Assoc. Prof. ASLIHAN KERÇ

Biography

Aslıhan Kerç received her B.Sc. from Istanbul Technical University, M.Sc. from Marmara University and Ph.D. from Boğaziçi University in the field of Environmental Engineering. She is an associate professor at Marmara University and since 2012 she has been working as the Project Development and Implementation Coordinator at Turkish Water Institute (SUEN). Her research interests are water/wastewater treatment with chemical and advanced oxidation techniques, water reuse, micro pollutants, and water management. She represented The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in European Science Foundation (ESF) as a member of the Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences Standing Committee between 2005-2011. She is a board member of International Ozone Association (IO3A – EA3G).  OECD Water Governance Initiative, Water JPI, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), World Water Council and UN-Environment are among the international platforms she is representing SUEN. She is the current chair of Global Wastewater Initiative (GW2I) of UN Environment.