| Name | Department/Unit | Research Areas | Methodological Approaches and Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Toparlı | Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Green Hydrogen Production Energy Storage Metal-air Batteries | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Derya Göçer | Graduate School of Social Sciences | Belt and Road Initiative and Green Transformation Chinese and European Investments in Turkey's Renewable Energies | Qualitative Methods Qualitative Political and Business Interviews Expert Interviews Discourse Analysis" |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Emre Aksoy | Department of Biological Sciences | Sustainable Agriculture Climate-smart Crops Food Security Bio-fertilizers Bio-pesticides Biofortification Hidden Hunger Crop Biodiversity RNAi Gene Editing Genomics Bioinformatics | Molecular biology equipment for routine cloning, nucleic acid and protein purification Plant-based analyzes instruments (chlorophyll meter, porometer, scanner, etc.) Microbiology and cell biology infrastructure Different Microscopy equipment Server for bioinformatic analyses (with access to larger servers) Real-time PCRs Spectroscopy instruments Plate readers LC-MS, GC-MS, ICP-OES, ICP-MS Growth rooms and chambers Controlled greenhouse |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Çelik | Department of Chemical Engineering | CO2 Hydrogenation Upcycling of Polyolefin Waste Catalytic Abatement of Water Catalytic C-C and C-H Bonds Functionalization | Synthesis, Characterization and Testing of Advanced Catalytic Materials Laboratory for Advanced Catalysis Engineering and Kinetics |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Korhan Özkan | Institute of Marine Sciences | Experimental Ecology Ecosystem Ecology Community Ecology Aquatic Ecology Coastal Ecosystems Blue Carbon and Green House Gases Lakes and Catchments | Advanced Experimental Mesocosm Facilities Field Observations Advanced Analytical Capabilities |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Osman Barış Malcıoğlu | Department of Physics | Quantum Transfer Machine Learning Data Requirements of Machine Learning Models | Digital Quantum Computers Qiskit Pennylane |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Batur Ercan | Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Coatings, Antifouling Surfaces, Corrosion Protection Green synthesis, nanoparticles, biomaterials | Equipment for coating, and assessing antifouling/anti-corrosive performance Equipment to assess the toxicity and biocompatibility of the newly synthesized materials |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağla Meral Akgül | Department of Civil Engineering | Emerging Construction Materials Decarbonization of the Construction Industry Efficiency in the Build Environment | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Oğuz | Department of Civil Engineering | Offshore Wind Enery Offshore Wind Turbines Offshore Wind Farms Hydrodynamic and Aerodynamic Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines Design/performance of Floating Wind Turbines Hydrodynamic Analysis of Floating PV Systems Hydrodynamic Analysis of Hidrokinetic Turbines (HKTs) | Numerical Methods (open source codes, CFD) |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Sürer | Graduate School of Informatics | Extended Reality Serious Games Games User Research | Games User Research Game Development and Assessment Extended Reality Applications and Assessment Instrumentation: Two Hololens I headsets Two HTC Vive headsets One Oculus One Leap Motion |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Akbaş | Department of Computer Engineering | Deep Learning Computer Vision Energy Efficient Deep Learning Biologically Inspired Models Green AI | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol Şahin | Department of Computer Engineering | Swarm Robotics Cognitive Robotics Human/animal-robot Interaction towards increasing efficiency in manufacturing and improving the health of ecology | S-O-A Robotic Platforms Drones Collaborative Robotic Manipulators S-O-A Prototyping Workshops and Arenas for Testing |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökberk Cinbiş | Department of Computer Engineering | Artificial Intelligence Remote Sensing Earth Monitoring | Data-efficient Machine Learning with Minimal Supervision Generative Models Meta Learning Vision-language Integration Large-scale Image/Video Understanding |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Görkem Günbaş | Department of Chemistry | Perovskite Solar Cells Synthetic Organic Chemistry Materials Chemistry Organic Photovoltaics | Synthesis and device fabrication/characterization infrastructure: Glove box systems equipped with thermal/sputter coaters and slot-die/spin-coating systems, IV and EQE characterizations, SEM/TEM, TOF-SIMS access etc. Synthesis lab: Solvent purification system, GC, HPLC, automated chromatography, microwave reactors, solvent removal system for high boiling solvents, Parr reactor |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hamdullah Yücel | Institute of Applied Mathematics | Mathematical Modelling of Climate Change and Variability Prediction Models Uncertainty Quantification | Numerical Analysis Finite Element Methods Monte Carlo Methods Deep Learning |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. İdil Aybars | Department of Sociology | EU Social and Employment Policy Social Policy and Employment in Turkey Social Dimension of the EU Green Deal Social Indicators Social Inequalities Vulnerable Groups | |
| Prof. Dr. İpek Gürsel Dino | Department of Architecture | Building Energy Performance Assessment Clean Energy Transition in the Built Environment | Modeling & Simulation of Buildings and Energy Systems Data-driven Analysis Computation Design |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Işık Kuşçu Bonnenfant | Department of International Relations | Eurasian Studies Renewable Energy and Hydropower Energy Potential in Central Asia and the Black Sea Region | Mixed Methods Approach |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melda Yüksel | Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Sustainable 6G Lean Design Native AI Energy Efficiency for Physical Layer Communications in 6G | Optimization Tools MATLAB and/or Machine Learning Algorithms |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mert Ankaralı | Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Advanced Robotic Innovations for Sustainable Marine and Fresh Water Environments Navigating the Blue Transition Era | Novel Surface and Underwater Robotic Systems and Solutions |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Göl | Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Digitalisation in Electrical Energy Networks Energy Management Energy Informatics Renewable Energy Integration Smart Grid | Programming Skills in Python |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nejan Huvaj Sarıhan | Department of Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering Soil Mechanics Renewable Energy Disaster Risk Assessment and Mitigation Landslides Climate Change Impacts Offshore Geotechnical engineering Critical infrastructure and geohazards | Experimental and Computational Geomechanics Finite Element Method (e.g. PLAXIS 3D, RFEM) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Multi-criteria Decision-Making Methods |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Taylan | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Solar Thermal Concentrated Solar Renewable Energy Modeling Positive Energy Buildings/districts Thermal Energy Storage Solar Fuel Thermoeconomic Analysis | 18 KW Solar Simulator Parabolic Trough Collector and Its Simulator Hot Disk for Thermophysical Characterization of Materials Workstations for Numerical Analyses and Simulations |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ozan Keysan | Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Power Electronics Design of Electrical Machines Renewable Energy Applications PV Inverters Electric Vehicles DC/DC Converters | DC Power Supplies (1000V-60A and 1800V-15A) Grid Simulators (30kVA and 10 kVA) 25 kW + 50 kW Grid Connected PV System 10 kW Grid Connected Wind Turbine Emulator 125 kW Induction Motor Dyno Electric Car Charging Stations Oscilloscopes, Current and Differential Probes |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar Derin Güre | Department of Economics | Green Energy Transition Socio-economic Impact of Renewable Energy Social Acceptability and Sustainability | Macroeconomic Modelling Qualitative Analysis Econometrics |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selçuk Yerci | Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Perovskite Solar cells Photovoltaics Tandem Thin Film | Physical Vapor Deposition Slot-die or spin coating or blade coating Quantum efficiency Current - Voltage measurement Chemical and Structural Characterization of Thin Film Materials |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap Emil | Department of Educational Sciences | Education University Education Adult Learning Transformational Learning for Behavioral Changes in Adults | Qualitative Methods in Research Qualitative Data Analysis |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süreyya Özcan | Department of Chemistry | ProteOmics Marine Omics Plant Omics Alternative Protein Sources | Qualitative and Quantitative Omics Structural Proteomics Mass Spectrometry Cryo-EM |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ulaş Yaman | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Additive Manufacturing Digital Transformation Digital Manufacturing Sustainable Manufacturing Robotic Manufacturing | Software: Siemens NX, nTopology, Simufact, Rhino3D Hardware: CNC milling and turning machine, various industrial robots, collaborative robots, dual-arm collaborative robot, various manufacturing machinery, NDT equipment, welding equipment, 3D printers (ploymers and metals), WAAM system, various mechanical testing equipment |
| Dr. Hissam Nasser | Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (ODTÜ-GÜNAM) | Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Passivating Contact Crystalline Silicon (TOPCon, SHJ) Bottom Silicon Solar Cells for Tandem Dopant-free Carrier-Selective-Contacts | State-of-the-art Fabrication Tools and Processes for Silicon Solar Cells Plasma Tools (LPCVD, PECVD) Atomic Layer Deposition Diffusion Furnaces |
| Prof. Dr. A. Sevtap Kestel | Institute of Applied Mathematics | Renewable Energy System Reliability Stochastic Modeling Climate (drought, flood, earthquake) Risk Modeling | |
| Prof. Dr. Ali Çırpan | Department of Chemistry | Conjugated Polymer Donor Non-fullerene Acceptor Electrochemistry Optoelectronic Organic Semiconductor Solar Energy Organic Solar Cell Organic Light-emitting Diode Supercapacitor Biosensor | Rotary Evaporator Magnetic Hermocouple Stirrer Analytical Balances Vacuum Oven Schlenk Line Cyclic Voltammetry Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Nuclear Magnetic Resonance UV-VIS Spectroscopy Gel Permeation Chromatography Infrared Spectroscopy Glovebox Spin Coater Spray Coater Metal Evaporator Solar Simulator |
| Prof. Dr. Alpan Bek | Department of Physics | Molecular Environmental Stress Factors Food Safety Water Quality Assessment Water Purification | Highly Sensitive Sensor Platforms and Spectroscopic Instruments based on Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of Laser Radiation from Environmental Analytes Photochemistry and Photocatalysis methods both in fabrication of SERS Sensors and Decontamination of Waste Water Raman Spectroscopy and Pulsed IR Lasers Femtosecond/nanosecond Infrared Lasers and Materials Processing Stations |
| Prof. Dr. Ayça Ergun | Department of Sociology | Civil Society Social Movements Environmentalism Environmental NGOs Social Impact South Caucasus, Caspian Basin, Black Sea | Qualitative Methodology Interviews Focus Groups Oral History |
| Prof. Dr. Ayhan Sol | Department of Philosophy | Philosophy of Environment Enviromental Ethic Land Ethic Callicott Earth Ethic Ethics of Climate Change Precautionary Principle | Public Surveys (qualitative, quantitative, etc.) |
| Prof. Dr. Barış Salihoğlu | Institute of Marine Sciences | Marine Ecosystem Services Blue Transition Blue Economy Futures Biogeochemical Modelling Ecosystem Modelling | End-to-end Ocean Models Ocean Digital Twins Computing Clusters Model Setup Technical Support |
| Prof. Dr. Bilge Demirköz | Department of Physics | Coastal Mixed Layer Mixed Layer Depth (MLD) Atmospheric Muons Mixed Layer Depth Estimation Water Column Density Underwater Muon Detection | Continuous Monitoring of Mixed Layer Depth (MLD) in Coastal Regions Using Atmospheric Muons |
| Prof. Dr. Ebru Voyvoda | Department of Economics | Decarbonization Pathways Carbon Border Adjustment Green Industrialization Policy Implications of Climate Change Welfare Implications of Environmental Policies | |
| Prof. Dr. Elif Uysal | Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Semantic-Aware and Goal Oriented Communication and Data Freshness in Next Generation Networks Applications to NTN/Satellite IoT, Space Communications, and the Evolving 6G Standard | Stochastic Optimizaton Implementations on LoRa/LoRaWAN |
| Prof. Dr. Halil Turan | Department of Philosophy | Educational perspectives for coping with the ethical challenges posed by environmental degradation and technologies Public science communication regarding ethical challenges posed by environmental degradation and technologies Ethical perspectives on digitalization within the context of environmental studies | Case Studies (fictional or real-life) |
| Prof. Dr. Hüsnü Emrah Ünalan | Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Electrochromic Thin Films Thermochromic Thin Films Triboelectric Nanogenerators Triboelectrics for Maritime Equipment (blue economy) Smart Curtains for Buildings (green economy) | Electrochemical Workstations with Spectrometer Ultrasonic Spray Deposition System Triboelectric Measurement Setup Various Solution Based Thin Film Deposition Methods |
| Prof. Dr. İlkay Şensoy | Department of Food Engineering | Novel and Advanced Food Processing Technologies for Developing Sustainable Food Products and Processes Relationship between Food Structure, Processing and Digestion Nutritional/healthy and Functional Food Products Plant-based Meat Analogues and High-protein Food Products Expanded Snacks Food Waste Valorization | High and Low Moisture Extrusion for Product Development Characterization Studies: Physical, thermal, physico-chemical, and techno-functional properties. Chemical composition, functional groups, structure, morphology, microstructure (FTIR, XRD, SEM, etc). In Vitro Digestion Studies Numerical Simulations |
| Prof. Dr. İlkay Ulusoy | Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Signal Processing Machine Learning AI in Medicine Computer Vision Probabilistic Models Computational Neuroscience Energy Efficient Computation Quantum Computing Neuromorphic Computation IOT and Big Data Smart Building Energy Efficient HVAC AI-Quantum-Neurosicence for Energy Efficient Computation Solutions | High Performance PCs Digital and Analog Electronics Lab Embedded Systems Lab |
| Prof. Dr. İpek İmamoğlu | Department of Environmental Engineering | Microplastics Fate modeling Persistent organic pollutants Sustainable remediation Ecosystem impacts of microplastics Policy implications of climate change Fate of persistent organic pollutants Climate resilient sustainable remediation | Basic Environmental Chemistry Laboratory GC-ECD, GC-MS, UV/Vis-Spectrophotometer Rotary Evaporator Anaerobic Glovebox Incubating Shakers Fume Hood TKN Analyzer COD Analyzer Microplastic Characterization Tests (e.g., FTIR, DSC, SEM, contact angle) |
| Prof. Dr. İsmail Ömer Yılmaz | Department of Geological Engineering | Paleoclimatology Ancient/Recent/Future Sea Level Changes Impact of Climate Variations on Ancient Civilizations Teeth, Bone, Fossils and Ancient/Recent Soils Analyses for Paleodiet Records Paleoenvironmental/environmental Pollution and Changes (CO2 uptake/changes, origin/provenance) Analyses of Ancient/Geological Stratigraphic Sarine Sediments/Rocks (marine pollution, marine CO2 uptake/changes) Oceanographic/Palaeoceanographic Circulation and Changes | Stable Isotope Anlaysis (Thermo Finnigan Delta plusXP) (13C, 18O, 34S, 15N, 11B) Element Analysis (Major, Trace and REE) (ICP-MS) Petrography (polarizing research microscope) SEM (EDS and EPMA analysis) (element mapping and chemistry of materials) Porosity and Permability Analysis (mercury and helium porosimeter) Organic Geochemistry (Rock Eval Pyrolysis) |
| Prof. Dr. İsmail Yücel | Department of Civil Engineering | Renewable Energy Earth System Model Wind Solar | Fine-scale Integrated Earth System Model (ESM) |
| Prof. Dr. Mecit Halil Öztop | Department of Food Engineering | Sustainable Food Production Technologies Waste Valorisation Alternative Protein Production (pulses, microbial proteins) Functional Food Product Development Non-destructive Green Analytical Methods (TD-NMR, NIR Spectroscopy, Hyperspectral Imaging) | Supercritical Fluid Extraction System High Capacity Freeze Dryer Spray Dryer Microwave Vacuum Dryer Microwave Pasteurizer 3 Bench Top NMR Systems in the field range of 0.3-0.5 Tesla NIR system Hyperspectral Imaging System High Pressure Homogenizer LC-MS (phenolic and sugar profiling) Bench Top MRI System (0.5 Tesla, rf probe size = 10mm) capable of flow imaging Rheometer Particle Size Analyzer Karl Fischer Titration System |
| Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kadri Aydınol | Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Atomistic Computer Modelling of Materials DFT and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Energy Storage Materials and Devices Lithium and NiMH Batteries Hydrogen Storage Catalysts for OER/HER | Workstations Furnaces, ball mills, hydrothermal reactors, microwave reactors, ultrasonicators Slurry coater, calender, drying oven, glovebox, test cells Multichannel potentiostats, rotating electrode SEM, TEM, XRD, AC/DC workstation, RAMAN, FTIR, ICP, DSC, TGA, ARC |
| Prof. Dr. Meliha Altunışık | Department of International Relations | MENA’s Green Transition Middle East Green Initiative Regionalism and Green and Blue Transition Green and Blue Transition in the Gulf | |
| Prof. Dr. Meryem Beklioğlu | Department of Biology | Lakes Ponds Climate Change Salinization Eutrophication Brownification Biodiversity Community Ecology Trait-based Ecology Functional Diversity Ecosystem Structure and Function Nature-based Solutions Restoration | Mesocosms Experiments Long-term Monitorings Space-for-time-substitute Modellings Vertical and Horizantal (trophic sturctures) Community Ecology Trait-based Ecology Taxonomic and Functional Biodiversity |
| Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yücel | Institute of Marine Sciences | Marine Ecosystem Services Blue Transition Ocean Services AI-based Data Analysis Seagoing Oceanography | Research Vessels and Ocean Observing Equipment High-tech Marine Sensors Seawater Analysis Laboratories Modern Detection Equipment (TOF-ICP-MS, CHN analyzers, HPLC and GCs) |
| Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol | Department of Aerospace Engineering | Wind Energy Wind Turbine Aerodynamics Blade Aerodynamics Airfoil Aerodynamics Wind Farm Wakes Wake Turbulence and Characteristics | Aerodynamics Laboratory Large-scale Wind Tunnel Particle Image Velocimetry Systems Hot-wire Anemometry Various Pressure Measurement Systems and Probes Load Measurements |
| Prof. Dr. Ozan Tekinalp | Department of Aerospace Engineering | Airborned Wind Energy Systems Flight Dynamics Automatic Flight Controls Guidance and Navigation | Develop flight control algorithms for airborne wind energy systems Develop airborne vehicles Implement flight tests |
| Prof. Dr. Raşit Turan | Department of Physics | Fundamental and Applied Research on Photovoltaic Science and Technology Crystalline Si Solar Cell Development Si Bottom Cell for Tandem Solar Cells High Efficiency Solar Cells (TOPCon, HJT, IBC) Material Development for c-Si Solar Cells Simulation of Solar Cells Integration of Photovoltaic Systems to Building (BIPV), Agriculture (Agro PV), Vehicles (VIPV) | Pilot Scale Production Line for c-Si Si Solar Cells, fully compatible with industrial production Clean Room |
| Prof. Dr. Serpil Şahin | Department of Food Engineering | Smart and Active Biodegradable Packaging Electrospinning Encapsulation | Electrospinning Device Freeze Dryer Climatic Test Cabinet Texture Analyser Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) Rheometer FTIR GC-MS HPLC |
| Prof. Dr. Sinan Kalkan | Department of Computer Engineering | Matching Energy Demand with Energy Supply Machine Learning | Machine Learning (Deep Learning) Optimization Methods |
| Prof. Dr. Tuğrul Yılmaz | Department of Civil Engineering | Climate Change Short-term Forecasting Wind Energy Prediction Hydrological Modeling | Access to High Performing Computer Systems and Extensive Hydrometeorological Database |
| Prof. Dr. Umut Beşpınar | Department of Sociology | Gender Sustainability Development Migration | Qualitative Methodology |
| Prof. Dr. Yeşim Soyer Küçükşenel | Department of Food Engineering | Food Safety Food Microbiology Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteriophages, antimicrobials, disinfectants | Molecular Biological Tools Genome Sequencing |