| 2019 –Present | Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Department, Izmir Democracy University, Izmir, Turkey |
| 2014 – Present | Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Geotechnical Engineering Centre, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia https://www.civil.uq.edu.au/erarslan |
| 2017 – 2019 | Associate Professor, Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering (in English), Adana Science and Technology University, Adana, Turkey |
| 2014 – 2017 | Assistant Professor, Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, Adana Science and Technology University (in English), Adana, Turkey |
| 2012 – 2014 | Lecturer, Geotechnical Engineering Centre, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Duties include course coordination, lecturing and tutoring |
| 2011– 2014 | Course Coordinator for Lectures within Dual Major Programs at, Geotechnical Engineering Centre, School of Civil Engineering Brisbane, Australia. Duties include course coordination, lecturing and tutoring |
| 2011 – 2012 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geotechnical Engineering Centre, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
2008 – 2011 | PhD Student, Geotechnical Engineering Centre, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2007 – 2008 | Academic Research Assistant, Department of Mining Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey |
| 2007 – 2008 | Master of Science, Department of Mining Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey |
| 2004 – 2006 | PhD Student, CRC Mining, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (interrupted) |
