Research Laboratories

In the Institute of Environmental Sciences, there are 12 research laboratories where studies in various areas are conducted. While the instruments and experimental setups in these laboratories serve for scientific studies of researchers and graduate students, accredited laboratories provide analysis service for companies and government agencies.

 

SEWAGE SLUDGE (BIOSOLIDS) LABORATORY

Working area: Sewage sludge characterization, sludge treatment, minimization, stabilization, and dewatering, sludge removal and beneficial use.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY

Working area: Transport of pathogenic bacteria, high value products and biofuels production from photosynthetic organisms, biodegradation of hazardous pollutants, isolation, identificcation and production of special microorganisms, enzyme technology.

Website-1: http://web0.boun.edu.tr/berat.haznedaroglu/
Website-2: http://www.biomig.boun.edu.tr

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES LABORATORY

Working area: Water quality analyses, wastewater analyses, analyses of water pollution.

 

ANAEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT LABORATORY

Working area: Biological treatment of wastewater and wastewater sludge under anaerobic conditions.

 

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES LABORATORY

Working area: Application of chemical (ozone, hydrogen peroxide, persulfate), photolytic, photocatalytic, and ultrasonic oxidation, and different combinations of these processes to environmental matrices (water, wastewater, sewage sludge, animal waste, soil) to decrease contaminant concentration and to facilitate  contaminant biodegradability.

 

SOLID WASTE LABORATORY

Working area: Characterization and stabilization of solid waste, treatment of solid waste leachate, landfill simulation, bioreactors, and composting.

 

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY AND PHILOGENETICS LABORATORY

Working area: Phylogenetic relationships and population structures of bats living in Turkey are investigated utilizing methods of molecular genetics.

 

SOIL POLLUTION LABORATORY

Working area: Determination and analysis of pollutant parameters causing soil pollution.

 

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND CHEMOMETRIC LABORATORY

Working area: Toxicity data of contaminants is acquired through in silico methods combined with toxicity experiments.

 

SOLAR PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION LABORATORY

Working area: Solar photocatalytic oxidation systems, oxidation of naturally occuring organic matters and new pollutants, application of advanced spectroscopic analysis methods and identification of oxidation products.

 

BIOMASS AND MICROBIAL ECOLOGY LABORATORY

Working area: Anaerobic biological treatment of industrial wastewater, biochemical degradation and stabilization of biomass, microbial population dynamics, production of high value products and bioenergy from biomass, identification and production of specific microbial beads to increase hydrolysis rate/biomethane yield from lignocellulosic
material.
 

 

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND DNA BARCODING LABORATORY

Working area: Molecular ecology, evolution and population genetics of vertebrates and invertebrates, DNA barcoding, dietary analysis with next generation sequencing methods, conservation genetics, transcriptomics studies