Postdoctoral Researchers

Hamaneh Zarenezhad Materials Science and Engineering Photo-Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen from H2S E-mail: hzarenezhad at ku.edu.tr

Timuçin Balkan Chemistry Electrochemical CO2 reduction E-mail: tbalkan at ku.edu.tr

PhD students

Samira Fatma Kurtoğlu Öztulum Chemical and Biological Engineering Catalytic performance and stability of atomically dispersed supported iridium catalysts E-mail: skurtoglu14 at ku.edu.tr

Saeede Tafazzoli Materials Science and Engineering Electrochemical CO2 reduction E-mail: stafazoli20 at ku.edu.tr

Ala Alsuhile Chemical and Biological Engineering Polymeric Composite Membranes with IL/MOFs and IL/COFs for Gas Separation Email: aalsuhile20 at ku.edu.tr

Nazlınur Koparipek  Chemical and Biological Engineering Microalgae Based Sustainable Bio-Jet Fuel Production E-mail: nkoparipek20 at ku.edu.tr

Nitasha Habib Chemical and Biological Engineering Ionic Liquid and Metal organic frameworks based mixed matrix membranes for gas separation E-mail: nhabib19 at ku.edu.tr

Sıla Alemdar Chemical and Biological Engineering Microalgae Based Sustainable Bio-Jet Fuel Production E-mail: salemdar20 at ku.edu.tr

Navid Solati Materials Science and Engineering Electrochemical properties of 2D materials Email: nsolati14 at ku.edu.tr

Amin Mohammadpour Chemistry Studying surfaces in Ultra-high Vacuum with thermal desorption and IR spectroscopy E-mail: amohammadpour19 at ku.edu.tr

Muhammad Zeeshan Chemical and Biological Engineering Ionic Liquid/MOF Composites for Gas Adsorption and Separation Applications E-mail: mzeeshan17 at ku.edu.tr

Yuxin Zhao Chemical and Biological Engineering Heterogeneous catalysis for partial hydrogenation and conversion of C1 to liquid fuels E-mail: yzhao19 at ku.edu.tr

Master students

Emre Usman Materials Science and Engineering Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting Email: eusman15 at ku.edu.tr

Muhammed Yusufoğlu Materials Science and Engineering electrochemical CO2 reduction E-mail: myusufoglu21 at ku.edu.tr

Özce Durak Chemical and Biological Engineering Ionic Liquid Incoporated Porous Material Composites for Gas adsorption and Separation E-mail: odurak14 at ku.edu.tr

Kaan Yalcin Chemical and Biological Engineering Stability and catalytic performance of graphene-derivative material supported single-site catalysts E-mail: kyalcin14 at ku.edu.tr

Gizem Sultan İş Chemical and Biological Engineering Development of Catalytic Technologies for Producing Jet Fuel from Algae E-mail: gis19 at ku.edu.tr

Hatice Pelin Çağlayan Chemical and Biological Engineering Gas Separation Performance of Ionic Liquid Incorporated Graphene Aerogels E-mail: hcaglayan20 at ku.edu.tr

Ezgi Demiröz Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermocatalytic conversion of CO2 into fuels E-mail: edemiroz19 at ku.edu.tr

Kübra Tıraş Chemical and Biological Engineering Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation Reactions E-mail: ktiras20 at ku.edu.tr

Undergraduate students

Kaan Şimşek Chemical and Biological Engineering Electrochemical activity of metal embedded N/S doped graphene towards ORR E-mail: ksimsek16 at ku.edu.tr

Alumni

Abdullah Kahraman Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. thesis: "Time-Resolved Spectroscopy on the Carrier Dynamics of BiVO4 Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation" Currently: Researcher at Paul Scherrer Institute - SwissFEL/Switzerland Mohammad Panahi Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. thesis: "Controlled Hydrogenation of Graphene Films Grown on a Modified Pt(111) Substrate" Currently: Researcher at Elettra Synchrotron Trieste/Italy Mahsa Barzgarvishlaghi Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. thesis: "Elevating the Photocatalytic Activity of BiVO4 Based Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting" Dilan Aksoy Materials Science and Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Rational Design of Silver/Platinum Core/Shell Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production and Oxygen Reduction Reactions" Currently: PhD student at Technical University of Berlin/Germany Kutay Berk Sezginel Chemical and Biological Engineering Ph.D. thesis: "Computational and Experimental Investigation of CH4 Adsorption on Pure and Ionic Liquid Incorporated Metal Organic Frameworks" Currently: PhD student at PhD student at University of Pittsburgh/USA Burak Koyutürk Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "[BMIM][BF4] Incorporation into ZIF-8: Gas Storage and Separation Performance" Currently: PhD student at Munich Technical University/ Germany Fatma Pelin Kınık Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Tuning Gas Adsorption and Separation Performances of ZIF-8 by [BMIM][PF6] Incorporation and Elucidation of the Interactions Between Ionic Liquid and Metal Organic Framework" Currently: PhD student at EPFL/ Switzerland Vahid Nozari Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Towards Rational Design of Ionic Liquid/Metal-Organic Framework Composites: Effects of interionic interactions in Ionic Liquids" Currently: PhD student at Friedrich Schiller University Jena/ Germany Harun Kulak Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Assessing the Potential of [BMIM][MeSO4] in Ionic Liquid/Metal Organic Framework Composites for CO2 Separation" Currently: PhD student at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/ Belgium Safiyye Kavak Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Experimental Investigation of Ionic Liquid−Incorporated MIL-53(Al) Composites for Environmental Applications: Gas Separation and Water Purification" Currently: PhD student at University of Antwerp/ Belgium Mert Polat Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Ionic Liquid/MOF Composites for CO2 Separation: Combining Molecular Simulations and Experiments" Currently: PhD student at Delft University of Technology/ The Netherlands Melike Babucci Chemical and Biological Engineering Ph.D. thesis: "Structure-Performance Relationships in Ionic Liquid-Coated Supported Iridium Catalysts: Effects of Metal Nuclearity, Support Type, and Ionic Liquid Structure on Catalytic Performance" Currently: Post-doc at University of California, Davis/ USA Özge Deniz Bozkurt Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Utilization of light olefins for the production of fuel and fuel additives" Currently: TÜPRAŞ, R&D Center/ Türkiye Betül Şeker Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether from Carbon Dioxide on a Physical Mixture of CuO-ZnO-Al2O3 and MCM-41-Supported Tungstophosphoric Acid" Currently: TÜPRAŞ, R&D Center/ Türkiye Özge Akarçay Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Utilization of MOF Derived Highly Dispersed Fe-Based Catalyst in Ammonia Decomposition Reaction" Currently: TÜPRAŞ, R&D Center/ Türkiye Elif Kocaman Tan Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Isobutene Oligomerization on Heteropolyacids Supported on Silica-Based High Surface Area Supports" Currently: TÜPRAŞ, R&D Center/ Türkiye Fulya Erdem Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Consequences of Thermal Treatments in Flowing Ammonia on the Surface Characteristics of Graphene Aerogel" Volka Balci Chemical and Biological Engineering Ph.D. thesis: "Elucidation of structural factors controlling thermal stability of bulk and metal-oxide supported phosphonium ıonic liquids" Currently: TÜPRAŞ, R&D Center/ Türkiye Aslı Akçay Ahlatcı Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Structural factors controlling the short- and long-term thermal stability limits of bulk and metal-oxide supported ionic liquids with 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium, [BMIM]+, cation" Sadi Gürses Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Characterization of Detergent Residues on Glass Surfaces" Currently: PhD Student at University of California, Davis/ USA Tolga Koçer Chemical and Biological Engineering M.Sc. thesis: "Graphene Aerogels Decorated with Metal (Ru and Ni) Nanoparticles as High-Performance Catalysts for COx-free Hydrogen Production of Hydrogen from Ammonia Decomposition" Currently: Project Engineer at Gemlik Fertilizer Industry Inc./ Türkiye Azam Khodadadi Dizaji Chemical and Biological Engineering Post-doc project: "CO2 hydrogenation, hydrogen production from the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride" Currently: Co-founder at Findaso/ Türkiye