Caglar Akay
Curriculum Vitae
| 2020 - present | PhD Student, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental Biotechnology |
| 2018 – 2020 | M.Sc. in Ecotoxicology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany) |
| 2014 – 2017 | M.Sc. in Environmental Technology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| 2010 – 2014 | B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University (Istanbul, Turkey) |
Research
My research focuses on the anaerobic/anoxic microbial transformation of antibiotics, in particular sulfonamides that are widely used for human and veterinary purposes. Their incomplete removal in conventional wastewater treatment plants and frequent presence in various environmental matrices raise concerns on the formation and spread of antibiotic resistance. Understanding the fate and improving the removal of sulfonamides is the main objective of my research. For this purpose, I develop and apply microbiological, molecular, analytical chemistry and engineering methods.
Publications
Akay, C., & Tezel, U. (2020). Biotransformation of Acetaminophen by intact cells and crude enzymes of bacteria: A comparative study and modelling. The Science of the total environment, 703, 134990.
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2025 (1)
- Liu, X., Köpke, J., Akay, C., Kümmel, S., Imfeld, G. (2025):
Sulfamethoxazole transformation by heat-activated persulfate: Linking transformation products patterns with carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation
Environ. Sci. Technol. 59 (11), 5704 - 5714 10.1021/acs.est.4c09732
2024 (2)
- Akay, C., Ulrich, N., Ding, C., Nunes da Rocha, U., Adrian, L. (2024):
Sequential anaerobic-aerobic treatment enhances sulfamethoxazole removal: From batch cultures to observations in a large-scale wastewater treatment plant
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (28), 12609 - 12620 10.1021/acs.est.4c00368 - Liu, X., Akay, C., Köpke, J., Kümmel, S., Richnow, H.H., Imfeld, G. (2024):
Direct phototransformation of sulfamethoxazole characterized by four-dimensional element compound specific isotope analysis
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (23), 10322 - 10333 10.1021/acs.est.4c02666
2023 (1)
- Bonatelli, M.L., Rohwerder, T., Popp, D., Liu, Y., Akay, C., Schultz, C., Liao, K.-P., Ding, C., Reemtsma, T., Adrian, L., Kleinsteuber, S. (2023):
Recently evolved combination of unique sulfatase and amidase genes enables bacterial degradation of the wastewater micropollutant acesulfame worldwide
Front. Microbiol. 14 , art. 1223838 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1223838