Ali Cetin is currently a Research Assistant and Doctoral Student at the Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (IKV) in Industrie und Handwerk an der RWTH Aachen, focusing on plasma and surface technology, analytics for barrier development, and circular economy since February 2023. Prior to this role, Ali Cetin served as a Graduate Research Associate at the CAT Catalytic Center Aachen from July 2022 to February 2023, where the focus was on the synthesis and development of high-performance materials from renewable resources. Ali Cetin holds a Master of Science in Chemistry from RWTH Aachen University, completed in June 2022, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the same institution, awarded in February 2019.