Sema
Sirin
Senior Research Fellow, Molecular Plant Biology
Ph.D
Contact
Areas of expertise
Green engineering
biological water treatment
water treatment
water quality
algal technologies;harvesting
wastewater
clean technologies
Biography
EDUCATION
Thesis: Pre-concentration Strategies for Microalgae Harvesting as Biorefinery Process Chain
Supervisor: Prof. Joan Salvado
Thesis: 2.4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and Biological Contamination in the Adsorption Phenomena
Supervisor: Prof. Bikem Övez
Dissertation: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Pulp and Paper Industry
Supervisor: Assoc.Prof. Zehra Özçelik
- Ph.D, Dec.2008-June.2013
Thesis: Pre-concentration Strategies for Microalgae Harvesting as Biorefinery Process Chain
Supervisor: Prof. Joan Salvado
- MSc, Sep.2005-Aug.2007
Thesis: 2.4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and Biological Contamination in the Adsorption Phenomena
Supervisor: Prof. Bikem Övez
- BSc, Sep.1998- Sep.2003
Dissertation: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Pulp and Paper Industry
Supervisor: Assoc.Prof. Zehra Özçelik
Teaching
- Teaching assistant of the course “Operacions Basiques I Technologia d´Aliments” in Agri-Food Engineering Department, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain ; 2009-2011
- Teaching assistant of the course“Laboratori d` Enginyeria Quimica 1” in Chemical Engineering Department, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain ; 2009-2010
- Calculus II course in Bioengineering and Food Engineering Department, Adana Science Technology University, Turkey; 2015-2017
- Engineering Stoichiometry, and Fluid Mechanics in Bioengineering Department, Adana Science Technology University, Turkey; 2016-2017
- Microalgae: Biotechnology and Microbiology course for M.Sc students in Bioengineering Department, Adana Science Technology University, Turkey; 2015-2016
- Organization & planification of 3rd year Engineering Laboratory course programme in Bioengineering Department, Adana Science Technology University, Turkey; 2017-2018
Research
I am working as a senior researcher with my academic background in algal technologies & water treatment at the NordAqua Nordic Centre of Excellence which is a research network focusing on blue bioeconomy, in particular on developing algae for applied biotechnology purposes. NordAqua consists of 10 academic partners and several industrial and societal partners from Finland, Sweden and Norway.
I have executed several process design based waste water treatment projects through my doctorate and post-doctorate studies funded by Spanish and Finnish funding bodies.
Publications
Screening of several microalgae revealed biopesticide properties of Chlorella sorokiniana against the strawberry pathogen Phytophthora cactorum (2023)
Journal of Applied Phycology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Complete N and P removal from hydroponic greenhouse wastewater by Tetradesmus obliquus: A strategy for algal bioremediation and cultivation in Nordic countries (2023)
Algal Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Microalgae from Nordic collections demonstrate biostimulant effect by enhancing plant growth and photosynthetic performance (2023)
Physiologia Plantarum
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Nutrient removal from hydroponic effluent by Nordic microalgae: From screening to a greenhouse photobioreactor operation (2021)
Algal Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Nordic cyanobacterial and algal lipids: Triacylglycerol accumulation, chemotaxonomy and bioindustrial potential (2021)
Physiologia Plantarum
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Wastewater treatment by microalgae (2021)
Physiologia Plantarum
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Towards sustainable ethylene production with cyanobacterial artificial biofilms (2020)
Green Chemistry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Efficient harvesting of Chaetoceros calcitrans for biodiesel production (2015)
Environmental Technology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Cultivating and harvesting of marine alga Nannochloropsis oculata in local municipal wastewater for biodiesel (2015)
Bioresource Technology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Potential pre-concentration methods for Nannochloropsis gaditana and a comparative study of pre-concentrated sample properties (2013)
Bioresource Technology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))