Principal scientist of Queens Carbon, received his PhD in Ceramic Engineering in 1993, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Iowa State University. Cuneyt has been a university Professor from 1993 to 2015 and has inorganic and organic synthesis expertise and experience in phosphate, carbonate, aluminate, silicate, titanate, ferrite, gallate, zirconate and borate-based ceramic systems and inorganic coatings on metals, ceramics and polymers. He loves classical music and jazz.