Prof. Dr. Selahattin Çelik was born in 1985 in Ankara, Türkiye. He completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara and graduated at the top of his class from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Niğde University in 2006, ranking third in the Faculty. Between 2006 and 2009, he completed his master's degree as a project assistant in a TÜBİTAK-funded project on the development of a direct methanol fuel cell. He earned his Ph.D. from Gazi University in 2013, during which he received a Technological Entrepreneurship (Teknogirişim) grant from the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology and developed a portable direct methanol fuel cell system for military applications, receiving awards for this work.
He has served as a researcher and design/project engineer in several national and international projects, including an EU-funded solid oxide fuel cell project for residential use, a TÜBİTAK KAMAG electrolyzer project, and a defense industry project focused on hydrogen PEM fuel cell systems for autonomous systems. In 2013, he began his academic career as a faculty member at Niğde University, where he also served as Deputy Head of Department and Director of the Technology Transfer Office. He was one of the founding faculty members of the Prof. Dr. Nejat Veziroğlu Clean Energy Research Center and served as its deputy director.
He worked as a consultant in a TEYDEB-supported project with Vestel Defense Industries for the development of fuel cell systems for UAVs. In 2017, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor through the national academic evaluation system of the Higher Education Council (YÖK). In 2018, he contributed to the university receiving the “Outstanding Achievement Award” from YÖK thanks to successful university-industry collaborations in hydrogen fuel cell projects with Vestel.
Prof. Dr. Çelik is currently the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University and serves as the Director of the Hydrogen Technologies and Energy Research and Application Center. He is married and has two children. His research continues under the center’s umbrella, focusing on hydrogen technologies and clean energy through national and international projects.
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