Completed Theses Supervision:
Ph.D. Thesis
2018
Serli Önlü
On the aquatic toxicity of diverse chemicals:development of novel in silico models towards selected aquatic organisms under the framework of reach regulation,
This thesis won the “BU 2019 BAP Doctoral Dissertation Award”.
2016
Gülçin TUĞCU
“Assessment and in silico modelling of the toxicity of selected emerging pollutants to Chlorella vulgaris”
2016
Huma KURTOĞLU UZYOL
“Investigation of the suitability of casava flour and algal starch for bacterial cellulose production”
2013
Ertürk Murat Doğa
“Assessment and modelling of the toxicity of phenols: a comparative study with marine and freshwater algae” Ph.D. Thesis.
MSc. Thesis
2019
Zeynep Yılmaz
An in silico approach for estimating the activity of vector control chemicals targeting Aedes aegypti and their aquatic toxicity.
2018
Birgül Karataş SÜZERGÖZ
On the Prediction of Chlorine Consumption of Organic Molecules in Drinking Water Treatment
2018
Elif Nagehan Kahraman
Integrating in silico and in vitro approaches: Cytotoxicity and EROD activity of xenobiotics in different fish cell lines
2018
Selen Gökçe
Toxicity assessment of pesticides with no ecotoxicological data to fresh water algae
2017
Ayşe Defne Şahin
“Understanding Toxic Potencies of Xenobiotics Inducing TCDD/TCDF-like effects”,
2014
Elisabeth Geiger
“Individual and Mixture Toxicity of Pharmaceuticals and Phenols on Freshwater
Algae Chlorella vulgaris”*
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences
Technikum Wien – Degree Program Environmental Management and Ecotoxicology
Supervisor 1: Dr. Romana Hornek-Gausterer
Supervisor 2: Prof. Dr. Melek Türker Saçan
* All experiments were carried out in Ecotoxicology and Chemometrics Lab.
2014
Annalisa Ruffa
“In Silico Modeling of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Binding Affinities of a Series
of Mixed Halogenated Aromatic Compounds”*
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of science in Environmental Science, EARTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF PISA
Prof. Maria Grazia Tozzi (Supervisor)
Prof. Dr. Melek Türker Saçan
(Co-Supervisor)
Prof. Andrea Raffaelli
(Outside expert)
All of the thesis work were carried out in Ecotoxicology and Chemometrics Lab.
2011
Tuğcu Gülçin
“Prediction of aquatic toxicity of pesticides by using linear and nonlinear techniques” 83 pages.
2011
Taşdizen Nihan
“QSPR Prediction of Physico-Chemical Properties of Polyhalogenated Diphenyl Ethers”, 134 pages.
2007
Kanyılmaz Mehtap
“Enhancement of Azo Dye Decolourization by Dunaliella tertiolecta with Conventional Carbon Sources”, 163 pages.
2005
Özkul Mustafa
“Application of the Characteristic Root Index Model to the Estimation of Physico-Chemical and Biological Properties of Selected Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals”, 93 pages.
2005
Özkovalak Nilüfer
“Interactions Between Azo Dyes and Selenium in Their Toxicity to Dunaliella tertiolecta and Vibrio fischeri”, 110 pages.
1998
Ercan Canan, “Bioaccumulation of Copper, Lead, and Selenium in Dunaliella tertiolecta for Short Exposure Time”, Thesis supervisors Assist.Prof.Dr.Isil Balcioglu and Assist.Prof.Dr.Melek Türker Saçan, 62 pages.
Unofficial supervisor:
PhD Thesis
Mustafa Köktürk
2013
QSAR Analysis of MAO Inhibitors for Rational Drug Design,
M.U. Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2013.
MSc Thesis
Linda Ohanoğlu
2013
Molecular Modeling and QSAR on Glutathione-S-transferase enzyme inhibitors.
M.U. Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences.
Onurcan Aydın
2011
QSAR Analysis of Hydrazone Derivative MAO Inhibitors for Rational Drug Design
M.U. Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences.