Organizing Committee Member
Ayse Ezgi Unlu
Researcher
Ankara University
Turkey
Biography
Ayse Ezgi Ünlü completed her Ph.D. in 2012 at Ankara University in Turkey. Between 2014-2015 she did a postdoctoral study at Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Technical University of Hamburg, Harburg in Germany (Grant by TUBITAK). She is currently working at Biotechnological Research Group in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Ankara University. She has worked on different projects related with the synthesis of Naproxen; a member of NSAIDs, production of lipase by Candida rugosa and also proteomic analysis of the isoenzymes, the production of crucial antioxidant enzymes; catalase and superoxide dismutase by Rhodotorula glutinis, the synthesis of catechin and rutin, two important flavonoids, using green solvents. Currently, she is working on the use of green solvents on the different type of enzymatic reactions and extraction systems.
Research Area
Enzymatic polymerization, Green solvents, Enzyme and protein productions, Fermentation, Proteome analysis, Experimental design