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- January, 2025, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum has started serving on the Organizing Committee of the 10th National Catalysis Conference (NCC10) and on the Scientific Board of the 36th National Chemistry Conference.
- January, 2025, Our MSc student Lütfiye Köş has joined the Materials Science and Technology department at TGU as a Research and Teaching Assistant. Congratulations Lütfiye!
- December, 2024, Congratulations to Büşra for the acceptance of two articles in ChemCatChem! Check out our review article on the catalytic applications of red mud and our research article demonstrating the catalytic performance of fly ash-derived catalysts in ammonia decomposition.
- September, 2024, Büşra Sekizkardeş, Zeynep Rana Çınar, and Sezer Eski presented their work at the 7th Anatolian School of Catalysis held at IZTECH (Izmir), co-chaired by Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum. Congratulations to them!
- July, 2024, Sıla, Aslı, Pelin, Sezer, and Zeynep successfully defended their BSc Thesis. Congratulations!
- July, 2024, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum is awarded the TUBITAK-BIDEB 2224-A Grant Program for Scientific Meetings Abroad
- June, 2024, Our collaborative review article is published in Chemical Society Reviews (impact factor of 40.4) with featured Cover Art Click here

- May, 2024, Our PhD Student Büşra Sekizkardeş is awarded the TÜBİTAK-BIDEB 2211-A scholarship. Congratulations Büşra!
- February, 2024, Our research group welcomes Lütfiye Köş as an MSc student (Materials Science and Engineering, Turkish-German University).
- February, 2024, Our research group welcomes five undergraduate students: Sinem Ilgın Metin, Şule Naz Ezber, Büşra İldir, Defne Peker (co-advised with Assoc. Prof. Çağla Söz), and Şerife Beyza Bağcı (co-advised with Assoc. Prof. Çağla Söz).
- January, 2024, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum receives the ‘Young Talent Label‘ for the abstract submitted to the 18th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC) which was accepted for a short-oral presentation. The label aims to enhance the visibility of the rising generation in the field of catalysis!
- October, 2023, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum has started serving as the co-chair jointly with Dr. Başar Çağlar from IZTECH for the 7th Anatolian School of Catalysis (ASC-7), which will be held in İzmir, Türkiye, in September 2024.
- October, 2023, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum served as a member of the organizing committee of the “Leverage of IT for Engineering and Science (LITES) Conference“, Istanbul, Türkiye.
- September, 2023, All three TÜBİTAK 2209-A projects submitted by the undergraduate students of our research group got accepted! Congratulations to Pelin, Aslı, Sıla, Sezer, Zeynep, and Batuhan!
- September, 2023, Our research group welcomes Büşra Sekizkardeş as a PhD student (Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koç University), co-advised with Prof. Alper Uzun (Koç University).
- September, 2023, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum has been elected to the board of directors of the Turkish Catalysis Society.
- September, 2023, Dr. Kurtoğlu Öztulum served as a member of the conference secretariat for the 9th National Catalysis Conference, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
- April, 2023, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum joins the “Young Scientists Committee” of the 18th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC, Lyon-France) to represent Türkiye.
- February, 2023, Our research group welcomes six undergraduate students: Pelin Erdoğan, Aslı Dilek, Sıla Burulday, Sezer Eski, Zeynep Rana Çınar, and Batuhan Orhan.
- February, 2023, Dr. Kurtoğlu-Öztulum joins the Materials Science and Technology Department at Turkish-German University as an Assistant Professor.