers (2021). He published more than 750 research papers.

Dr. Yilmaz received his MSc. in Analytical Chemistry in 2012 and his PhD in Analytical Chemistry in 2016 from Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey. He carried out his MSc. and PhD studies on the synthesis and application of new generation green solvents and nanomaterials for preconcentration and extraction of trace organic, inorganic and biological analytes. Dr. Yilmaz has been working as research assistant and associate professor since 2009 in the Analytical Chemistry Department at Erciyes University. He has published more than 76 scientific articles in different journals in the areas of analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, food chemistry, materials science and more. He received national best project awards for industrial application of green solvents and magnetic nanomaterials between 2016 and 2018. His current research is focused on the production and analytical application of new generation green solvents and nanomaterials.