Erman İstifli currently serves as an Academic Editor at the Public Library of Science (PLOS) and as Editor in Chief at Life in Silico, which focuses on computational interpretations of biological processes. İstifli is also an Associate Professor at Cukurova University and has held several editing positions at the International Journal of Plant Based Pharmaceuticals and IntechOpen. Previously, İstifli worked as a Managing Editor at Makaletercume.com and as a Freelance Translator for the Turkish Armed Forces. İstifli earned a PhD with research on G-Banding of human bone marrow chromosomes in leukemia and conducted an internship at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Cukurova University and a high school diploma from ATO Anadolu Lisesi.