Turgut Tüzün Onay
Solid Waste Management
Waste to Energy: biogas and renewable energy
Environmental Impact Assessment
Leachate Treatment
Soil/Groundwater Remediation
Ph. D., Environmental Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1995
M.S., Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, TR 1989
B.S., Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, TR, 1986
Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 2008- Present
Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 2002-2008
Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 1997- 2002
Postgraduate Research Associate Ground-Water Remediation Technologies Analysis Center (GWRTAC), Pittsburgh, 1995-1996
Research Assistant University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1993-1995
Teaching Assistant University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1992-1993
1. “Pretreatment of Petrochemical Industry Wastewater Sludge by Ultrasound Assisted Chemical Methods”, Bogazici University Research Fund (BAP)-İSTAÇ, 2022.
2. “Energy Efficiency and Waste Management: Preparing A Zero Carbon Roadmap in BOSCH Çerkezköy Factory”, BOSCH/BSH, 2021-2022.
3. “Policy Measures on Plastics Waste in Turkey”, WWF, 2021.
4. “Removal and discharge of microplastics from wastewater treatment plants of Istanbul”, Bogazici University Research Fund (BAP), 2019-2021.
5. “Modeling and Analysis of Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality for Eurasia Tunnel”, Yapı Merkezi-ATAŞ, 2014-2020.
1. Wilkinson, J. L., Boxall, A. B., Kolpin, D. W., Leung, K. M., Lai, R. W., Galbán-Malagón, C., ... & Teta, C. (2022). Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (8) e2113947119
2. Vardar, S., Onay, T.T., Demirel, B., & Kideys, A. E. (2021). Evaluation of microplastics removal efficiency at a wastewater treatment plant discharging to the Sea of Marmara. Environmental Pollution, 289, 117862.
3. Gokce, H.B., Arıoglu, E., Copty, N.K., Onay, T.T., & Gun, B. (2020). Exterior air quality monitoring for the Eurasia Tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey. Science of the Total Environment, 134312.
4. Akyol, C., Ozbayram, E.G., Demirel, B., Onay, T.T., Ince, O., & Ince, B. (2019). Linking nano-ZnO contamination to microbial community profiling in sanitary landfill simulations. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, 13580-13591.
5. Temizel, I., Emadian, S.M., Di Addario, M., Onay, T.T., Demirel, B, Copty, N.K., & Karanfil, T. (2017). Effect of nano-ZnO on biogas generation from simulated landfills, Waste Management, 63, 18-26.
