Hakan Arslan is an Professor of Chemistry at Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry (1993) from Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, an M.S. degree in Chemistry (1995) from Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, and a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry (1998) from Nigde University, Nigde, Turkey. Professor Arslan did his first postdoctoral research at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, and his second postdoctoral research at the Department of Natural Sciences, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, USA. In addition, he has authored and coauthored more than 115+ technical papers in peer-reviewed ISI indexed journals. Arslan also made about 80+ oral or poster presentations at various major national and international conferences. He is editor of European Journal of Chemistry. Moreover, he is also an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Chemistry (HINDAWI), International Journal of Spectroscopy (HINDAWI), Heliyon (ELSEVIER), Karbala International Journal of Modern Science (ELSEVIER), Rasayan Journal of Chemistry and E-Journal of New World Sciences Academy. He also acts as a Referee for major international and national journals. His research interests include synthesis and characterization of redox active ligands, novel thiourea derivative compounds and N-heterocyclic carbene derivative ligands and their metal complexes, thermal behavior and decomposition kinetic studies, single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction studies, theoretical molecular spectroscopy, and vibrational spectroscopy.