Hydrobiology
Hüsamettin BALKIS is a Professor in the Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. He obtained his first degree, BSc, at Istanbul University. This researcher obtained his Master's degree from Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Sciences, and Geography. He attended Istanbul University, Institute of Science for his Ph.D. His main research areas are marine biology and benthos.
Ömer Altun is a Professor in Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. He obtained his BSc and PHD degrees in Istanbul University and studied at the Natural History Museum, and Department of Life Sciences Imperial College London, England as a visitor researcher. His main research areas include ichthyology, ichthyoplankton, fish biology, fish systematics and biostatistical analysis.
Ayşegül Mülayim is an Associate Professor in the Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. She obtained her first degree, BSc in Ege University, İzmir, and attended to Istanbul University, Institute of Sciences for her Ph.D. Her main research areas include Taxonomy and Ecology of Amphipoda, Crustacea, Zoobenthos, Benthic Ecology, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Ecology, Metal Accumulation, and Microplastics in the Marine Environment.
Muharrem BALCI is an Associate Professor in the Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Abant Izzet Baysal University. He also carried out master research on wetlands areas in the Applied Ecology Division of Environmental Sciences Department at the Halmstad University (Sweden)as part of the ERASMUS program. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Istanbul University, Institute of Science, Hydrobiology Program. He had conducted researches for one year (October 2018-October 2019) at Cawthron Institute (New Zealand) on the molecular characterization of harmful algae, biotoxin producers and algal toxins, PCR-based cloning, next-generation sequencing, phylogenetic, metagenomics and environmental DNA analysis with the support of the TubitakPost-Doctoral research fellowship program. His main research areas include aquatic microbial ecology, water quality analysis, and also phytoplankton (diatom, dinoflagellate, and cyanobacteria), dinoflagellate cyst cultures for ecologic and biotechnological applications.
Benin TOKLU ALIÇLI is an Assistant Professor in the Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. She obtained her first degree, a BSc degree in Cukurova University, and attended to Çukurova University, Institute of Sciences for her Ph.D. Her main research areas include marine biology, marine zooplankton (taxonomy and ecology of zooplankton), and plankton culture.
Dr. Cem DALYAN is an Associate Professor in the Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology. He received his BSc and Ph.D. degrees from Istanbul University, Institute of Graduate Studies in Sciences. The main research interests are marine biodiversity; systematic and taxonomy of marine fishes; deep-sea fishes; feeding, growth and reproductive biology of marine fishes; Cryptobentic fishes; invasive fish species, and their ecology.
Senem Çağlar is an Assistant Professor in the Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. She obtained her BSc degree at Istanbul University and attended Istanbul University, Institute of Science for her MSc and Ph.D. Her main research areas and interests include taxonomy and systematics of Mollusc species, combining a multidisciplinary approach with spatial and temporal distributions of Mollusc species, benthic invertebrate species, and their ecologies, marine ecology and faunal dynamics, marine pollution, marine biodiversity, and alien species.
Dr. Turgay DURMUŞ is a Lecturer in the Hydrobiology Division of Biology Department at Istanbul University. He received his Bachelor's degree from Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology in 2009. He obtained his Master's degree from Istanbul University, Institute of Science in 2013, and finished his Ph.D. education in the same division. He also carried out master research on Ecotoxicology at the Department of Biology, Ecology and Evolution at the Université de Liége (Belgium) as part of the ERASMUS program.His research interests are biodiversity of marine microzooplankton and phytoplankton, cysts of dinoflagellates in seas and estuaries, freshwater phytoplankton, plankton biology and ecology, and water quality.