Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgen ERCAN has been serving as the Vice President of Climate and Life Sciences at TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center since 2024. He completed his undergraduate education at Marmara University, Department of Chemistry in 1996 and completed his Master's and PhD degrees at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the same university.
He worked as a Research Assistant at Marmara University, Department of Chemistry between 1996-2006 and has been working at TÜBİTAK MAM since 2006. He started his career as a researcher and worked as an expert researcher, senior researcher, senior researcher, deputy director of the institute and research group leader. He is married and has 2 children.