Nurcan Kilinc Ata holds PhD degree in economics department from University of Stirling in United Kingdom. She focused on renewable energy policies and their impacts on installed capacity in developed and developing countries. Her research interests are energy economics (Renewable Energy Sources), energy market, energy policy, environmental economics, and econometric analysis (Demand Forecast). Her current interests lie in the nexus of energy policies and energy investment, particularly focusing on energy and environmental econometric modeling. Also, she worked as foreign trade analyst, researcher, assistant professor in a wide variety of business, academia, and research center such as import-export analysis, renewable energy sources application and evaluation, energy policies, forecasting market share analyze for natural energy sources. She has over 7 years of academic and international research experience. She has conducted and participated in European research projects. Since 2005, she has produced over a dozen publications in a diversity of formats and presented at a number of national and international conferences. At a personal level, she is a very energetic person who likes to take initiative and engage people in motivating and interesting. Outside of work, she enjoys travelling, meeting with her friends, and cooking.