Prof. Dr. Umran İnan completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Middle East Technical University. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Geophysics and Very Low Frequency (VLF) Radio Science from Stanford University in 1977. After many years of teaching at Stanford University, he was appointed as the Director of the Space, Telecommunications, and Radiophysics Laboratory (STAR) in 1997, a position he held until 2009. From 2009, he served as the Rector of Koç University until completing his term on August 31, 2021. Currently, he continues to conduct research with his group at Stanford University, carrying out observations at over 50 locations worldwide and on various satellites. Throughout his academic career, he has made significant contributions to fields such as geophysics, space, ionospheric and atmospheric physics, and has supervised over 50 Ph.D. graduates.