Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Derya Y. Koseoglu-Imer graduated Environmental Engineering Dep. from Istanbul University in 2001 and received MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Gebze Technical University in 2004 and 2011, respectively. Her Ph.D. thesis was about the ‘’Biofouling mechanism of flat-sheet polymeric membranes operated in Jet Loop MBR.'' After her Ph.D., she worked on the fabrication of anti-biofouling membranes doped with different nanoparticles to prevent the biofouling problem. She participated in various national and international research projects on the fabrication and application of novel membranes and different membrane process designs as a coordinator and/or researcher. Currently, she is focusing on the development of membrane materials and technologies with sustainable and circular design and the use of new eco-friendly/biobased/green materials for membrane fabrication for resource recovery. She is particularly focusing on the intersection of environmental engineering and other sciences for innovative membrane development and collaborated with many national/international researchers in the fields of materials science, chemistry, and chemical engineering in project partnerships and joint scientific work. She is currently working as a faculty member in the Environmental Engineering Dep. at Istanbul Technical University. She is also the group leader of the Innobrane Membrane Research Group. She is the author of more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters; six patents, and many oral presentations (also as invited and keynote lecture) in National and International Conferences and Workshops.

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