Ertuğrul Kaya is a seasoned corrosion scientist with research skills. His researchs are focused mainly on corrosion inhibitor synthesis, characterization, modification, extensively on investigating materials corrosion and corrosion inhibition mechanisms. Beside that, he specializes in areas such as ester synthesis mechanism (ester synthesis and characterization, esterification, transesterification, amidation etc.) and formulation of metalworking fluids. Ertuğrul Kaya has published 8 journal articles and 10 conference papers. He has 4 patents to his credit.