Saliha Karadayı Usta graduated from the Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Program with an honour degree in 2012. She completed her Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 2014, with a thesis focused on risk analysis in service supply chains. She subsequently earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering from ITU in 2020, conducting research on the design of medical tourism service supply chains.Between 2013 and 2020, she served as a research assistant in the Department of Industrial Engineering at ITU. She was appointed Assistant Professor in 2020 and ...
Saliha Karadayı Usta graduated from the Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Program with an honour degree in 2012. She completed her Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 2014, with a thesis focused on risk analysis in service supply chains. She subsequently earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering from ITU in 2020, conducting research on the design of medical tourism service supply chains.
Between 2013 and 2020, she served as a research assistant in the Department of Industrial Engineering at ITU. She was appointed Assistant Professor in 2020 and promoted to Associate Professor in 2023. Since 2022, she has been a faculty member in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Istinye University.
Since February 2023, she has served as the Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Istinye University, and since October 2023, she has held the position of Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. She has been a member of the Editorial Board of the Sustainability section of Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) since September 2023, and a member of the Editorial Board for the Business, Environmental Studies, Tourism and Hospitality, and Risk Management sections of Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (Nature Portfolio) since June 2025.
Since June 2025, she has also served as a Corporate Sustainability System Mentor within the Turkish Exporters Assembly, providing consultancy services to the sector. Between November 2023 and August 2025, she was a member of the Entrepreneurship and Incubation Center Commission at the İstinye Garage Incubation Hub. In addition, she has been a member of the Technology Advisory Board of Bilişim Vadisi since July 2023.
Her research interests include sustainability, Industry 4.0 and digital transformation, supply chain management, and risk analysis.
