Faculty Members

Prof. Dr. Işıl Aksan-Kurnaz

Director, Institute of Biotechnology

Faculty Member, Department of Biotechnology and Genetics

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Fields of Study: molecular neurobiology, gene regulation, ETS proteins, neuronal survival, neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, brain tumors

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ümit Barış Kutman

Assistant Director, Institute of Biotechnology 

Head of Department, Department of Biotechnology

Program Coordinator

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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Fields of Study: plant mineral nutrition, zinc-nitrogen interactions, biofortification of agronomic crops, plant physiology, aibotic stress tolerance,  plant biotechnology, mycorrhiza

 

 

 

Asst. Prof. Zehra Banu BAHŞİ

Deputy Head of Department, Department of Biotechnology

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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Fields of Study: biosensors (optical DNA biosensors and electrochemical PNA biosensors), thin films (doped and undoped ZnO thin films, SiO2:TiO2 thin films), sol-gel process, wastewater analyses

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müge İşleten-Hoşoğlu

Assistant Director, Institute of Biotechnology 

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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Fields of Study: food science and fermentation technology, industrial biotechnology, microalgae biotechnology

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Bahar Yıldız-Kutman

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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Fields of Study: plant biology and biotechnology, herbicide-microelement interactions, trace elements in plant nutrition, nitrogen utilization efficiency, foliar applications, plant growth stimulants, seed applications

 

  

 

Prof. Dr. Elif Damla Arısan

Vice Rector

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology 

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Fields of Study: cell molecular biology, cancer molecular biology, cell survival/death mechanism, cell signal pathways, molecular markers

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Özbil

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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Fields of Study: computational biochemistry, biomolecule-drug interactions, drug design, peptide design, revelation of enzyme activity mechanisms, biotechnological agent design, molecular pressure mold design

 

 

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ÇİMEN

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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Fields of Study: Cancer molecular biochemistry, biomarkers, mitochondria and mitochondrial diseases, metabolic disorders and rare diseases, bioenergetics, protein chemistry and proteomics, mass spectrometry, good laboratory practices and biotechnological drug production

 

Prof. Dr. Melek Özkan

Faculty Member, Department of Environmental Engineering

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Fields of Study: microbiology, microbial genetics,  bioenergy production from lignocellulosic waste, biofilm elimination, biosensors, biomimetic materials

   

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Binay

Faculty Member, Department of Bioengineering

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Fields of Study: biotechnology, biocatalyzers, enzyme engineering and technologies, structure-function relationship in enzymes, recombinant DNA technologies, computational enzyme molecular modelling

 

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. İlke ANAÇ ŞAKIR

Faculty Member, Department of Materials Science and Engineering 

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Fields of Study: polymer adsorption, polymer surface modification, thin film modification, sensitive hydrogel thin films

  

  

 

Prof. Dr. Fikret Yıldız 

Faculty Member, Department of Physics

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Fields of Study: thin film coatings, nanoscale  magnetic materials and technological applications, surface science-surface analysis, electron microscopy and spectroscopy, magnetic resonance

 

   

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tunahan Çakır

Head of Department, Department of Bioengineering

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Fields of Study: bioinformatics, computational systems biology, data analysis techniques, patogen-host interactions, systems medicine

   

   

Prof. Dr. Erhan Demirbaş

Faculty Member, Department of Chemistry

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Fields of Study: synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles, sensor and biosensor applications, surface chemistry, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, adsorption, electrochemistry

   

Asst. Prof. Dr. Pınar Pir

Faculty Member, Department of Bioengineering 

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Fields of Study: systems biology, mathematical modelling, bioinformatics, metabolism, gene regulation, epigenetics