Prof. NİHAT ALPAGU SAYAR


Faculty of Engineering, Bioengineering

Department of Bioengineering


WoS Research Areas: Energy & Fuels, Mathematical & Computational Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Engineering Industrial


Scopus Research Areas: General Energy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology


Avesis Research Areas: Biochemical Reaction Engineering, Bioprocess Separation Processes, Biotechnological Processes and Fermentation Technology

Metrics

Publication

69

Publication (WoS)

39

Publication (Scopus)

37

Citation (WoS)

328

H-Index (WoS)

7

Citation (Scopus)

419

H-Index (Scopus)

12

Citation (Scholar)

614

H-Index (Scholar)

15

Citation (Sobiad)

27

H-Index (Sobiad)

2

Project

11

Thesis Advisory

8

Open Access

2
UN Sustainable Development Goals

Education

2004 - 2010

2004 - 2010

Doctorate

University College London, Biyokimya Mühendisliği, United Kingdom

2000 - 2004

2000 - 2004

Undergraduate

University College London, Biyokimya Mühendisliği, United Kingdom

Dissertations

2010

2010

Doctorate

Modelling and Simulation Application to a Transketolase Mediated Reaction

University of London, Faculty of Engineering, Biochemical Engineering

Foreign Languages

C2 Mastery

C2 Mastery

English

Research Areas

Biochemical Reaction Engineering

Bioprocess Separation Processes

Biotechnological Processes and Fermentation Technology

Research Areas Based on Academic Activities

Avesis Research Areas

    WoS Research Areas

      Scopus Research Areas

        Academic Positions

        2024 - Present

        2024 - Present

        Professor

        Marmara University, Faculty Of Engineering, Bioengineering

        2017 - 2024

        2017 - 2024

        Associate Professor

        Marmara University, Faculty Of Engineering, Bioengineering

        2012 - 2017

        2012 - 2017

        Assistant Professor

        Marmara University, Faculty of Engineering, Bioengineering

        2011 - 2012

        2011 - 2012

        Research Assistant

        University of Exeter, Mühendislik, Sistem Biyoloji

        2004 - 2008

        2004 - 2008

        Research Assistant

        University College London, Mühendislik, Biyokimya Mühendisliği

        Non Academic Experience

        2023 - Present

        2023 - Present

        Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi (Özel Sektör)

        Marmara Üniversitesi Nihad Sayar Eğitim Vakfı, Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi (Özel Sektör)

        Courses

        Postgraduate

        Postgraduate

        Downstream Processing

        Bioprocess Optimisation

        Bioprocess Design and Implementation

        Biochemical Engineering and New Bioprocess Challenges

        Undergraduate

        Undergraduate

        Integrated Downstream Processing

        Bioprocess Design 2

        Bioengineering Project II

        Bioengineering Project I

        Bioengineering Thermodynamics

        Management of Bioprocess Development

        Scientific Programming

        Biosystem Unit Operations

        Bioprocess Optimisation

        Articles

        All (37)
        SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI (35)
        SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI (35)
        Scopus (36)
        Other Publications (1)

        Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences

        2020

        2020

        2. Propagation of Parametric Uncertainty in a Conceptually Designed Bioethanol Production Process

        Yıldız D. Z., SAYAR N. A.

        The ESCAPE 30 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Milan, Italy, 31 August - 02 September 2020, vol.48, pp.631-636, (Full Text) identifier

        2018

        2018

        5. Manually modified design of experiments for early biocatalyst evaluation–lipase-catalysed fatty acid methyl ester production

        KULA C., SAYAR N. A.

        18th European Congress on Biotechnology, 1 - 04 July 2018, vol.44, pp.120-121, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        6. Laccase production from hazelnut husk via submerged cultivation of whtie rut fungi

        YILMAZ Z., SAYAR N. A.

        9th International Congress on Biocatalysis, 26 - 30 August 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        8. LIGNOCELLULOTIC ENZYME PRODUCTION FROM HAZELNUTHUSK VIA MULTI-STEP CATALYSIS OF WHITE-ROT FUNGI

        Yılmaz Serçinoğlu Z., Sayar N. A.

        4th Multistep Enzyme Catalyzed Processes Congress (MECP18), Nord-Trondelag, Norway, 19 - 22 March 2018, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        9. Beyaz Çürükçül Fungus Katalizörlüğünde Fındık Çotanağı Kullanarak Lignoselülolitik Enzim Üretimi

        YILMAZ Z., SAYAR N. A.

        19. Uluslararası Katılımlı Ulusal Biyoteknoloji Kongresi, Eskişehir, Turkey, 1 - 03 December 2017, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        10. Growth medium optimization of Cryptococcus albidus D24 lipase by statistical design of experiments

        Uras A., Pinar O., Sayar N. A., Kazan D., Sayar A. A.

        42nd Congress of the Federation-of-European-Biochemical-Societies (FEBS) on From Molecules to Cells and Back, Jerusalem, Israel, 10 - 14 September 2017, vol.284, pp.376, (Summary Text) identifier

        2017

        2017

        11. Production of laccase and cellulases by pycnoporus sanguineus (dmsz 3024) using hazelnut husk

        Yılmaz Serçinoğlu Z., Sayar N. A., Kazan D.

        FEMS 2017 - 7th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS), Valencia, Spain, 9 - 13 July 2017, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        12. PRODUCTION OF LACCASE AND CELLULASES BY Pycnoporus sanguineus USING HAZELNUT HUSK

        YILMAZ Z., SAYAR N. A., KAZAN D.

        FEMS - 7th Congress of European Microbiologists, 9 - 13 July 2017, (Summary Text)

        2016

        2016

        13. Immobilization of Cryptococcus albidus D24 lipase for enzymatic esterification

        Uras A., Sayar N. A., Kazan D., Sayar A. A.

        41st FEBS Congress on Molecular and Systems Biology for a Better Life, Kusadasi, Turkey, 3 - 08 September 2016, vol.283, pp.224-225, (Summary Text) identifier

        2016

        2016

        14. Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil via optimised transesterification by a locally sourced lipase

        KULA C., SAYAR N. A.

        Challenges in Building a Sustainable Biobased Economy, EcoBio Conference 2016, 6 - 09 March 2016, (Summary Text)

        2015

        2015

        16. Optimization of process parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis of hazelnut husk

        YILMAZ SERÇİNOĞLU Z., PİNAR O., SAYAR N. A., KAZAN D.

        BEC 2015 VII. Bioengineering Congress, İzmir, Turkey, 19 - 21 November 2015, (Summary Text)

        2015

        2015

        18. Optimization of process parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis of hazelnut husk

        YILMAZ Z., PİNAR O., SAYAR N. A., KAZAN D.

        7th International Bioengineering Congress, 19 - 21 November 2015, (Summary Text)

        2015

        2015

        19. Optimization of process parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis of hazelnut husk

        YILMAZ Z., PİNAR O., SAYAR N. A., KAZAN D.

        VIIth International Bioengineering Congress (BEC 2015), İzmir, Turkey, 19 - 21 November 2015, (Summary Text)

        2014

        2014

        20. Lipase Catalyzed Esterification Reactions–A Kinetic Model

        KULA C., SAYAR N. A.

        16th EUROPEN CONGRESS ON BIOTECHOLOGY, 13 - 16 July 2014, (Summary Text)

        2014

        2014

        22. Computer based synthetic metabolic pathway construction by using biological databases

        YILMAZ Z., Zorluğolu G., SARIYAR AKBULUT B., SAYAR N. A.

        EMBL-EBI/Wellcome Trust Summer School in Bioinformatics, Cambridge, Canada, 23 - 27 June 2014, (Summary Text)

        2013

        2013

        25. Hydrolysis of Hazelnut Husk by Using Commercial Enzymes for the Production of Fermentable Sugar

        KARAOSMANOĞLU K., PİNAR O., SAYAR N. A., KAZAN D.

        VIth International Bioengineering Congress (IBEC 2013), İzmir, Turkey, 12 - 15 November 2013, (Summary Text)

        2013

        2013

        26. Mathematical Modelling of Ni2 biosorption by Schizosaccharomyces pombe using Universal Sigmoid Approach

        Özen R., DURMAZ ŞAM S., SAYAR N. A., SAYAR A. A.

        4th World Congress on Biotechnology, Raleigh, United States Of America, 23 - 25 September 2013, (Summary Text)

        2011

        2011

        27. Developing robust and tractable in silico procedures for the discovery and assessment of novel pathways for synthetic biology

        SAYAR N. A., Soyer O.

        SB 5.0 Fifth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology, San Fransisko, United States Of America, 15 - 17 June 2011, (Summary Text)

        2006

        2006

        28. A hybrid approach to bioreaction kinetic parameter estimation

        Chen B. H., SAYAR N. A., Woodley J.

        19th International Symposium onChemical Reaction Engineering, Potsdam, Germany, 3 - 06 September 2006, (Summary Text)

        2006

        2006

        29. Biocatalytic process evaluation using microscale processing techniques and process modelling

        Chen B. H., Micheletti M., SAYAR N. A., Dalby P., Baganz F., Lye G., et al.

        6th European SymposiumonBiochemical EngineeringScience, Salzburg, Austria, 27 - 30 August 2006, (Summary Text)

        2006

        2006

        30. Transketolase mediated carbon carbon bond formation

        Chen B. H., SAYAR N. A., Micheletti M., Woodley J.

        Industrial Biotransformations, Barselona, Spain, 4 - 05 May 2006, (Summary Text)

        Books

        2020

        2020

        1. Antibiyotik Üretimi

        Avci F. G., Sayar N. A., Sariyar Akbulut B.

        in: Fermente Ürünler Teknolojisi ve Mikrobiyolojisi, Erkmen,Osman; Erten,Hüseyin,Sağlam,Hidayet, Editor, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, pp.721-738, 2020

        Funded Projects

        2021 - 2024

        2021 - 2024

        Replacing food-competing feedstocks with Methanol, CO2 and Methylamine for a Sustainable BioeconomySustainable Development

        TÜBİTAK International Multi-Cooperation Project , ERA.NET Project

        Sariyar Akbulut B. (Executive), Sayar N. A., Özbek Sarica P.

        2021 - 2024

        2021 - 2024

        Rational design of Corynebacterium glutamicum for a microbial cell factory to synthesize L-DOPA and bioprocess development for L-DOPA production

        TÜBİTAK International Bilateral Joint Cooperation Program Project , Deutchland The Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF Bilateral Cooperation Program

        Sariyar Akbulut B. (Executive), Sayar N. A., Özbek Sarica P., Kazan D.

        2017 - 2019

        2017 - 2019

        Yeni nesil dizileme teknolojileri ile Bacillus türlerinin stres adaptasyonunun incelemesi

        Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

        Sayar N. A. (Executive)

        2017 - 2018

        2017 - 2018

        L-DOPA production in Corynebacterium glutamicum using a metabolic engineering approach

        TUBITAK Project , 1002 - Quick Support Program

        Sarıyar Akbulut B. (Executive), Sayar N. A.

        2014 - 2017

        2014 - 2017

        Systems Biology Approach for Integrative OMICs Data Analysis to Investigate the Action of Antimicrobial Agents

        TÜBİTAK International Bilateral Joint Cooperation Program Project , Deutchland The Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF IntenC Program

        Sarıyar Akbulut B. (Executive), Kazan D., Sayar N. A.

        Peer Reviews in Scientific Publications

        March 2022

        March 2022

        BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

        Journal Indexed in SCI-E

        May 2018

        May 2018

        INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

        Journal Indexed in SCI-E

        Scientific Project Refereeing

        May 2023

        May 2023

        TUBITAK Project

        1001 - Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects, Marmara University, Turkey

        January 2019

        January 2019

        KOSGEB

        Marmara University, Turkey

        

        Invited Talks

        July 2013

        July 2013

        OMICS

        Conference

        İstanbul Üniversitesi-Turkey

        Citations

        Total Citations (WOS): 157

        h-index (WOS): 7