Berat Z. Haznedaroğlu

Office: 
HKC-318
e-mail: 
berat.haznedaroglu@boun.edu.tr
web: 
https://independent.boun.edu.tr
https://imbiyotab.boun.edu.tr/
Phone: 
+90 212 359 4884
Interest Areas: 

Environmental microbiology and biotechnology

Systems biology

Fate and transport of pathogens

Microalgae functional genomics

Education: 

Postdoctoral, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, USA, 2012

PhD, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Riverside, USA, 2010

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, USA, 2005

B.S., Biology, Middle East Technical University, TR, 2003

 

Academic Career: 

Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2014 - Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, New York, 2012-2014

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 2010-2012

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, 2005-2010

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, 2003-2005

CV: 
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Recent Projects: 
  1. “Integrated Biorefinery Concept for Bioeconomy Driven Development (INDEPENDENT)”, Ministry of Industry and Technology & Directorate General for EU and Foreign Affairs Department of EU Financial Programmes, Competitiveness and Innovation Sector Operational Programme (CISOP), 6.900.000€ [Award ID: EuropeAid/140111/IH/SUP/TR; December 2019–2024].
  2. “Microalgal Life Support Systems for Space Missions (UzMAn)”, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Space Institute (TUBITAK-Uzay), $65.000 [Award ID: TABM-HZT-23-24; co-PIs: Osman Okur, Elif Ünveren, Caner Yürüdü (TUBITAK-MAM); Turgay Çakmak (İMU); April 2023–February 2024].
  3. “Microalgae Based Sustainable Bio-Jet Fuel Project (MICRO-JET)”, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 1003 Primary Subjects R&D Funding Program, $448.000 [Award ID: 218M857; June 2020–July 2023].
  4. “Development of Algae-based Inhibitor Compounds against SARS-CoV-2 Virus (VirALGin)”, Higher Education Council, Research Universities Support Program, $185.000 [Award ID: 22Y00ADP1; co-PIs: Rana Sanyal (BU); August 2022–2024].
  5. “Istanbul Renewable Energy Generation and Storage Technologies Research and Development Center (Renew-IST)”, Istanbul Development Agency, Innovative Istanbul Financial Assistance Program, $521.000 [Award ID: TR10/21/YEP/0001; co-PIs: Damla Eroğlu Pala, Betül Uralcan (BU); Can Erkey, Alper Uzun, Sarp Kaya (Koç Uni.); February 2022–July 2023].
Selected Publications: 
  1. Sakarya, F.K., Ertekin, E., and Haznedaroglu, B.Z., 2023. “Algae-Based Treatment of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater”, In A Sustainable Green Future - Perspectives on Energy, Economy, Industry, Cities and Environment, Oncel, S. (Editor), Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN: 9783031249426.
  2. Borhan, E., Ozcelik, D., Yilmaz, A., Sakarya, F.K., Sahin, Z., Yesir, A., Karamollaoglu, I., and Haznedaroglu, B.Z., 2022. “Understanding Metabolic Pathways and Their Network to Augment Microalgal Strain Performance for Industrially Important Metabolites Production”, In Microalgae for Sustainable Products: The Green Synthetic Biology Platform, Shekh, A., and Dasgupta, S. (Editors), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC Publishing), Cambridge, UK, ISBN: 9781839165627.
  3. Ozcelik, D., Sakarya, F.K., Tezel, U., and Haznedaroglu, B.Z., 2022. “Recent Advancements in Algae-Bacteria Consortia for the Treatment of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater”, In Integrated Waste Management and Valorization using Algal Cultures, Demirer G., and Demirer, S. (Editors), Elsevier Publishing, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN: 9780323858595.
  4. Avci, S., and Haznedaroglu, B.Z., 2022. “Pretreatment of Algal and Cyanobacterial Biomass for High Purity Phycocyanin Production”. Journal of Applied Phycology, 34(4), 2015-2026.
  5. Gelgor, R.D., Ozcelik, D., and Haznedaroglu, B.Z., 2022. “Effect of Baking on the Biochemical Composition of Chlorella vulgaris”. Algal Research, (65), 102716.