Prof. Fazilet Vardar Sukan is a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from University College London. She has dual experience as an academic and as KE/TT professional. She is currently the vice president of University-Industry Collaboration Centers Platform of Turkey, representing Turkey on ATTP Board and Council, AUTM International Strategy Committee West Asia- MENA Chapter, ASTP-NAAC. She was the Director of Ege University TTO for 18 years and Coordinator of IRC-EGE and Enterprise Europe Network EBIC-Ege projects between 2004-2017. She the holder of RTTP and EuKTS Grandfather Certificates. As an academic, she has over 200 publications, three patents and she is the holder of 1989 Turkish Scientific and Technological Council Incentive award in Bioengineering. She was the founding head of the Ege University Bioengineering Department until 2017 and has been involved in over 75 projects throughout the years. With her long experience in academic research, valorisation of research outputs as well as research management, she is also currently one of the EU Research Management Road Map Ambassadors for Turkey.