Dr. Turan Paksoy received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Gazi University, M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Production Management from Selçuk University in 2004. He received the associate degree in Production Management in 2008 from National Academic Council of Turkey. In 2015, he was promoted to full professor at Selçuk University. Dr. Paksoy has been working as a faculty member at Konya Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering, since 2018. Dr. Paksoy attended London Kingston University as visiting professor in 2015. He also has the affiliation of founding director of KTO Karatay University Lean & Green SCM Lab and has been honored with being chosen for "Global Sustainable Leaders" by U.S Green Chamber of Commerce in 2018. Dr. Paksoy has over 300 published papers (about 40 papers in SCI indexed journals). His papers appear frequently at reputable and internationally recognized journals such as Computers and Industrial Engineering, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research, International Journal of Production Research. Dr. Paksoy’s current interest include Lean Manufacturing, Green Logistics, Closed Loop Supply Chain Management, and Fuzzy Decision Making.