As a result of the 2021 evaluations of the Golden Pen Doctoral Thesis Award, which is organized every year by the Marmara University Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, Environmental Engineering Department Res. Assist. Dr. Hatice Yesil won first place by obtaining the highest evaluation score with the articles she published from her doctoral thesis titled "Selective Separation and Recovery of Heavy Metals from Sewage Sludge via Integrated Anaerobic Bio-Leaching and Membrane Processes", which was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. A. Evren Tuğtaş.  

Dr. Hatice Yeşil’s main research area:  Environmental Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology

Research topics:

Sustainable waste management,

Obtaining valuable products (commercial raw materials, energy, etc.) from waste with biotechnological approaches,

Heavy metal removal with microbiological-based anaerobic processes,

Evaluation of organic wastes as a resource within the framework of the carboxylate platform,

Integration of membrane and biotechnological processes with the aim of sustainable treatment and recovery.