Ferhan Çeçen (born June 15, 1961) is a Turkish environmental engineer and chemist, researching

wastewater treatment Wastewater treatment is a process which removes and eliminates contaminants from wastewater. It thus converts it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once back in the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on ...

environmental biotechnology Environmental biotechnology is biotechnology that is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. The Internat ...

, and adsorption processes. She is currently a professor at the

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Boğaziçi Üniversitesi''), also known as Bosphorus University, is a Public university, public research university in Istanbul, Turkey, historically tied to a former American educational insti ...

Institute of Environmental Sciences.

Early life and education

Ferhan Çeçen was born on June 15, 1961, in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. She graduated from the

Deutsche Schule Istanbul Deutsche Schule Istanbul (, shortened as DSI), with formal Turkish language, Turkish name Özel Alman Lisesi () or İstanbul Alman Lisesi () or simply Alman Lisesi () is a Private school, private international high school in the Beyoğlu district o ...

in 1980 and speaks fluent English and German in addition to her native Turkish. Çeçen completed a B.S. in chemical engineering at

in 1984. In 1986, she completed a M.S. in environmental engineering at the

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

(ITU). Her Master's thesis was titled ''Metal Complexation and its Implications on related Technologies''. Her graduate advisor was . Çeçen earned a Ph.D. in environmental engineering at ITU in 1990. Her dissertation was titled ''Nitrogen Removal from High-strength Wastewaters by Upflow Submerged Nitrification and Denitrification Filters''. Her doctoral advisor was .

Career and research

In November 1990, Çeçen joined the faculty at the

Institute of Environmental Sciences as an instructor. She was promoted to assistant professor in March 1993, associate professor in October 1993, and full professor in June 1999. Çeçen researches water and

, adsorption processes, and the impacts of hazardous substances on biological treatment. She has over 100 publications includin
"Activated Carbon""Review of experimental biodegradation data on pharmaceuticals and comparison with predictive BIOWIN models"
an
"Inhibitory Effect of Silver and Nanosilver on Activated Sludge Fed with Proteinaceous Feed"

Awards

In November of 2000, Ferhan Cecen won two awards: The 2000 TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institution) Encouragement Award in Engineering Sciences, and 2000 Bogazici University, Research Award for Young Scientists.

Selected works

References

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