Dr. Metin Mutlu AYDIN was born in 1988 in Kırşehir, Türkiye. He completed his bachelor and master degrees in Civil Engineering at Dokuz Eylül University (BSc in 2010, MSc in 2013), and his PhD in Civil Engineering from Akdeniz University in 2017. He is currently working as an full-time Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Transportation, at the Faculty of Engineering, Ondokuz Mayıs University. His research interests include Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Electric and Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation Planning, Green Environment, Sustainable and Resilient Cities, and Renewable Energy in Transport. Up to date, he has served as a project manager or researcher in 24 national and 7 international projects, has produced nearly 120 scientific publications, and has attended more than 30 international conference presentations across the world. In 2018, he received the “Best Transportation Paper of the Year” award from the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) in London, UK, the “Best Publication of the Year” award in both 2018 and 2019, and the “Best PhD Thesis of the Year” award in 2018 from the General Directorate of Highways (KGM) in Türkiye for his PhD thesis. Additionally, in 2023, his British Council-supported project titled “i-gCar4ITS: Innovative and Green Carrier Development for Intelligent Transportation System Applications” received the “Jury Special Award” from ITS Türkiye. In 2025, he was awarded the “Publication of the Year” in the field for his work on vehicle simulators. Following his contributions to the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems, he was elected as a “Management Board Member of ITSTürkiye”, representing academia for the 2025–2027 term. He also founded the Center of Excellence in Intelligent Transportation and Structures (#CEITSSLab) in 2024. In the same year, #CEITSSLab was awarded the “Academic R&D Award” by ITSTürkiye and received an additional “R&D Award” from the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye (UDHAM) for its R&D projects. Since 2020, Dr. Aydın has also worked as a member of the Editorial Board of two prestigious SCI-Expanded journals: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Transport and VilniusTech Transport journals.