Selin Kara (born 20 January 1981) is a

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-born chemist and biotechnologist. She is currently a full professor and head of Industrial Biotechnology section at

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. She studies

biocatalysis Biocatalysis refers to the use of living (biological) systems or their parts to speed up ( catalyze) chemical reactions. In biocatalytic processes, natural catalysts, such as enzymes, perform chemical transformations on organic compounds. Both en ...

and has been recognized for her work about

deep eutectic solvent Deep eutectic solvents or DESs are solutions of Lewis or Brønsted acids and bases which form a eutectic mixture. Deep eutectic solvents are highly tunable through varying the structure or relative ratio of parent components and thus have a wide ...

s and her research regarding cofactor regeneration in biotransformations.

Books and publications

* Recent trends and novel concepts in cofactor-dependent biotransformations * Deep eutectic solvents as efficient solvents in biocatalysis * Enantioselective oxidation of aldehydes catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase * Access to lactone building blocks via horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidative lactonization * One-pot combination of enzyme and Pd nanoparticle catalysis for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2-amino alcohols * A bi‐enzymatic convergent cascade for ε‐caprolactone synthesis employing 1, 6‐hexanediol as a ‘double‐ smart cosubstrate’ * More efficient redox biocatalysis by utilising 1, 4-butanediol as a ‘smart cosubstrate’ * A fed‐batch synthetic strategy for a three‐step enzymatic synthesis of poly‐ϵ‐caprolactone

Awards and honors

* 2018 - ChemCatChem - Young Researcher Series * 2016 - Selected Membership of Zukunftsforum Biotechnologie DECHEMA * 2015 - DAAD Conference Travel Award * 2014 - Conference Travel Award – Frauenförderung at TU Dresden * 2013 - Biotrans 2013 Poster Prize

References

1981 births Living people Turkish chemists Turkish biochemists {{Turkey-scientist-stub