Rate My Professor Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol

Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol is an associate professor in the Division of Industrial Biotechnology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. She earned a PhD in Environmental Biotechnology from Istanbul Technical University in 2011 through a joint program with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain, with a thesis on the evaluation of anaerobic biodegradability characteristics of antibiotics and their toxic or inhibitory effects on mixed microbial cultures. She also holds an MSc in Environmental Biotechnology and dual BSc degrees in Molecular Biology and Genetics and Environmental Engineering, all from Istanbul Technical University.

Her research focuses on developing carbon-neutral waste treatment technologies and resource recovery from waste streams. This includes energy and value-added product recovery such as biogas, volatile fatty acids, polyhydroxyalkanoates, and single-cell protein from various waste streams using lab- and pilot-scale bioreactors; developing synthetic microbial communities and studying microbial ecology for feedstock production; and phosphorus mining from anoxic sediments. She leads the Bioconversion Group and coordinates or participates in projects including COLDREFINERY, SEAREFINERY, BioChem, NEEDED, and SYMBIOREM. She teaches courses such as Environmental Toxicology and Resource Recovery from Waste, and serves as examiner or course responsible for several higher seminars in Industrial Biotechnology.