Zafer Aslan is a faculty member of Department of Computer Engineering in Istanbul Aydın University (IAU). She was Director of International Relations and Vice Rector of IAU. Her recent studies are on data mining, atmospheric physics, climate changing and renewable energy. She is the senior associate member of ICTP, the Board Member of OSTIV (International Scientific and Technical Soaring Organization), and Chairs of OSTIV Scientific Section and MET Panel. She is Executive Committee member of OWSD NC-Turkey and Advisor to the Rector of IAU. She is Member of Turkish Meteorological Engineering Chamber. Her awards are Prize of OWSD 25th Anniversary Video Competition, Federation Aeronautic International (FAI) The Paul Tissandier Diploma Award Lausanne, Switzerland; ICTP TRIL Award, Regular Associateship Award of ICTP, EGS Travel Award, Edinburgh. Grant of Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SQR), Lisbon, İTÜ Research Foundation and TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey), Borlange, Sweden, ICTP Grant for Training in the Italian Laboratories CNR, Rome, NATO Grant, University of Washington, USA, ICTP – scholarships, Trieste, Italy. She has 164 research and review articles published in international journals and proceedings, Articles in national journals and proceedings, three books, seven book chapters, 24 project reports.