Education:

• PhD in Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
• MSc in Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
• BSc in Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University

Research Interests:

• Characterization of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
• Characterization of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
• Building Related Symptoms (BRS), Building Related Illness (BRI)
• IAQ and Health Symptoms of Building Occupants
• Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Symptoms of Building Occupants
• Indoor Air Quality and Pollution Indices
• Air Pollution and Control
• Dry Deposition
• Air Quality and Pollution Indices
• Environmental Exposure Assessment
• Environmental Risk Assessment
• Ecological Risk Assessment
  • Editorial Board,
    Air Pollution Research
    
  • Associate Editor,
    Frontiers in Environmental Engineering
    
  • Section Co-Editor,
    Environmental Research and Technology

Recent publications:

• Sofuoglu, S.C., Arı, A., Civan, M., Dumanoglu, Y., Gullu, G., Mentese, S., Onat, B., Şahin, Ü.A., Toksoy, M., 2025. A proposal of indoor air pollutant limit values for Turkish schools based on a literature review of emission sources, concentrations, health effects, and limits/guidelines. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 21, 102743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2025.102743
• Çobanoğlu, N., Karadeniz, Z.H., Sofuoglu, S.C., Toksoy, M., 2025. Sleep quality: Design of bedroom ventilation and evaluation within the scope of current standards. Energy Build. 327, 115073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.115073
• Ayri I, Genisoglu M, Sofuoglu A, Kurt-Karakus PB, Birgul, A, Sofuoglu SC. The effect of military conflict zone in the Middle East on atmospheric persistent organic pollutant contamination in its north, Science of the Total Environment, 878, 162966, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162966
• Goren, A. Y., Genisoglu, M., Kazancı, Y., & Sofuoglu, S. C. (2022). “Countrywide Spatial Variation of Potentially Toxic Element Contamination in Soils of Turkey and Assessment of Population Health Risks for Nondietary Ingestion.” ACS omega, 7(41), 36457-36467.https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c04261
• Sahin, C., Rastgeldi Dogan, T., Yildiz, M., & Sofuoglu, S. C. (2022). “Indoor environmental quality in naturally ventilated schools of a dusty region: Excess health risks and effect of heating and desert dust transport.” Indoor Air, 32(7), e13068. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ina.13068