Mehdi Seraj was born in Iran on the 22nd of July, 1984. He is an associate professor of economics at the Near East University, North Cyprus. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus in 2019. His master's field is economic development and planning, and his bachelor's is in industrial engineering. He was a teaching and research assistant of Prof. Glenn Jenkins at Eastern Mediterranean University between 2015 and 2019. He has experience teaching industrial engineering to graduate and undergraduate students at Islamic Azad University in Iran. Also, He worked as a market analyst for the Informatics Services Corporation organization in Iran between 2013 to 2015 and Technical Office Counselor for Firouzkuh Faraz Cement Company from 2008 to 2010. To date, he has many internationally published articles in good journals that are indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, as well as proceeding articles. In addition, he is an editor of the journal of SN Business & Economics and a reviewer of more than 30 journals. His research interests include energy economics, economic development, economic planning, and exchange rates.