Prof. Şeker graduated from Uludağ University Veterinary Faculty in 1986. Subsequently, Prof. Şeker earned his Ph.D. in Human Anatomy at the University of Leicester, Faculty of Medicine in England, in 1995. He achieved the position of associate professor in 2000 and was promoted to full professorship in 2006. Throughout his career, Prof. Şeker worked as an instructor in the United Arab Emirates for two years and also held the position of the Head of the Department of Medical Education and Informatics at the Meram Faculty of Medicine at Selçuk University. He played a crucial role as a member of the Founding Board of Trustees of Istanbul Medipol University from 2008 to 2010. In December 2014, he was appointed as the founding rector of Konya Necmettin Erbakan University. He has also served on the selection committees of Türkiye Institutes of Health Administration (TÜSEB) Aziz Sancar Science, Service, and Incentive Awards; YÖK Doctorate Awards; TÜBA-GEBİP Awards; and TÜBİTAK Science, Service, and Incentive Awards. He began his role as President of Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2019. Prof. Şeker has also represented his country at the Science 20 Summits, World Science Forum, and many other international scientific events.