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. Ümit Barış Kutman

Vice Director, Institute of Biotechnology 

Head of Department, Department of Biotechnology

Programme 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

 

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Zehra Banu BAHŞİ

Vice 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. Müge İşleten-Hoşoğlu

Vice 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. 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. 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. Hüseyin Çimen

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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CimenLAB Group Page

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

 

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Karadağ

Institute Faculty Member, Institute of Biotechnology

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Karadag Laboratory

Fields of Study: Molecular oncology, integrative multiomics, bioinformatics, biomarkers, tumor microenvironment, tumor bone disease, immunooncology, mesenchymal stem cells, CAR-T cell therapy, gene therapy, CRISPR/Cas9, hybridoma and antibody engineering

 

 

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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. 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

 

   

Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Balçık

Çevre Mühendisliği Öğretim Üyesi

Kişisel Sayfa

Çalışma Alanları: Membran prosesler, membran üretimi, atık su arıtımı ve geri kazanımı, endsütriyel atık su geri kazanımı, değerli madde geri kazanımı, ileri oksidasyon prosesleri

   

  

Last update: June 26, 2025