Prof. Dr. Ali Batu was born in Antalya in 1961. He went to primary school in a village called Çavdır in Antalya. After suspending his educational affairs for a while he restarted it in 1976. He graduated form Atatürk Highschool in İzmir in 1982. He entered the department of Agricultural Products and Technologies at Ege University in 1982 and graduated in 1987. He worked for TUKAŞ Sauced and Canned Food Inc. for six months as a technician responsible for quality management in Turgutlu in 1987. He was appointed as a research assistant to the Department of Food Science and Technology at Cumhuriyet University in Tokat. He finished his M.Sc studies at Ege University. He got back to work at Cumhuriyet University in 1990. In 1991 he got a state scholarship for a Phd Degree at Cranfield University in England. He received the Phd in 1995 and returned to Turkey to his former position at Gazi Osman Paşa University, the Faculty of Agriculture. He was appointed as an  assistant professor in 1996. He was enlisted to serve eight months of his millitary service in 2000.  In 2002 he was appointed as an associate professor by the Council of Higher Education. He worked as a lecturer at the faculty of agriculture at Gazi Osman Paşa University between 1996-2004 and at the department of food engineering at Afyon Kocatepe University between 2004-2009.  He was appointed to the University of Tunceli as a professor and the vice rector in 2009. He is still appointed as a  head of food engineering department and the vice rector at the University of Tunceli. Professor Batu is married and has got three kids.