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Yasemin Dilşad Yılmazel Tokel

Associate Professor

Dr. Yasemin Dilsad Yilmazel Tokel has dual B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering and in Chemical Engineering both received from METU. Dr. Yilmazel received her PhD from Villanova University, USA in 2014 and worked at Penn State as Postdoctoral Researcher for more than 2 years until she was appointed as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Upstate New York. In January of 2018, Dr. Yilmazel moved back to Turkey and joined her alma mater as an Assistant Professor.


Berkan Oden

Ph.D. Student

His Master's thesis topic was on electrolyte impact on AD-MECs and currently works on scale-up of reactors.

Ece Akay

Ph.D. Student

Ece is a Ph.D.student in the ESS interdisciplinary program and is working on LCA of biorefinery systems.

Idilay Konar

M.Sc. Student

She is working on electrofermentation and hyperthermophilic exoelectrogens.

Rayaan Harb

Postdoctoral Researcher

Rayaan is working on LCA of anaerobic digestion systems and the scale-up of bioelectrochemical reactors.

Azeem Atilgani

M.Sc. Student

He is investigating the impact of different electrodes on the performance of AD-MEC systems.

Gizem Hazan Akcay

Visiting Researcher

She has recently joined our team from Mus Alparslan University.

Aawisrah Mohaasin

M.Sc. Candidate

She is working on LCA of food waste handling systems and will start her MSc program after a year of compulsory program.

Enes Kartopu

Undergraduate Student

He is investigating the impact of different electrodes on the performance of AD-MEC systems. Also, he is working on LCA & Aspen within 1004 projects. (ENVE Class of 2026)

Raushan Kunayeva

Undergraduate Student

She is researching on implementation of hyperthermophilic microorganisms in MEC. Also, an AdimODTU recipient. (ENVE Class of 2026)

Sümeyye Nur Köse

Undergraduate Student

She is researching on nutrient recovery via struvite precipitation within 1004 Project (ENVE Class of 2025)

Ulaş Yüzendağ

Undergraduate Student

He is working on LCA within 1004 project. Also an ADIM ODTU & TUBITAK STAR fellowship recipient (ENVE Class of 2025)

Irem Bulat

Undergraduate Student

She is working on electro-fermentation utilizing hyperthermophilic microorganisms within the 1001 project. Also a TUBITAK STAR fellowship recipient (ENVE Class of 2026)

ALUMNI OF BIOERG

Berivan Tunca (MSc graduate, 2023)

Current position: PhD student at DTU, Denmark

Feride Ece Kutlar (MSc graduate, 2023)
Current position: PhD student at Wetsus & Wageningen Univ., Netherlands

Mehmet Yagci (Undergraduate researcher & full-time researcher, 2021-2023)
Current position: MSc student at Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Yasin Odabas, (MSc graduate, 2022)
Current position: Industry, Turkey

Aykut Kas (MSc graduate, 2021)
Current position: PhD student at UFZ-Helmholtz Center, Germany

FORMER POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Iskin Engin (currently postdoc at IYTE), Jumana Almallahi (researcher at Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

FORMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS WITHIN ADIM ODTU OR OTHER PROJECTS

Polen Pulluoglu (starting grad school soon), Elif Tastan (industry), Buse Naval (industry), Yesim Kutluata (Türkiye İş Bankası), Goksu Ozal (MSc student at Technical University of Munich), Doga Yahsi (MSc student at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Mustafa Yavuz Tas (Türkiye İş Bankası)