Ekin is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organizations at Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics. He received his MSc in Physics from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and a PhD in Management from INSEAD. His research addresses how organizations can be designed to be resilient against unexpected adversities and investigate the strategic trade-offs occurring in the process. For this, he relies particularly on formal modelling, simulations, and ML/AI techniques in data analysis. His research has been recognized with nomination as a finalist at the INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition and has been published in Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Organization Design. He further advises local municipalities in Turkey on building disaster resilience with an increasing emphasis on private-public collaborations.