Ferhan Çeçen

Office: 
HKC-309
e-mail: 
cecenf@bogazici.edu.tr
Phone: 
+90 212 359 7256
Interest Areas: 

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Environmental Biotechnology

Adsorption Processes

Effects of Hazardous Substances on Biological Treatment

 

Education: 

Ph. D., Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, TR, 1990

M.S., Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, TR, 1993

B.S., Chemical Engineering Department, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1984

Academic Career: 

Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, 1999- present

Research Associate, Munich Technical University, Munich, 1996

Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences , Bogaziçi University 1993-1999

Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul 1993

Instructor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, 1990-1993

CV: 
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Recent Projects: 
 
  1. Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP) 19Y00D5, Removal of Micropollutants From Drinking Water by Granular Activated Carbon (GAC), (20.6.2019- )
  2. Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP) 19Y00D6, Removal of pharmaceutical micropollutants from secondary effluent by Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Adsorption, (24.9.2019- )
  3. Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP) 13000,  Assessment of the biodegradation of micropollutants in secondary effluents, (20.6.2017-20.12.2018)
  4. Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP) 15Y001P1, Effect of nanosilver on biological treatment systems, Project No: 15Y001P1, B.Ü.BAP (16.3.2015-16.9.2016).
  5. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) ÇAYDAG 111Y018, Microbial products and metal inhibition in biological systems.2012-2015.
Selected Publications: 
  1. Çeçen, F., Geyik, A.G. & Kılıç, B. (2020) Response of Activated Sludge to Long-Term Nanosilver Input and Changes in Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS). Water Air Soil Pollut, 231, 501 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04882-7
  2. Çeçen, F., Gül, G. Biodegradation of five pharmaceuticals: estimation by predictive models and comparison with activated sludge data. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol., (2021) 18: 237-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-020-02820-y
  3. Ferhan Çeçen and Ulaş Tezel (eds.) (2017) Hazardous Pollutants in Biological Treatment Systems: Fundamentals and a Guide to Experimental Research, IWA Publishing; ISBN: 9781780407708, 386 pages. Paperback.
  4. Ferhan Çeçen (2017) Chapter 4: Removal and behavior of hazardous pollutants in biological treatment systems, in: Hazardous Pollutants in Biological Treatment Systems: Fundamentals and a Guide to Experimental Research, IWA Publishing; ISBN: 9781780407708, pp. 123-182.
  5. Ferhan Çeçen, Özgür Aktaş.  Activated Carbon for Water and Wastewater Treatment: Integration of Adsorption and Biological Treatment, 388 pages, ISBN: 978-3-527-32471-2, Wiley-VCH, September 2011. Content: http://www.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527324712_ftoc.pdf