PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name,Surname: Zeynep Yurtkuran Çeterez
E-mail: zeyurt@gmail.com
Adress: TOBB ETÜ Teknoloji Merkezi Biyoteknoloji Lab.No: 207 Söğütözü/Ankara

EDUCATION:
2004-2009 Hacettepe University- Department of Biology (B.Sc.)
2009-2012 Hacettepe University- Department of Biology (M.Sc.)

THESIS: Determination of Pesticide Bioaccumulation in Food Chain in the Karabogaz Lake (Samsun)

WORK EXPERIENCE: 2009 - Still, Biyans Biological Products R&D Ltd.

PROJECTS INVOLVED: -Republic of Turkey Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, Technoentrepreneurship Fund Programme, Biodegradation of Pesticide Residues from Soil by Bioremediation Techniques


-Republic of Turkey Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, KOSGEB, Development of fungicides against for Botrytis cinerea by antifungal speciality essential oils of Ocimum basilicum, Laurus nobilis, Mentha spicata.


-TÜBİTAK ÇAYDAG (111Y158) and HACETTEPE BAP (011.006.601.001), "Assesment Of Multiresidual Pesticide Bioaccumulation in water, sediment, aquatic macrophytes (Chara vulgaris, Potamogeton pectinatus) and fish ( Cyprinus carpio, L., 1758) samples in Karaboğaz Lake, Samsun, Turkey."


- Ankara Development Agency (2011-2012)
Turkey Recyclers Association - Underground Waste Container Project

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES: Yurtkuran, Z., Saygi, Y., 2013, Assesment of Pesticide Residues in Karabogaz Lake from Kızılırmak Delta, Turkey, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 91: 165-170

OTHER ARTICLES: Optimist Idea 2013: İşbirliği (Colloboration), book chapter: “Endüstriyel Mutualizm” (Industrial Mutualism) – Zeynep Yurtkuran.

EKO-IQ Magazine, 2013 February, Industrial Mutualism

EKO-IQ Magazine, 2012 November, Can "Slow" Movement be a solution for Waste Problem?

EKO-IQ Magazine, 2012 February, "Biomimicry"

CONGRESS:    The international Conference on Environmental Science and Technology – 2013 Assesment of Multiresidual Pesticide Bioaccumulation in Two Aquatic Macrophytes (Chara vulgaris, Potamogeton pectinatus) – (oral presentation) (ICOEST'2013 - Cappadocia)

   21.National Biology Conference, İzmir, Turkey, " Determination of Multiresidual Pesticide Bioaccumulatıon in Water, Sediment and Cyprinus carpio in The Karabogaz Lake (Samsun, Turkey)" – (oral presentation) (3-7 September 2012)

   5. National Limnology Conferece, Isparta, Turkey, " Determination of Multiresidual Pesticide Bioaccumulatıon In Potamogeton pectinatus and Chara vulgaris in The Karabogaz Lake (Samsun, Turkey)" – (oral presentation) (28-29 August 2012)

   EUROTOX 2012 Congress, Stockholm, Sweden. "Determination of Multiresidual Pesticide Bioaccumulation In Aquatic Food Chain In The Karabogaz Lake (Samsun, Turkey)" poster exhibition. – (poster presentation) (10-14 June 2012)

   I. National Soil and Water Resources Congress, Eskişehir Soil and Water Researches Institute, Z.Yurtkuran, S.Toksöz, E.E.Erdogan, A.Karaca, L.Akyüz “Biodegradation of Organic Phosphorous Pesticides by Soil Microorganisms” Eskişehir, Türkiye, 1-4 June, s.146, 2010. – (poster presentation)

   International Soil Science Congress on “Management of Natural Resources to Sustain Soil Health and Quality”, Z.Yurtkuran, S.Toksöz, E.E.Erdogan, A.Karaca, L.Akyüz, “Degradation of pesticide residues from soil by bioremediation techniques”, On Dokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, - (poster presentation) (26-28 May 2010)

   Bio-Agro Technology Entrepreneurship Presentation, Technological Entrepreneurship Support Summit in METU Cultural and Convention Center, METU IEEE Organisation & The Ministry of Industry and Trade (oral presentation) (14-15 December 2009)

   Bilkent University Atatürk Student Group, Atatürk & Science Seminars, Presentation about Darwin and Beagle Expedition – (oral presentation) (15 May 2009)

   Hacettepe University Biology Student Group, Darwin and Science Seminars, Presentation about Darwin and Beagle Expedition – (oral presentation) (28-29 April 2009)

   Hacettepe University Biology Student Group, Biological Sciences Exhibition (BIOS-1), Vertebrate Embriology Poster and Booth Presentation – (oral presentation) (15-19 May 2007)

   The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Nature and Biological Sciences Workshop Team Leader in Science for Children Summer Camp in Gebze Marmara Research Center, (2007-2008)

ATTENDED COURSES:    2011 4-7 July: Turkish Standards Institute, TSE EN ISO 17025 Accreditation Certification Course (Documentation, Quality Assurance, General Quality Standards)

   2011 05.April – 09.June : “The Corporate Sustainability Certificate Program”, organized by Regional Environmental Center (REC Turkey) and Bogazici University. (Participant Now)

   2010 02 – 25 July: The Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES) Project Course, ACTIS, Braunwald – Zurich, Switzerland

   2010 16-18 June: “Green Ventures” – International Partnership Forum For Environmental and Energy Technologies, Potsdam Berlin Germany

   2009, 14-21 June: Participant in Gaia Education, Findhorn Ecovillage, Sustainability Workshop and Ecovillage Design Education III, Bolu, Turkey.

   2009, 5-9 May: Participant in Molecular Biology and Genetics Spring School, Karadeniz Technical University

   2008, 10-20 July: Participant in TUBITAK Artvin Kackar Mountains and Hatila Valley National Park Nature Education

   2007, 1-4 February: Participant in Molecular Biology and Genetics Winter School, Istanbul University

   2006, 12-14 May: Participant in Molecular Biology and Genetics Spring School, Bogazici University