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:

• Küçüker, M. A. (2021). Characterization of Asbestos in Ambient Air During Refractory Material Production from Magnesite Ore. Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences, 7(3), 423-436. https://doi.org/10.28979/jarnas.936478
• Yılmaz, S., Küçüker, M. A., & Kahraman, D. (2021). Metagenomic characterization of planktonic communities during a mucilage event in the Çanakkale Strait (Dardanelles), Turkey. Journal of Anatolian Environmental and Animal Sciences, 6.3: 421-427. https://doi.org/10.35229/jaes.966509
• Karal, E., Kucuker, M. A., Demirel, B., Copty, N. K., & Kuchta, K. (2021). Hydrometallurgical recovery of neodymium from spent hard disk magnets: A life cycle perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 288, 125087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125087
• Panda, S., Mishra, S., Akcil, A., & Kucuker, M. A., 2020. Microalgal potential for nutrient-energy-wastewater nexus: Innovations, current trends and future directions. Energy & Environment, 0958305X20955187.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X20955187
• Onen Cinar, S.; Chong, Z.K.; Kucuker, M.A.; Wieczorek, N.; Cengiz, U.; Kuchta, K., 2020. Bioplastic Production from Microalgae: A Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17, 3842.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113842