Prof. Dr. Gultekin Goller is graduated from Istanbul Technical University in 1989 with a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering. In 1997, he received his Ph.D. in the field of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He attended to the Tribology Group of Cleveland State University in 1995 as a UNIDO fellow. He joined to the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department of ITU in 1999 as an assistant professor. Professor Goller was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and became a full professor in 2010.

His professional and scientific activity comprises: papers, which are cited over 1050 times, published in science citation index journals (95); papers published in international peer-review periodicals (7); the proceedings of international or national conferences (110); participating in different international or national research projects (47); author of (2) international book chapters; member of the scientific committee of different meetings; head of the organizing committee for different international conferences; member of the International Editorial Board of some journals; and reviewer for different journals.