Education:

• Ph.D. : Doctor of Philosophy in Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany, 2017
• M. Sc. : Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, Boğaziçi University , İstanbul, Türkiye, 2011
• B.Sc. : Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Türkiye, 2007

Research Interest:

• Solid Waste Management
• Circular Economy
• E-Waste
• Bio/hydrometallurgy
• Recycling and Recovery of Metals
• Microalgae
• Biotechnology
• Waste to Energy
• Carbon Budget After the Land Use Change
• Determination of Asbestos

Recent publications:

• Berk, I., Ediger, V.Ş., Öztürk, E.B., Ütüğ, F.G., Küçüker, M.A., İnan, A., Basmacı Aktuna, G., 2025. Ranking circularity levels in industrial parks: a holistic approach incorporating environmental, economic and social indicators. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36978-0
• Üçtuğ, F. G., Ediger, V. Ş., Küçüker, M. A., Berk, İ., İnan, A., & Tuğcu, M. (2025). Life Cycle Assessment of Black Tea Production and Consumption in Türkiye: Insights from Waste Management Scenarios. Environmental Development, 101176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101176  
• Habibzadeh, A., Kucuker, M. A., & Gökelma, M. (2023). Review on the Parameters of Recycling NdFeB Magnets via a Hydrogenation Process. ACS Omega, 8(20), 17431-17445. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00299 
• Küçüker, M. A., & Kaplangı, B. B. (2023). Afet sonrası atıkların yönetimi hakkında değerlendirme. İYTE yayınları.
• Cinar, S. Ö., Wieczorek, N., Kosheleva, A., Küçüker, M. A., & Kuchta, K. (2022). Biogas production from aquatic biomass. In Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes in Cities (pp. 203-231). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824270-4.00010-9