Education

• Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, ABD
• M.S.: İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul
• B.S.: İstanbul  University, İstanbul

Research Interests:

• Wastewater treatment
• Microbial ecology
• Advance oxidation and membran processes in water treatment
• Thermodynamic modeling in biosensor applications

Recent publications:

• Aydin, M. I., Ozaktac, D., Yuzer, B., Doğu, M., Inan, H., Okten, H. E., … & Selcuk, H. (2022). Desalination and Detoxification of Textile Wastewater by Novel Photocatalytic Electrolysis Membrane Reactor for Ecosafe Hydroponic Farming. Membranes, 12(1), 10 https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12010010
• Goren, A. Y., & Okten, H. E. (2021). Simultaneous energy production, boron and COD removal using a novel microbial desalination cell. Desalination, 518, 115267 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2021.115267
• Can-Terzi, B., Goren, A. Y., Okten, H. E., & Sofuoglu, S. C. (2021). Biosorption of methylene blue from water by live Lemna minor. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 22, 101432 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101432
• Gungormus, E., Sofuoglu, A., Celik, H., Gedik, K., Mulder, M. D., Lammel, G., Okten, H. E.,… & Kurt-Karakus, P. B. (2021). Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants in Ambient Air in Turkey: Regional Sources and Controlling Factors. Environmental Science & Technology https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c06272.
• Goren, A. Y., & Okten, H. E. (2021). Energy production from treatment of industrial wastewater and boron removal in aqueous solutions using microbial desalination cell. Chemosphere, 285, 131370 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131370.
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