Süleyman completed his undergraduate in molecular biology and genetics at Izmir Institute of Technology in Turkey. During his Master's at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, he worked on CDP-choline's effects on mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics. He also carried out work on TFEB in Katja Simon’s Lab at the University of Oxford. He joined the Münch lab in 2019 to study the effects of mitochondrial stress on mitochondrial proteostasis and mitophagy.