Between 2012 and 2015 he served as the director of the New York University Abu Dhabi’s cyber security center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He obtained BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical and Electronics engineering, respectively, from Middle East Technical University and Baskent University of Ankara, Turkey. He received Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2004. His research interests are in digital forensics, multimedia computing and security.