GROUP MEMBERS
We are a young research group consisting chemists, geologists, and biologists working on different topics covering marine biogeochemistry, hydrothermal geochemistry, and microbial ecology. For further details, you can check individual pages of each group members below;
Principal Investigator
Mustafa Yücel
Graduate Students
Nimet Alımlı
Hilal Cura
Naim Yağız Demir
Zeray Ayral Gülmez
Betül Bitir Soylu
Esra Ermiş
Gamze Tanık
Suna Tüzün
Open Positions
Alumni
2019-22, Mertcan Esti, M.Sc. Oceanography, METU
2013-22, İsmail Akçay, M.Sc. & PhD, Oceanography, METU
2018-21, Serhat Sevgen, M.Sc. Oceanography, METU
2016-18, Kadir Bice, M.Sc., Earth System Science, METU
(now PhD student at Department of Marine Sciences at University of Georgia, US)
2015-17, Esra Ermis, M.Sc., Oceanography, METU
2010-12, Leonardo Contreira , PhD, UPMC
Undergraduate Alumni
2022 Winter, Selin Acar, Koç University
2022 Winter, Nureda Kocaaydın, METU
2022 Summer, Pınar Kantekin, METU
2019 Summer, Nimet Alımlı, Boğaziçi University
2018 Summer, Ecem Kuşcuoğlu
2018 Summer, Batuhan Karapınar
2017 & 2018 Summer, Mehmet Burak
2017 Summer, Serap Görünme
2017 Summer, Mertcan Esti, Akdeniz University
Visiting Scientists
2016 Fall, Alice Lyonnet, MSc. Student, ENSAIA, France
2025 Spring, Flavia Migliaccio, PhD. Student, Giovannelli Lab, UNINA, Italy