Dr. Mehmet Yaman received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Inonu, Malatya-Turkey.  He was appointed as associated professor at University of Firat, Elazig-Turkey in 1995. Since 2002, he has been chaired Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Firat. Since 2005, he is an Editor-in-Chief of and also selected as a member of a consultative committee of TÜBİTAK (the Scientific and Social Research Council of Turkey). Professor Yaman supervised and assisted more than thirty students 11 Ph.D.: 9 completed, 2 continue; 22 M.Sc. 22 completed.

Mehmet Yaman has a track record of 118 publications (corresponding author in most of them) in peer-reviewed scientific journals (including Curr. Med. Chem. and J. Med. Chem.) and more than 2000 citations. He is an invited speaker on international lectures and has given more than 130 talks for national and international conferences. Dr. Yaman is on Editorial Boards of more than 10 journals and serves as a referee for more than 12 peer-reviewed journals in the fields of chemistry, medicine, and environment. 

Dr.Yaman’s research focused the preconcentration and determination of trace metals (particularly, Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr and Cu) in biological, environmental and food matrices as well as a determination of trace organic compounds such as histidine, flavonoids, PAHs and acrylamide in medicinal plants and grilled foodstaffs by using HPLC-MS.