Asst. Prof. Süheyb OKUR, Ph.D., is an academic at Bayburt University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, specializing in the Psychology of Religion. He was born in Medina, Saudi Arabia. His research focuses on psychology of religion, neurotheology (neuroscience of religion), Sufi psychology and Jungian analysis, spiritual counseling and care, and the recitation of the Qur’an and Qira’at studies. He earned his Ph.D. in Basic Islamic Sciences from Bayburt University with a dissertation examining the effects of Qur’anic recitation on cerebral CREB and cortisol responses within a neurotheological framework, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Yusuf Topyay and Assoc. Prof. Bülent Bayraktar. He also completed an M.A. in Basic Islamic Sciences at Hitit University, where his thesis compared the concept of kamal in Sufism with Jung’s individuation under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cahid Haksever, and an M.A. in Spiritual Care and Counseling from Ankara Social Sciences University. His undergraduate studies include degrees in Sociology from Anadolu University and Theology from Ondokuz Mayıs University. Before his current appointment, he served as a Lecturer in Qur’anic Recitation and Qira’at Studies at Bayburt University. Dr. Okur has published in international refereed journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, Scopus, and ESCI, with 5 documents, 5 citations, an h-index of 2, and an i10-index of 0, reflecting his growing impact at the intersection of neuroscience, spirituality, and Islamic studies