Projects

Completed and Ongoing Projects in the Department of Chemistry

Prof. A. Murat GİZİR

TÜBİTAK 1001, Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Taxus baccata L., 2006–2008

(Researcher) TOVAK, Enhancing Color Stability of Anthocyanins from Black Carrot through Intra- and Intermolecular Copigmentation, 2006–2008

(Researcher) Synthesis of Strained Bicyclic Allenes and Alkynes, 2003–2005

TÜBİTAK, Comparative Studies on the Reactions of Cyclic Olefins in High-Pressure Water and Sub/Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Media, 2003–2005

Assoc. Prof. Göktürk AVŞAR

(Principal Investigator) Ministry of Industry and Technology – KOSGEB Project No. 63427, Extraction of High-Quality Oils from Plants via Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) for Pharmaceutical, Food, and Cosmetic Use, 2020–2022

(Advisor) Ministry of Industry and Technology – KOSGEB, Determination of Vitamin C Content in Rosehip (Rosa canina L.) Extracts Obtained via Supercritical CO₂ for Use in Stable Skin Care Serums, 2023–2024

(Principal Investigator) Ministry of Industry and Technology – Project No. 78656, Encapsulation of Plant Essential and Fixed Oils Using Liposome Technology: Production of Active Raw Materials, 2024–ongoing

(Advisor) Ministry of Industry and Technology – KOSGEB, Preparation of Metal-Catalyzed Porous Ceramic Catalysts for the Filtration of Harmful Gases Emitted to the Atmosphere, 2019–2020

(Advisor) Ministry of Industry and Technology – Project No. 57689, Production of Monolithic Ceramic Support Materials for the Filtration of Harmful Atmospheric Gases, 2019–2020

Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Kemal YILMAZ

(Researcher) TÜBİTAK 1001, Development of Carbon Quantum Dot-Based Fluorescent and Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides and Their Application to Real Samples, 2024–2027

(Principal Investigator) TÜBİTAK 1002-A, Preparation of Chiral Ruthenium Nanocatalysts and Their Applications in Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions, 2024–2025

(Researcher) YÖK Research Universities Project, Development of a Novel Ezrin Inhibitor for Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer, 2023–2026

(Researcher) TÜBİTAK 1002-A, Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Pd(II) Complexes Containing Benzohydrazide Ligands in Suzuki–Carbonylation Reactions under Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (ScCO₂), 2023–2024

(Principal Investigator) TÜBİTAK 1001, Preparation of Palladium Nanoparticles Stabilized by Chiral Binaphthyl-Based Phosphine Ligands and Investigation of Their Catalytic Activity in Asymmetric Suzuki and Asymmetric Heck C–C Coupling Reactions under Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (ScCO₂), 2019–2023

(Researcher) TÜBİTAK 1001, Synthesis of Peripheral and Non-Peripheral Chiral C₂-Symmetric Diol-Substituted Metallophthalocyanines and Investigation of Their Catalytic Activities in Enantioselective Diethylzinc Addition to Aldehydes and Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation, 2015–2018

(Researcher) TÜBİTAK 1001, Synthesis and Characterization of Asymmetric Phosphine Ligands and Pd(II)/Ru(II) Complexes and Their Catalytic Applications in Suzuki–Miyaura C–C Coupling and Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions, 2016–2018

(Principal Investigator) TÜBİTAK 3501, Synthesis and Characterization of Pd(II) Complexes Containing Perfluoroalkyl Iminophosphine Ligands and Investigation of Their Catalytic Activity in Heck, Suzuki, and Hydrocarboxylation Reactions under Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (ScCO₂) toward the Synthesis of Naproxen, Boscalid, Profen, and Sartan Derivatives, 2015–2017.

(Researcher) TÜBİTAK 3001, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel PNO-Type Chiral Phosphine Ligands and Ru(II) Complexes and Investigation of Their Catalytic Activity in Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones, 2015–2017

Prof. Özgür SÖNMEZ

TÜBİTAK 1002, Production of Biodiesel from Waste Vegetable Oils Using Pyrrolidinium-Based Ionic Liquids as Catalysts, 2024–2025

TÜBİTAK 1002, Effect of Ionic Liquids on the Solvent Extraction of Coal, 2015–2016

TÜBİTAK 1001, Preparation of Low-Ash Coal Extracts via Microwave Extraction Method, 2011–2013

TÜBİTAK 1002, Effect of Microwave Energy in Clean Coal Production, 2008–2009

(Researcher) TÜBİTAK 1001, Development of Modern Clean Technologies for Low-Rank Coals, 2006–2008

(Researcher) TÜBİTAK 1001, Recycling of Used Automobile and Truck Tires: Effects on the Liquefaction of Low-Rank Lignites, 1999–2001