Prof. İRFAN TURHAN

Dr.Irfan Turhan received his Ph.D. degree in Food Engineering from Akdeniz University in 2009. He worked as research assistant in Department of Food Engineering at Akdeniz University, Turkey, between 2005-2009. After graduated from the same university, he then worked at the same department as an Assistant Professor. He was later promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. His teaching and research focus on Bioprocess Engineering; “To obtain an entry-level position in Food Engineering with a focus on fermentation of fruit and vegetables or its waste, fermentor design, enzyme technology, bioprocess separations: rational scaleup of analytical separation methods; conversion of batch processes to continuous processes; integrated fermentation/recovery systems; novel techniques. Primary areas of interest include fermentation of food.” He has authored or co-authored around 25 refereed journal articles, numerous conference papers, and one book chapter, translated one book, and made numerous presentations at regional, national and international conferences.