Yasemin Tokel

Education

• Ph.D., Villanova University, Villanova, PA USA (2014); Civil and Environmental Engineering
• M.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (2009); Environmental Engineering
• B.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (2008); Chemical Engineering
• B.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (2007); Environmental Engineering

Professional Membership and Affiliations

• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP)
• Chamber of Environmental Engineers (Turkey)
• International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET)
• Union of Chamber of Turkish Engineers and Architects (UCTEA)
• International Water Association (IWA)

Honors and Awards

• Grant Writer’s Boot Camp, Rochester Institute of Technology University (2017)
• Graduate Assistantship, Villanova University (2009 – 2014)
• Honorable Mention, Link Foundation Energy Fellowship (2012)
• A&WMA Graduate Student Scholarship, Air & Waste Management Association, Mid-Atlantic States Section, Delaware Valley Chapter (2010)
• M.Sc. Scholarship, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (2007 – 2009)
• President’s High Honor Roll in the Graduation, Middle East Technical University (2007 and 2008)
• First-ranking Graduate among all Graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Middle East Technical University (2007)

Professional Experience

• 01/2018 – Present Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, METU, Ankara - Turkey
• 08/2016 – Present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY – USA
• 06/2014 – 06/2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA – USA
• 09/2009 – 05/2014 Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA – USA
• 01/2009 – 03/2009 Visiting Researcher, Institute of Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management (ISWA), University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 06/2007 – 08/2009 Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara – Turkey
• 2007 Intern, Turkish Petroleum Refineries (TUPRAS) Co., Turkey
• 2006 Intern, AECOM/ENSR International Consultancy and Engineering, Turkey
• 2005 Intern, Tusas Aerospace Industries (TAI), Inc., Turkey

Interest Areas

• Microbial Electrochemical Processes
• Biohydrogen Production
• Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
• Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms
• Wastewater Engineering
• Nutrient Removal and Recovery