Research Assistants
Res. Assist. Ataberk UMUÇ
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
• Metal Organic Network Structures (MOF)
Synthesis of Nano Particles
- ataberkumuc@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 81
Res. Assist. Ateş Batıkan ÖZDAMAR
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2017
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2019, Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Post-combustion CO2 capture technologies
- Mathematical modeling, design and simulation of processes
- Combustion of biomass in fluidized bed combustors
- Solar powered food dryer system design
- atesozdamar@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 80
Res. Assist. Azime ARIKAYA
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara University, 2015
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara University, 2018
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Microbial enzyme production
- Enzymatic/catalytic reactions (esterification, transesterification, ring opening reactions)
- Biochemical reactions kinetic
- Solid catalysts development
- Synthesis of fine chemicals
- Biomass conversion/Green chemistry
- azimearikaya@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 80
Res. Assist. Bahriyenur ARABACI
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Photocatalytic hydrogen production
- Adsorption / Ion exchange
- Waste water treatment
- Adsorbent synthesis and characterization
- Recovery of lithium from water sources
- bahriyenurarabaci@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 81
Res. Assist. Bengü Getiren
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara University, 2016
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara University, 2020
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Synthesis, characterization, and investigation of the energy storage performance of graphene-based nanocomposites
- Investigation of photothermal chemotherapy activity of graphene-based nanocomposite
- Supercritical fluid extraction
- Catalytic reduction of textile dyes / Green chemistry
- bengugetiren@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 34
Res. Assist. Burcu SIRMA TARIM
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, İstanbul University, 2015
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ege University, 2018
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Synthesis and characterization of polymer-based biomaterials
- Development of peptide-based hydrogels
- Development of new functional hydrogels for different applications
- Design of liquid crystal polymer coatings
- Light-sensitive smart polymeric materials
- burcusirma@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 74
Res. Assist. Damla YALÇIN GÖL
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2018
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Process Modeling
- Optimization
- Stochastic Optimization
- Artificial Intelligence
- damlayalcin@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 72
Res. Assist. Dr. Dildare METİN
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ege University, 1999
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2002
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2017
Research Interests
- Processing and characterization of polymer composites
- Synthesis and characterization of lactide ve caprolactone based biopolymers
- dildaremetin@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 36
Res. Assist. Doğukan KURT
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Detailed kinetic chemical modeling
- Combustion modeling
- dogukankurt@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 81
Res. Assist. Dr. Elif GÜNGÖRMÜŞ DELİİSMAİL
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2012
M.Sc. : Department of Environmental Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2015
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023
Research Interests
- Development of acid resistant membrane
- Development of antibacterial membrane
- Development of antifouling membrane
- Polymerization
- elifgungormus@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 62
Res. Assist. Emre DEĞİRMENCİ
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2018
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Multifunctional composite nanomaterials
- Carbon nanoparticles
- Combustion modeling
- Detailed chemical kinetic modeling
- emredegirmenci@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 72
Res. Assist. Emrullah ERTÜRK
Educational Background
B.Sc. :Bioengineering, Yıldız Technical University, 2019, Chemical Engineering, Yıldız Technical University, 2020
M.Sc. : Chemical Engineering, Gebze Technical University, (Cont’d)
Ph.D. :
Research Interests
- Mathematical modeling
- Numerical optimization
- Process design
- emrullaherturk@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 32
Res. Assist. Dr. Gizem SAYGI
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Gazi University, 2012
M.Sc. : Department of Environmental Sciences, Ege University, 2015,
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ege University, 2016
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023
Research Interests
- Photocatalytic degradation
- Adsorption
- Wastewater treatment
- Air purification
- gizemsaygi@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 77
Res. Assist. Günsev DİZOĞLU
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ege University, 2017
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ege University, 2019
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- The usage, synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts
- Conversion of biomass to valuable chemicals
- Esterification and acetylation reactions and product analysis
- gunsevdizoglu@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 80
Res. Assist. Dr. Merve KARABIYIK
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2014
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023
Research Interests
- Production of polymeric thin film coatings via Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) technique
- Development of protective polymeric coatings for Electro-Optical systems
- Sensor Technologies
- Production of functional polymeric coatings
- merveozpirin@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 29
Res. Assist. Nazlı KEŞAN
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara University, 2018
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Gazi University, 2023
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Catalyst synthesis and characterization
- Hydrogen production from biogas
- nazlikesan@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 34
Res. Assist. Selin ŞEN
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology – (Cont’d)
Research Interests
- Drug delivery systems
- Peptide synthesis
- Self-assembly
- Polyethylene glycol (PEG)
- Photocatalyst
- Zinc oxide
- selinozkiyici@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 74
Res. Assist. Dr. Yaşar Kemal RECEPOĞLU
Educational Background
B.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ege University, 2015
M.Sc. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Ege University, 2017
Ph.D. : Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023
Research Interests
- Adsorption/ıon exchange
- Functional material synthesis from natural polymers and characterization of them
- Recovery of lithium from water resources
- Wastewater treatment
- yasarrecepoglu@iyte.edu.tr
- +90 232 750 66 62