Şükrü KURT was born in Van and completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Van-Turkey. He graduated from Gaziantep University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering. He completed his master's and doctoral studies at Yüzüncü Yıl University in the Department of Food Engineering. In 2007, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Adıyaman University Vocational High School. Then, he was appointed to Adıyaman University, Food Engineering Department as Associate Professor in 2012 and Professor in 2018. He is married with two children.